Some guy nearly jacked my car today

[cyc]

So today, as I came back from my accouting final exam, I saw some piece of green plastic under my seat. I had no idea what it was, so I threw it away and proceeded to start my engine and go home. Then, as I was putting my key into the ignition thing, I realized that the whoel thing is tore apart and the ignition thign (the metal thing where you put your key in) was on the floor on teh passenger side. Some fucktard tried to steal my car while I was doing my exam. Later, as my friends came, they realized that the door handle on the passenger's side was broken.

Called cops, insurance, etc. Waited for 4 hours before my car was towed to the garage. (pissed)

Luckily, I had the factory alarm, so the guy's attempt to steal my car wasn't successful.

 

[Brian MP5T]

******* Bastards!!

 

[Cellerator]

thats a relief that he didnt get it done but man does that suck. sorry to hear that man.

 

[cyc]

I don't know, it just sounds crazy to me cuz
1) it's daytime
2) my school doens't have a parking lot, so students park in an area where there are a lot of houses
3) there is a lot of traffic on the street where I park at

 

[Cellerator]

do u think it may have been a fellow student cuz if that's what you're near.
that guy must have been pretty stupid b/c of the following:
1. He tried to get a p5 when there are probably another few hundred cars around that are better than our car (not insulting anyone but its the pure truth.)
2. like u said, daylight, traffic, and neighborhood
3. He didnt succeed
be happy for that reason and i hope u catch that idiot

 

[cyc]

Yea, I think he might be a studnet of our school. Cuz he'll know that it's the exam period and the car owners wouldn't be back for their cars in like 2 hours.

However, I dont' agree with him trying to steal a p5. THere is always a p5 at the corner of every street, so, woulnd't it be easier for him once he steals the car? I mean, it would be very hard to notice/find it as there are thousands and thousands copies of the same car.

 

[ChuEy826]

that ******.. hope he gets whats comin to him..

does the factory alarm have starter kill?

 

[FunkyBuddha]

School parking lots are very popular targets because they are mostly unattended. Even if they are, no one pays attention the alarm that's going off and usually the attendant is pretty incompetent. I hear a lot of car thefts happen here at our college and university.

 

[enry]

once you are in the car nobody will pay attention to you, really... why did your stock alarm not go off if it was opened without being disarmed?

 

[LapisBlueProteg]

i dont think stock have ign disable!
ups parking lot has around 40 cars stolen this yr!

 

[Onatrum]

the OSU parking lots have cameras and they caught these two dudes driving around and stealing spare tires from trucks and suvs where they are exposed. they showed the video on the news of the two guys being caught in action and arrested. pretty funny

 

[mp5jeff]

green piece was probably the light cover for the tiny ignition light, that sux, make sure they put a new one on unless you want white light coming out =)

 

[GordonJ]

Just glad to hear he/she/it wasn't succesful.

Do you know if this is common where you go to school? Have you heard of this sorta thing happening to anybody else around there?

Oh yeah, and we all know the P5 looks sweet and all, but was there anything on the car that might've caught the (potential) thief's eye? Like any nice mods? Doors unlocked? Windows down?

Just seems weird, like some guy up there said, he'd choose a P5 of all cars to target in broad daylight.
But if like you said, the P5 is a popular car where you are, I guess there's less of a chance of being caught/noticed.

Thankfully for me, there are like NO Protege5s within a ten mile radius of me it seems, and certainly no yellow ones. So if my car was stolen, it would probably be pretty easy for the cops to track down.

Another benefit of yellow. (nana)

 

[cyc]

I don't think that there were any incidents of car theft before. My friend told me that, apparently, there seems to have some surveillance cameras there, so I'll go to school to ask.

As I said earlier, my school doesn' thave a parking lot, and we have to go chnage the parking spot every 2 hours, so, people go to their car often. That is why there aren't many car thefts.

 

[pr5owner]

has a theif ever been caught? has any one every caught that theif and severly crippled his ass? i never hear theives being caught...... its stupid

 

[Phoenix5]

Those ******,Cocksuckin Bastards!!Why can't they leave us alone and steal Civics and Accords instead!!

 

[Togan]

holly ****... man ur car must have seen to attractive to him.. so its not good to soup up ur car too much

 

[maple_leaf]

I'd ******* put anyone trying to steal my car in a wheelchair.....not a violent person but, hey, don't touch my property! (pissed)

 

[Masshole]

that totally sucks man...
someone broke into my first car in a college parking lot too... it was a 83 rx7. they took my cd player and a bunch of cds but i guess they thought the car was in too crappy condition to bother with taking....
the security in those places is a joke; glad your alarm helped you keep a car!


Best of luck!

 

[cyc]

Yea it sucks. The guy called me today and it costs me 1375$ CAD to get it repaired. Insurance is going to pay for it, but I have a 500$ deductible. They gave me a courtesy car, so I'm stuck with a crappy Pontiac Grand AM GT for a week