So about a year ago, the hoodlums in my neighbourhood (or someone) forced the window on my 1988 Mazda 626 (and vehicular love of my life). They ransacked the interior, ignoring the travel magazines and the liquor store cookbook, as well as the $15 or so stored in the cash compartment.
All they took was the cheapass tire gauge on the centre console next to the gear shift.
Last night, my father forgot to lock the CRV (his vehicular pride and joy). The SUV was likewise ransacked. It's obvious that they were cruising for vehicles, and that they test ours every night, because this was the first night EVER that my father didn't lock it and it gets broken into? Sheesh.
What did they take?
Interesting observation.
Two very terrible CDs containing a motley assortment of "The BEST Classical Music EVER."
The spare key to my mother's electric cart (but not the cart).
The key to the Thule roof rack compartment.
They ignored the $25 or so in the cash compartment, the larger collection of CDs stored just above the console, on the sunshade, and the handicapped parking pass, which can easily fetch $500 on the black market.
But they DID take the second cheapass tire gauge.
I sense a pattern in this.
Remember kids: leaving nothing valuable in your car will not necessarily guarantee your car's safety. Sometimes petty larcenists are crazy, and nothing but 99-cent pieces of Crappy Tire CRAP will satiate their ravenous appetites.
Posted by Ally at August 26, 2006 12:29 AM