- Mar 26, 2005
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So just gotta vent...
On Friday, I found my brand new beautiful Civic broken into. The thief must have been pretty good because clearly the alarm never went off.
My driver side door lock is simply.. gone. They used something to remove the plastic cap, and completely ripped out the lock cylinder. Only the round metal piece that spins behind the cylinder remains. Interestingly enough, the door still "locks" when using my key remote.
The bastards ripped out the passanger side airbag, and there's a horrible gaping hole where it once was. Ripped out my glove compartment. Didn't just open it. Ripped it out!
Stole my $150 dashcam that was stashed inside, and a bunch of parking meter quarters that were inside. Threw all the other stuff that was in the car all over. Left the car just like that with the trunk and the passenger side door open.
I have to admit, Honda has lost all my trust in an instant. If it's so easy and painless to break into a car, why bother with an alarm at all? It doesn't look like any sophisticated equipment was used to break inside.
I feel... "violated". I can never be relaxed or worry free about owning a car ever again. Who's to say that as soon as it's fixed, this isn't going to happen the next day all over again? I constantly need to check and double check everything now, even though I was already extra careful. I can never store anything inside my car ever again.
The cops who came, told me I have to observe the basic rules, which is to not park in places where there is not a lot of people, etc, etc.
This is nonesense advice. I live in New York City, where one is thankful to get any spot at all, not to mention a good spot. There's people just about everywhere at all times. This is not a desolate, remote area. It's a VERY busy area. Probably not at night though, but people gotta sleep! My only option is to parallel park on the streets. I am not rich enough to have my own private spot.
You would think that since I have insurance it's no big deal. Wrong! Both the police precinct and my insurance company are giving me a hard time. I have to jump through a hundred hoops and pay quite a bit of money here and there just to get everything in order to get my car repaired and insurance paid out.
The fact that I am constantly at work or in school doesn't help.
I am starting to think it was a big mistake to get a descent car in a dump that New York is. Maybe I should have just gotten a trash junker that no one would even bother looking at. That would be perfect for this city.
I heard this shit happens in other US states too, but that doesn't make me feel any better. My friend in Florida is dirt poor, but he always has a spot to park his car next to his window. Never a problem. He has a right to own a gun too, so he can shoot the bastard trying to mess with his car if he sees it happening. Not the case in NY!
How do people just.. move on after stuff like this? How do they keep a positive attitude? I feel absolutely horrible. I'm not even sure I want to own another car after this one.
On Friday, I found my brand new beautiful Civic broken into. The thief must have been pretty good because clearly the alarm never went off.
My driver side door lock is simply.. gone. They used something to remove the plastic cap, and completely ripped out the lock cylinder. Only the round metal piece that spins behind the cylinder remains. Interestingly enough, the door still "locks" when using my key remote.
The bastards ripped out the passanger side airbag, and there's a horrible gaping hole where it once was. Ripped out my glove compartment. Didn't just open it. Ripped it out!
Stole my $150 dashcam that was stashed inside, and a bunch of parking meter quarters that were inside. Threw all the other stuff that was in the car all over. Left the car just like that with the trunk and the passenger side door open.
I have to admit, Honda has lost all my trust in an instant. If it's so easy and painless to break into a car, why bother with an alarm at all? It doesn't look like any sophisticated equipment was used to break inside.
I feel... "violated". I can never be relaxed or worry free about owning a car ever again. Who's to say that as soon as it's fixed, this isn't going to happen the next day all over again? I constantly need to check and double check everything now, even though I was already extra careful. I can never store anything inside my car ever again.
The cops who came, told me I have to observe the basic rules, which is to not park in places where there is not a lot of people, etc, etc.
This is nonesense advice. I live in New York City, where one is thankful to get any spot at all, not to mention a good spot. There's people just about everywhere at all times. This is not a desolate, remote area. It's a VERY busy area. Probably not at night though, but people gotta sleep! My only option is to parallel park on the streets. I am not rich enough to have my own private spot.
You would think that since I have insurance it's no big deal. Wrong! Both the police precinct and my insurance company are giving me a hard time. I have to jump through a hundred hoops and pay quite a bit of money here and there just to get everything in order to get my car repaired and insurance paid out.
The fact that I am constantly at work or in school doesn't help.
I am starting to think it was a big mistake to get a descent car in a dump that New York is. Maybe I should have just gotten a trash junker that no one would even bother looking at. That would be perfect for this city.
I heard this shit happens in other US states too, but that doesn't make me feel any better. My friend in Florida is dirt poor, but he always has a spot to park his car next to his window. Never a problem. He has a right to own a gun too, so he can shoot the bastard trying to mess with his car if he sees it happening. Not the case in NY!
How do people just.. move on after stuff like this? How do they keep a positive attitude? I feel absolutely horrible. I'm not even sure I want to own another car after this one.