You better keep that car in the garage jethat!!

 

That is a very nice looking mustang jethat. I'm a huge fan of Mustangs(and Ford Trucks)!!!

What kind of car was it jethat and what did they take?

 

Earlier on I'm pretty sure his profile said something like "Chicago-area" or something like that.

To the OP: There is still one "good" side to this, at least they didn't pop your lock or break a window to get in!

- NCSU

 

Yes it did say Chicagoland-Area but I changed it to the actual city.
And that is true. I was thinking well if it was locked or armed or both if they still would of tried and actually broken their way in. I guess it would be how serious they were about taking it. So then I sometimes think if they were bent on taking it, maybe its a good thing it was unlocked because I might be in a even worse situation like you said.

 

I think the best way to go is an alarm and glass coverage on your insurance. Most thieves will just break a window at most to get in your car. Its the fastest way. And this way your window breaks the alarm goes off and scares them off. Then you can take your truck in and have the window replaced for free.

 

I'd like to first, introduce myself, since I haven't seen a place for noobs.

My name is Jeff and I live in southern Ohio, about 25 miles north of Cincinnati.

Were I live, is a very quite, older neighborhood. Never seems to be any problems. My wife (who is a nurse) was in the habit of leaving her car unlocked, in the driveway. One night, someone stole her nursing bag. Among the items like blood pressure cuff, stethoscope, etc, was her late Mom's Rolex watch. We never found any traces (disposed of bag) and a detective was keeping a close eye, on pawn shops. Sadly, nothing ever came of it.

One night, about a year after that incident, I was just getting ready to go to bed and went to close the back door. I noticed the motion sensing light was on, so I walked out past the side, of the garage. I noticed two teens, standing at the end of the driveway. They were to far out, to have tripped the motion sensor. So I watched them and after about a minute, they start ed walking down the street. I saw them checking car doors and one of the little idiots found one, two doors down. While he was busy leaning over, going through the clove box, I was able to run up on him, with out him noticing. I grabbed him and pulled him from the car, but I could only get a hold of his coat. He was able to wiggle his way out of the coat and ran away. He ended up losing his coat and both tennis shoes. I was hoping there was a phone in his coat, but there wasn't.

I guess the bottom line is, just lock your stuff up, if you value it. And NEVER leave anything of value, out in the open.

Good luck, finding the idiots, Russ!

 

Sorry to hear this. I remember your truck, closest thing to my truck on the exterior I have seen. Hope you catch those neighbors of yours.


Locking doors helps, but tinted windows saved me a lot one night when I was in NJ. There was a group that went around my neighbor hood, peeking into windows, and checking for unlocked doors. If they saw something of interest, and the door was locked, they were breaking windows as well. Got my roommates Ipod and sunglasses. They didn't touch my truck, and my only guess is b/c of the tinted windows, so that they couldn't see what was inside. Which was my wallet, ipod, $300+ pair of sunglasses, etc.... all in plain view on the seat. Not to mention the glass to replace my window on the 04.

Only place I've ever felt safe leaving my doors unlocked was at work. I would leave the key in the ignition so I couldn't lock them in by mistake.