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[TheBoy]

I keep leaving keys in ign. No bugger nicks it, but does hit the battery

[the alarming man]

So can I,but them the plod would be hammering my door in,while the 'tards get off scot free

Just remember No victim = No crime 

[Mister Rog]

I used to work with a building 'clerk of works ' who also bred & judged Staffordshire Bull Terriers.

One day in the early 1980's he parked his car somewwhere in sarf london. One dog that used to go to work with him was dozing in the car so cracked the windows open for ventilation.

When he came back to the car there was blood on the drivers window and the tip of someone's  thumb on the drivers seat......

            

Criminal stupidity never ceases to amaze me. You would need to be pretty thick to attempt to break into a car with a staffie inside. Karma 

[Varche]

One of the things i love about this part of Spain is it is like England was in my youth. We never locked our house up except when we went on holiday. Could never find the key. Same with cars.

Here people leave there cars unlocked but do lock them when they go to the big town (20,000 people)  Farmers leave their tractors and caterpillar tractors in the olive groves.

Bigger towns and cities are just like the UK.

[Sir Tigger KC]

Your boots must have been so stinking that they made a run for it and took your money!   

[Nick W]

I used to work with a building 'clerk of works ' who also bred & judged Staffordshire Bull Terriers.

One day in the early 1980's he parked his car somewwhere in sarf london. One dog that used to go to work with him was dozing in the car so cracked the windows open for ventilation.

When he came back to the car there was blood on the drivers window and the tip of someone's  thumb on the drivers seat......

            

Criminal stupidity never ceases to amaze me. You would need to be pretty thick to attempt to break into a car with a staffie inside. Karma 

They were probably trying to steal the cute little doggy!

[aaronjb]

I remember posting that I did something similar a while back - lost a set of (prescription) sunglasses and a hoody.  Had video from the doorbell of the thief that TB said was far too poor for the police to do anything with...


...culprit was convicted last week based on the video used to identify him and his subsequent confessing to doing my car and a local shop nearby in the same night

[EMD]

Who wants to steal an Omega when you have the choice of a snot green Astra 

[STEMO]

Who wants to steal an Omega when you have the choice of a snot green Astra 

Why the smilies? 

[Fraggles Rock]

There's only one place I can think of to leave a car unlocked, and it's certainly not Barnsley

[STEMO]

There's only one place I can think of to leave a car unlocked, and it's certainly not Barnsley

Liverpool?

[Zirfeld]

Plenty of years ago, I parked my 2.8 Granada in a public parking house in Bremen City. It was wintertime, the car was dirty and many stuff rumbles around in it.

When I returned, the car was stolen.

Ok, I went to the police station and bought a new old Granada the same day. Some weeks later my insurance payed a couple of Deutschmarks (Granadas where not much worth at that time) and i forgot it.

Three month later i got a ring from the local police station. My Granada was found in a city parking house in Bremen. The car stood in exactly the same place it was stolen from.

Pretty cleaned up, wiped and serviced.

Only the my girl friends cowboy boots were missing.

Rolf

[Mister Rog]

Plenty of years ago, I parked my 2.8 Granada in a public parking house in Bremen City. It was wintertime, the car was dirty and many stuff rumbles around in it.

When I returned, the car was stolen.

Ok, I went to the police station and bought a new old Granada the same day. Some weeks later my insurance payed a couple of Deutschmarks (Granadas where not much worth at that time) and i forgot it.

Three month later i got a ring from the local police station. My Granada was found in a city parking house in Bremen. The car stood in exactly the same place it was stolen from.

Pretty cleaned up, wiped and serviced.

Only the my girl friends cowboy boots were missing.

Rolf

Many years ago, I saw this dirty 2.8 Grenada in Bremen . . . . . . with a nice pair of boots in the back . . . so I . . .

           

[78bex]

It does make u feel vulnerable & tad silly by leaving the car unlocked  my rear dashcam timed & listened in as my mig was rummaged.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpaLWYuqEzM

In & out of the car in less then a minute, thankfully all the good stuff was in the boot.
On reflection it was a wake-up call & following that incident I increased security around the house.
Of course I`d dearly love to carry around a "force multiplier" in the shape of a Browning Hi-power   

But it seems only the bad guys can get tooled up & can pick their ambush times at will 

[Zirfeld]

THX Mr. Rog for cleaning up my old Granada. But why you did 2500 km to do this? No anger about the boots. My girl friend is gone, the Granada too, so I have no use for the boots.

But keep your hands away from my Omegas!