My car got broken into last night

**Thani-B** · 31st May 2009, 17:21

Heading back to the car after a night on the town, got to where I thought we had parked and see a car I thought was mine with its boot up, said to my mates "thats my car" they said "nah must be somewhere else". Got closer, it was my car. Two guys saw us approaching, closed the drivers door and the boot taking my sub with them and started crossing the to the other side of the road. Shouted out

and started chasing after them. They ran into Auckland uni, dropped the sub and took off a lot faster than I could run in heels. One of my friends picked up the sub and the other kept on following but lost them around a corner. Went back to the car to assess the damage. They had smashed the passenger window to get in, rummaged through the glovebox, taken a mates handbag, ripped the sub out, popped the bonnet but dont think they had time to do anything as we interuppted them. The sub broke when they dropped it and the cops cant do anything.

not the best thing to find when you just want to go home. Was a very cold trip home thats for sure.

**YellowDog** · 31st May 2009, 17:30

BAD NEWS. Glad the car was driveable and you got home OK.

I use one of those alarms that pages you when your alarm goes off.

I can now get beaten up as well as robbed

**Mom** · 31st May 2009, 17:30

Bunch of wankers! I hate this sort of stuff. Lucky they did not get away with the car though.

I had a car of mine broken into in a similar fashion, except it was parked outside my house! Smashed a window to get in and did the glove-box search (it was empty, literally empty!) the car had no sounds in it at all, and they tried to crash start it down the hill, dropping it over a smallish retaining wall in the process! The car was an auto

Dicks!

My neighbour spotted them and came out and yelled, they scarpered. The cops were not interested at all! Oh well. It cost me $70 (fitted) for a new rear passenger window from the wreckers, I sold it not long after for $1000. She was a little beauty of a bomb you understand

The woman I sold it too only owned it a week before she is landed with a repair bill for $700. The altenator mount was cracked (being dropped over the retaining wall it turns out, and was not a seperate part, had to buy a new engine case! I paid half the repair bill for her (she was a friend and I felt terrible for landing her with a friggen bill like that) and it was fixed. Lucky you interrupted them mate, hope you have insurance for the damage, I only had 3rd party, no cover for fire or theft.

**Thani-B** · 31st May 2009, 17:49

Originally Posted by Mom

Lucky you interrupted them mate, hope you have insurance for the damage, I only had 3rd party, no cover for fire or theft.

Idiots! Trying to crash start an auto. What were they thinking. Yes I am glad we got there when they hadnt done much. I hate the 'what if...' or 'If only...' thoughts though. Had plenty of them last night. Main one being if I wasnt so stubborn and had gone back to the car when I felt it was time to go instead of going to a different club to see if it was any better than the one we were in. Would have left before they decided to target my car. And I have 3rd party, fire and theft, and glass cover. So am hoping it will all be covered.

**Mom** · 31st May 2009, 19:11

Originally Posted by Thani-B

Idiots! Trying to crash start an auto. What were they thinking. Yes I am glad we got there when they hadnt done much. I hate the 'what if...' or 'If only...' thoughts though. Had plenty of them last night. Main one being if I wasnt so stubborn and had gone back to the car when I felt it was time to go instead of going to a different club to see if it was any better than the one we were in. Would have left before they decided to target my car. And I have 3rd party, fire and theft, and glass cover. So am hoping it will all be covered.

No way you take this on board sweetie, there are some complete wank opportunist thieves out and about. Check your excess against the cost of making good the damage too, might actually be cheaper to fix /replace yourself once you work out the ongoing extra cost in premiums etc. Sucks! May thier armpits be infested with 1000 fleas that are immune to pyrethrum!

**madbikeboy** · 31st May 2009, 20:01

Hey, how bad is the damage to the sub - is it the box or the actual speaker that is damaged? Send a picture.

Oh, out of interest, thieves look for sitckers on the car, and they look for stuff in the boot - keep it all covered up and hidden.

**Thani-B** · 31st May 2009, 20:47

Originally Posted by madbikeboy

Hey, how bad is the damage to the sub - is it the box or the actual speaker that is damaged? Send a picture.

Oh, out of interest, thieves look for sitckers on the car, and they look for stuff in the boot - keep it all covered up and hidden.

Sub itself was damaged. Magnet came off the bottom and the copper coils came out/off too. Put it back to how I think it was meant to be but havent tested it yet to see if it works. Apparently they dont like being dropped.

Car is a coupe and the boot is covered anyway. Stickers? Such as?

**Thani-B** · 31st May 2009, 20:51

Originally Posted by Mom

No way you take this on board sweetie, there are some complete wank opportunist thieves out and about. Check your excess against the cost of making good the damage too, might actually be cheaper to fix /replace yourself once you work out the ongoing extra cost in premiums etc. Sucks! May thier armpits be infested with 1000 fleas that are immune to pyrethrum!

I know it wasnt my fault. Its just damn annoying when something like this happens. Glass cover has no excess which is great but dont know if it will cover my smashed window. And the stuff that was taken out of the car is worth less than my excess for contents so wont be claiming any of that.

**SARGE** · 31st May 2009, 21:17

i drive a shitter RVR with a crap CD player.. i leave nothing of value in the car and never lock my door..

havnt lost anything yet..

**PirateJafa** · 31st May 2009, 21:35

Originally Posted by SARGE

i drive a shitter RVR with a crap CD player.. i leave nothing of value in the car and never lock my door..

havnt lost anything yet..

I never locked my Nissan for the ~four years I owned it.

Sold it to Renegade Master and it was stolen within a week.

**steve_t** · 31st May 2009, 21:41

Don't shout at them. Hit them with the car!

**Beemer** · 1st June 2009, 11:51

The other half's car has been broken into at least twice in broad daylight out the back of where he works. Second time someone saw it and rang the cops and they had a good idea of who it was. The sad part is, it's a 1984 Ford Laser with NOTHING in it worth stealing - no CD player or anything! Apparently they are easy to get into and then they use the car for shoplifting trips to another town, then they dump it on the edge of their home town and transfer the stolen goods into their own cars. It has an imobiliser so they couldn't get it started the first time, and the second time they failed to notice the steering lock... real clever guys! He could tell someone had been in the car as he's a non-smoker and he could smell cigarette smoke. Thankfully they just jemmy the door lock and haven't resorted to breaking windows yet, but it really pisses him off. He only paid $1000 for it and if it gets stolen, there is no way he'd be able to replace it with something as good for the same money.

I parked outside a hall in Whakatane once while attending a show and came out to find some little shit had slashed two of my tyres. About 20 cars had been attacked that same night, not that it made me feel any happier!

**scumdog** · 1st June 2009, 11:56

Originally Posted by madbikeboy

Hey, how bad is the damage to the sub - is it the box or the actual speaker that is damaged? Send a picture.

Oh, out of interest, thieves look for sitckers on the car, and they look for stuff in the boot - keep it all covered up and hidden.

Yup, 'name' stickers = advertisement to break in and steal said 'name' items - even if you have'nt actually got the items as per 'name' sticker it is still an ad.

**steve_t** · 1st June 2009, 12:15

Originally Posted by Beemer

The other half's car has been broken into at least twice in broad daylight out the back of where he works. Second time someone saw it and rang the cops and they had a good idea of who it was. The sad part is, it's a 1984 Ford Laser with NOTHING in it worth stealing - no CD player or anything! Apparently they are easy to get into and then they use the car for shoplifting trips to another town, then they dump it on the edge of their home town and transfer the stolen goods into their own cars. It has an imobiliser so they couldn't get it started the first time, and the second time they failed to notice the steering lock... real clever guys! He could tell someone had been in the car as he's a non-smoker and he could smell cigarette smoke. Thankfully they just jemmy the door lock and haven't resorted to breaking windows yet, but it really pisses him off. He only paid $1000 for it and if it gets stolen, there is no way he'd be able to replace it with something as good for the same money.

I parked outside a hall in Whakatane once while attending a show and came out to find some little shit had slashed two of my tyres. About 20 cars had been attacked that same night, not that it made me feel any happier!

80's Ford Laser... my mate had one and I could open the door and start the car with my old Toyota 'rolla key. Nice one Ford/Mazda