One step foward and 2-3 steps back (Car gor broken into last night)
12-12-08, 09:50 AM
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One step foward and 2-3 steps back (Car gor broken into last night)
Well I been doing a R154 swap at my buddies place. I get a couple calls early in the morning. No big deal, once I look at who the miss calls were from I knew it wasn't any good news. Listen to my voicemail before calling him back.
Voicemail: "Hey Eddie, I got some bad new man. I got to the shop and I noticed someone broke into your car. They took some stuff, but it looks like they tried to steal you car. Call me as soon as you can."
My heart just dropped... it's rare when I get upset or a feeling like that, but all the hard work, money and countless hours to get my car to the state that is in. Even though it's not the best looking/fastest SC out there I get a smile each time I jump in it to drive.
I show up and there are a lot of things wrong with it now.
List:
Back light (passenger side) with key assembly broken.
Rear 1/4 window broken (passenger side)
Full back seat is now torn to pieces including all the cardboard/stock sub area
Center console ripped out.
Climate control cut out.
My HU is now gone.
Ignition key hole tampered/broken.
pretty much half of my interior has to get redone.
The funny side to this is that they tried to jump my car and hotwire my car to steal the car. Ummm there is a problem with that. My transmission is sitting inside the shop in a cart.
So here I wait for the cops to file a police report. YAY to the *******s that will show up look at it and walk away. I feel like not only are we targeted by the damn cops but also the thieves.
I'll post up pictures later...
Voicemail: "Hey Eddie, I got some bad new man. I got to the shop and I noticed someone broke into your car. They took some stuff, but it looks like they tried to steal you car. Call me as soon as you can."
My heart just dropped... it's rare when I get upset or a feeling like that, but all the hard work, money and countless hours to get my car to the state that is in. Even though it's not the best looking/fastest SC out there I get a smile each time I jump in it to drive.
I show up and there are a lot of things wrong with it now.
List:
Back light (passenger side) with key assembly broken.
Rear 1/4 window broken (passenger side)
Full back seat is now torn to pieces including all the cardboard/stock sub area
Center console ripped out.
Climate control cut out.
My HU is now gone.
Ignition key hole tampered/broken.
pretty much half of my interior has to get redone.
The funny side to this is that they tried to jump my car and hotwire my car to steal the car. Ummm there is a problem with that. My transmission is sitting inside the shop in a cart.
So here I wait for the cops to file a police report. YAY to the *******s that will show up look at it and walk away. I feel like not only are we targeted by the damn cops but also the thieves.
I'll post up pictures later...
12-12-08, 09:57 AM
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Oh, man. This is terrible. Sorry to hear about this. We had our car stolen in New Orleans shortly after Katrina and we were over 1500 miles from home, so I know the feeling. I hope they can get some sort of insight as to who's responsible. Best of luck.
12-12-08, 10:24 AM
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I just called the police dispatch again. Wow I just realized on how much of a smart *** I am. I called and said
Me: "Hello I called earlier and I was told there was going to be an officer right now. This right now has been over an hour ago. I was just wondering what the status is"
Them: "Let me connect you to the right person"
Me: "Ok"
Them: "Hello, how can I help you?"
Me: "Hello I called earlier and I was told there was going to be an officer right now. This right now has been over an hour ago. I was just wondering what the status is"
Them: "I'm sorry it's taking a while something happened and we needed to send them out for something else"
Me: "I understand but I don't know the feeling, when you feel like you just got rapped from your belongings and have to wait over and hour for a right now, with your thumb up your *** it's not fun."
Them: “We will have someone over there as soon as we can.”
Me: “Should I go get breakfast while I wait?”
Them: “They will be there soon Sr.”
Me: “So does that give me time to go get breakfast before they get here? Or do you expect them to be here in the next 15 minutes?”
Them: “Please just wait for them there. Don’t leave the building”
Me: “Ok I’ll just wait around, but damn I’m hungry now. Have a good day.”
Me: "Hello I called earlier and I was told there was going to be an officer right now. This right now has been over an hour ago. I was just wondering what the status is"
Them: "Let me connect you to the right person"
Me: "Ok"
Them: "Hello, how can I help you?"
Me: "Hello I called earlier and I was told there was going to be an officer right now. This right now has been over an hour ago. I was just wondering what the status is"
Them: "I'm sorry it's taking a while something happened and we needed to send them out for something else"
Me: "I understand but I don't know the feeling, when you feel like you just got rapped from your belongings and have to wait over and hour for a right now, with your thumb up your *** it's not fun."
Them: “We will have someone over there as soon as we can.”
Me: “Should I go get breakfast while I wait?”
Them: “They will be there soon Sr.”
Me: “So does that give me time to go get breakfast before they get here? Or do you expect them to be here in the next 15 minutes?”
Them: “Please just wait for them there. Don’t leave the building”
Me: “Ok I’ll just wait around, but damn I’m hungry now. Have a good day.”
sorry man
12-12-08, 11:21 AM
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I feel your pain bro, 2 days ago somebody tried to break into my sc and messed up my passenger side key hole, my windows, and tint. So I got to get a new key hole and the tint shop won't fix my tint. Does your friend have camera's around the shop?
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12-12-08, 11:29 AM
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Thank you guys for the support/ encouragement, but it still sucks big time. The cops just left and they had pulled a few prints. They were shocked on how “destroyed” they had left the car. I look at the interior and I see an interior that belongs in the junk yard now. I hope they find the guys who did it too.
12-12-08, 11:52 AM
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that sucks man...good thing they didn't steal the car. Don't worry about being an *** to the cops...they needed that and honestly, if this happen to me, I'd be pretty pissed off too
12-12-08, 06:41 PM
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Whoa whaaatt??? Whats up with cars getting broken into in SoCal shops? Something doesnt seem right. Im sorry your car was broken into. It just sucks to know that you put all that money and hard work into a car to just have someone brake into it and rip it apart. I hope the police find out who did it.
12-12-08, 09:08 PM
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Does your buddy have insurance for his shop? Since the car was in the custody of your buddy/shop, that is something that may be covered unless you agreed to a waiver of liability of some sort.
In this circumstance, it's too bad it's your buddy... otherwise, it could be asserted that adequate security wasn't provided, etc to attempt to get the shop to cover the damages in the event insurance wouldn't cover anything.
I'm not implying that the shop should get screwed over, just that adequate security should be provided for vehicles in their custody, and if such security isn't provided, then the shop should bear some responsibility.
In this circumstance, it's too bad it's your buddy... otherwise, it could be asserted that adequate security wasn't provided, etc to attempt to get the shop to cover the damages in the event insurance wouldn't cover anything.
I'm not implying that the shop should get screwed over, just that adequate security should be provided for vehicles in their custody, and if such security isn't provided, then the shop should bear some responsibility.
12-12-08, 11:49 PM
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Does your buddy have insurance for his shop? Since the car was in the custody of your buddy/shop, that is something that may be covered unless you agreed to a waiver of liability of some sort.
In this circumstance, it's too bad it's your buddy... otherwise, it could be asserted that adequate security wasn't provided, etc to attempt to get the shop to cover the damages in the event insurance wouldn't cover anything.
I'm not implying that the shop should get screwed over, just that adequate security should be provided for vehicles in their custody, and if such security isn't provided, then the shop should bear some responsibility.
In this circumstance, it's too bad it's your buddy... otherwise, it could be asserted that adequate security wasn't provided, etc to attempt to get the shop to cover the damages in the event insurance wouldn't cover anything.
I'm not implying that the shop should get screwed over, just that adequate security should be provided for vehicles in their custody, and if such security isn't provided, then the shop should bear some responsibility.
this time not by choice.Here are some pictures
http://s181.photobucket.com/albums/x...Xo/break%20in/