Looks like we left the car unlocked when we got back from riding on Sunday night. Someone obviously checks all the doors on a regular basis as they’ve been through and cleared us out.

Had got a bit slack about leaving stuff in there so I can accept the loss of a pair of RayBans. Not sure they’ll get much for our OS maps of Cumbria though and some of the other stuff they took makes no sense. Just not worth the effort. They left my folding hex and torx keys and shock pumps. But they took an old, stinking, filthy pair of specialised mountain bike shoes in a boot bag. They’re going to end up in a bin. Likewise the Dirtworker that’s basically at the end of its life.

Oh, and they missed the SatNav and stereo front in their blindingly obvious hiding place.

Some idiots smashed not one but both side windows on my van, showering the baby seat with broken glass and leaving us with a 10 mile drive home in the cold and wet with a 1 year old and no windows once. Utter utter pillocks.

They took a first aid kit (can only hope they cut themselves on the glass) and a map, left a socket set, Oakleys and a grand’s worth of fairly easily removed audio (sub, amp, head unit).

Weird.

The only thing that helped me was if their life is that bad that they need to do this, we are still better off than them. After anger and frustration, I felt a bit sorry for them.

Oh. The maps turned up buried in the back. They did take a 5 year old pack of Decathlon road inner tubes and a tin of mints. Also a mates sleep mat and camping stove. Hmm.

arsebiscuits.

Still realising things that we lost. An SkS track pump, most of out ikea bags. Carrier bag of dirty rags and a half full bottle of squirt.

They also took the VW instruction manual/service history folder. Bugger. That’s no use to anyone is it? Surely easier to fake a service history than alter the vehicle and registration on someone else’s.

They just grab stuff quickly then bin what’s crap.

Utter scum.

I used to leave my car unlocked and without a steering wheel, as I was running out of patience for replacing the “easybreak” locks (1990s Astra 🙄 ).

I had to put a sign in the window saying that there was no wheel and also that car was unlocked, otherwise they’d break the (unlocked) locks anyway rather than bother even trying the doors.

In the days of the old ‘pull-out cassette decks’, I had gotten slack, and took to placing it just under the passenger seat instead of taking it in the house with me.

Someone obviously knew this, so they smashed the window and took the whole unit. Earlier that same day, my in-laws had given me cash to pay for my auto insurance. Cash. About $800 CDN. All left in an envelope in the glove box.

Thank God they didn’t think to look in there.

At the end of the day, they were probably able to sell the deck in a bar somewhere for about $40 I figure.

Scumbags.

Broke into my car and you could see there is nothing in there but glass everywhere on a 200 mile journey home as the insurer didn’t have the glass in stock.

Similar happened to me.

Back from the school run, son fell over on the steps so forgot to lock the car.

Next morning stuff from glove box on seat of the car. Assumed that my son had been messing around.

About a week later I couldn’t find the compact camera anywhere in the house. Remember I had taken it out the week before on the car, and had left it in the glove box.

Some *** had obviously gone round checking car doors, and rifled through the glove box 🙁

someone did this to me with my shitty old hyundai.

wasnt obvious how to get in the boot(As the cable from the under seat release had snapped) so the valubles were safe enough BUT – they did steal a couple of crap CDS – my regular seeing spectacles and best of all.

as id forgotten to lock it up after driving home from the puffer solo – there was a poly bag containing all the items of clothing i had worn for the 24 hours of strathpuffer without changing once – they were fit for the bin in more ways than one. i pity the fella that stole them – he must have been desperate. The smell surely gave it away.

I used to leave my car unlocked and without a steering wheel, as I was running out of patience for replacing the “easybreak” locks (1990s Astra ).

Someone I was at uni with had a Mk2 Astra. It got pinched a couple of times and they just ran it out of petrol and left it at the side of the road. He started taking the rotor arm off and leaving it unlocked. It then got pushed round the corner from his house and set on fire. ****.

Same thing happens to the wife’s car last year. They stole her work laptop, purse and wedding shoes (told her not leave all these in the car but always fell on deaf ears), along with other work and personal bits.

About a week laster, while walking the dog I spotted one of her work folders on a dirt lane near our house. A bit of searching though the bushes and fileds I found her empty work bag and paperwork. What I didn’t expect to find was her purse which they’d flung after emptying it. Bloody idiots didn’t spot that it was a Michael Kors one worth over £100!! It was also the thing she was most gutted about losing.

Years ago I had the windscreen smashed on my old Open Ascona to steal about 10 pence in coppers off the dash – hammer marks on the side windows but had been unable to break them.

****.

When my Mrs worked at Leeds GI some shitehawk smashed the drivers window & took the only thing on show. An ice scraper which cost 99p from Tesco’s.

Somebody got into my van once – I imagine I forgot to lock it, was bad for that. They took a few bike tools, my supply of energy bars, left some road wheels, and a week later when I was in the car I heard a phone ring, numbnuts had dropped a phone down between the seats ! Sadly I couldn’t stop in time to answer it, would have been amusing.

Not professionals, I suspect.

Smashed rear window of my Audi 80 and a good pair of boots nicked. They tried to get into boot for a dirty inbred but it was a saloon so no access from inside car. More annoying than anything ..

A few years ago (late 80’s) i was the owner of a Mk1 Ford Escort. Left the car in a pub in Southport one evening only to come back and find the scrotes had removed the entire dashboard to nick the stereo that was bolted to it. So no lights (switch was gone) and no way to get home. Fortunately the local Bobby that came out took pity on us and gave us a blue light escort home. 🙂

Someone with the same first name as me stole my VW cassette stereo from my old Polo. Police eventually caught the scrotes with a fair number of units in a van. Guess whose unit had the security PIN. I replaced it in the car, keyed in the PIN in front of the officer, and there was the proof of stolen goods.

I used to receive a compensation payment of £2 per month for a couple of years.

Looks like we left the car unlocked when we got back from riding on Sunday night. Someone obviously checks all the doors on a regular basis as they’ve been through and cleared us out.

A bit of a coincidence that the one night you forget to lock up somebody just happened to try their luck. When the same thing happened to someone I know the police suggested that a jamming device may have been used which prevents the doors locking by remote. Worth checking the door has actually locked occasionally rather than simply trusting the flashy-indicatoring.

One night I had some little shit jam a screwdriver between the top of the door and the roof and bend the whole window open, they still couldn’t open the door cos it had deadlocks and then the alarm went off, I caught a glimpse of him out of the window and he looked all of thirteen..
scroatylittletwatbagbastard..

Some scrotes tried to steal my car earlier this year (not sure how much of a thrill they were expecting from a joy ride in a 17 year old almera).
No windows smashed but they ripped out both door locks and still failed to get inside the car.

Simplyoliy off here had someone try to steal his landy,

They made about 5 ft on the starter but the stop solenoid wire wasnt connected 🙂

Worlds shittest thief

Many, many years ago I used to leave my Austin 1100 unlocked and with the key in the ignition in the hope it would get nicked.

Never was, it seems that even scrotes have standards.

My fabulous Orion 1.6 Ghia Injection was stolen in Stoke on Trent. My mate worked there as a meter reader and knew the area well so we went for a slow drive around the roughest estates. As we were approaching a junction we saw the car one back in the queue waiting to turn out. Matey turned a swift right and pulled up alongside the car and I was out before we’d stopped. The scrotes had nowhere to go so they bailed. I just flew at the driver in a rage and really laid into him, matey had to pull me away I had lost it completely

A bit of a coincidence that the one night you forget to lock up somebody just happened to try their luck. When the same thing happened to someone I know the police suggested that a jamming device may have been used which prevents the doors locking by remote. Worth checking the door has actually locked occasionally rather than simply trusting the flashy-indicatoring

Or we’ve left it open many times and this is the first time someone has checked it. A residents group not that far away installed private CCTV and discovered the local scrotes systematically checked car doors as they walked around. VW’s have the little flashing red light so you can pretty much check without even trying the handle..
Pretty much no risk – makes no noise and they get lucky often enough that it’s worthwhile (even if just for a few pound coins from the ash tray). We’ve done it/had it happen before but they’ve never taken anything (just looking for proper valuables) but then we got slack about leaving more stuff in the car.

Plan is to check the door manually every time now. Too easy to hit open, not close, as it still clicks like it’s locked.

I reckon you left it locked and the thief had something like this. Can be had on the black market for not very much apparently.

I reckon you left it locked and the thief had something like this. Can be had on the black market for not very much apparently.

Really, I’m sure we left it unlocked. Have done it enough times with our VW’s over the last 12 years to be sure.

Only ever had a car done over once, and that seemed to be for no other reason than being a malicious cock, as it was the rear passenger window of my little Chevette, and there was nothing in it to steal anyway. There was blood on the broken glass left in the surround, so I hope the cockbag bled all over his own clothes.
Git.

We had someone break a window and steal nothing. Can’t help think the window had a British cycling sticker and the park next to the car was being used for cyclocross. I expect it was revenge.

I came downstairs to find all the windows on my 2012 Octavia open last week. Turns out if you hold the unlock button on the remote, it opens the windows. Must have been sitting on it.
Learn something new everyday, but I’ve only had it a month.

I came downstairs to find all the windows on my 2012 Octavia open last week. Turns out if you hold the unlock button on the remote, it opens the windows. Must have been sitting on it.
Learn something new everyday, but I’ve only had it a month.

Works the same with closing them by holding the lock button also.

I learnt this when I popped into the local chippy to come out with all windows down. Luckily nothing in the car to steal.

I’ve done this with our VW overnight, luckily it didn’t rain.

Yep, we’ve done the windows as well.

yes, I was confused to find some windows part way down — so just a little too much pressure on the button (but not enough to fully lower them) and they all start to open. button released and they stop. Very perplexed until the power of Google gave the explanation.

You can also use a door key to the same effect on a VW. With a key held and turned in the lock. Unlock to lower, lock to raise. If you remember what keys are for these days. 8)