Whoever it was broke in through the passenger side window and took the JVC MP3 CD player out of my car. This is the second time I've owned a car which has been broken into, this is my second Austin theft, and this will be the second time I've had to replace this model of JVC stereo (the first time, the unit had a mechcanical failure).
I should have known better. The side of the apartment complex I live in has suffered at least eight window breakings over the last year. The face for my ex-stereo sorta invites attention, especially since it's silver framed by the black dashboard around it. I was good about taking the faceplate off, but I got lazy.
I don't think anything else was taken. The George Carlin tickets my sister gave me for Christmas, the two CD wallets, the house key in the glovebox, etc. Just a stereo my father paid $299 plus installation that perfectly fit my car and my mobile music needs.
I'll probably never find the motherfucker who did this.
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Yeh I know how fucked it is. I once found somebody had been in my car while I was sleeping and I was fucking pissed. 2 days later I find out it was a bunch of my friends. I was considering breaking into their cars to 'return the prank' but decided that seeing as nothing got broken I'd just tell em they were fucking retards and leave it at that.
Posted by: Ken on December 4, 2002 11:01 PMLink fixed, Tim. I know how 404s make you wish people would randomly die.
I'd be fun to buy a deer hunting tree stand, set it up in the tree near that staircase in the parking lot, and camp up there for a few nights with the Browning. I'm more than reasonable at 20 yards. Sure as hell scare anyone away at 50.
Posted by: Drizz on December 5, 2002 10:18 AMHaving a car stereo stolen by some crack cravin' ass hole makes we long for the wild west. Then you could sit in the tree and end the fuckers misery permenantly. Now that'd beat the hell outa deer season, and save us the tax money to arrest, prosecute and warehouse this piece a crap for the more serious crimes he'll matriculate into.
Posted by: Ed Burke on July 28, 2003 05:12 PMI just recently had my car broken into this past weekend while we were in Tahoe. The piece of shit(s) broke my window, crawled in and stole my $450 Blaupunkt stereo...I am so fucking pissed. I wanna camp out in the apartment parking lot with a sniper gun and kill those bastards. I am so sick of this, and you know it was probably some fucking crack addict on welfare...my taxes go to these worthless pieces of shit. The should all be put on an island in the middle of the ocean and let them kill eachother and die.
Posted by: "cat" on August 12, 2003 01:38 AMIf I got my car stereo stolen and I forgot to right down the serial number, is there any way to find the serial number through an invoice/order number, or something?
Posted by: BOB on August 24, 2003 05:55 PMBob, that's very unlikely. Serial numbers by their nature are hidden within the packaging so only the person who is supposed to know it can get to it. It they put the number on a receipt or invoice, it would compromise the security of the serial number system. I certainly wish there was a way to get ahold of it differently.
What I need to do is have a text file somewhere and type down all the serial numbers and their corresponding product numbers and the places I bought them; keep several copies of the file for better record keeping.
Posted by: Drizz on August 25, 2003 08:39 AMI had 2 12" MTX subs a Jbl Amp and An Alpine Deck and all of this was fucking jacked. Somebody fucking broke my windo and stole it. If i find out who did this there fucking dead. Is there a way to find out who did this?
Posted by: Parker on November 2, 2003 10:00 PMDude, unless you've got video or photo surveillance on your vehicle, there isn't much of anything you can do. Dusting for fingerprints is usually a waste of time because how can you possibly say for sure which set of the dozens that would come up is responsible?
Write down and save the serial numbers on yor gear so when you report a theft. Sometimes the cops can put out a bulletin to the pawn shops. Just keep this in mind that this incident marked the second time I called the police on a stereo theft and the second time they did jack shit of followup work.
Going to the cops isn't a guarantee of anything.
Posted by: Drizz on November 2, 2003 11:23 PMI recently had my stereo stolen from my car, lazy me didn't take the faceplate off and they ripped it out of my dash. Anyway I got a call the other night (after I already bought a new one)from the police in wyoming. I live in St. louis, he said he had my radio and tracked it with the serial number I gave on the police report. The officer was pretty vague on how and when I will get it back. Will I ever see it again or has anyone else tried to get stolen stuff back from another state? I am clueless as to what to do. Help me!
Posted by: JULIE on November 11, 2003 02:57 PMTO BAD THE WORLD HAS LOW LIFES LIKE THIS IN IT , BUT WE NEED TO LIVE WITH IT BECAUSE ITS NOT GOING ANY WHERE'S! I RECENTLY HAD MY CHRISTMAS LIGHTS RIPPED OFF MY FENCE BY SOME JERK AND LET ME TELL YA I LOST MY CHRISTMAS SPIRIT! I DID WRITE A NICE SIGN AND PUT IT OUT WHERES THE LIGHTS WHERES EXPLAINING HOW LUCKY THE THIEFS WHERES THEY DIDNT GET CAUGHT AND ALOT OF PEOPLE CALLED ME SAYING SORRY THAT IT HAPPENED AND THE SIGN WAS VERY GOOD! AND THEN JUST THE OTHER DAY THEY GOT MY ELK RACK OFF MY GARAGE! NOW I NEED TO TELL YA I LIVE IN A FENCED YARD WITH A DOG AND ALWAYS ALERT? BUT THE SEEM TO SLITHER IN AND TAKE STUFF, THEY ALSO KEEP TAKING GAS FROM MY WORK TRUCK! ONE DAY ILL CATCH THEM AND THEY WILL HANG IN MY TREE FOR ALL TO SEE!!! AND IM SORRY FOR EVERYONE ELSE WHO IN VICTIMIZED BY THESE THIEFS!
Posted by: JAMES on December 14, 2003 09:49 AMsome basterds stole my jbl amp and blitz subs.
After watchong cctv footage i found it is 4 mad bastards who nick all the time and would stick a knife in me ,if i try to get it back .what should i do?
Find five of your own mad bastards, arm them, and go take your property back.
Posted by: Drizz on May 3, 2004 08:20 AMi just had my deck, my amp, my 2 subs, and my collection of over 250 cds jacked 2 days ago. all the cops could tell me was that i should have moved into an apartment complex with a gate. i feal the same as all of you, if only i could have caught them doing it.
Posted by: duane on July 9, 2004 11:03 PMI live in an apartment complex with a security gate in Tempe/Phoenix, AZ. My car was stolen about six months ago back on February 27, 2004 and it was broken into last night July 17, 2004. The only thing they got this time was a Pioneer XM tuner out of my trunk, they didn't even touch the deck. I don't really think that the gates do much but raise your rent. I live in a crime free community, but from what I understand the only thing it's good for is letting the complex boot me out if I have the police called on me, and knowing they do a small background check prior to moving in. I don't feel comfortable living here anymore and I still have two months left on my lease I'm stuck with. Looks like I will be moving out and paying for a months rent when I won't even be living here.
Posted by: Jason on July 19, 2004 12:51 AMyo
i just got my cd player yanked out of my car by some fucking night creaping crack addict from my neighborhood. That was a christmas present this year, and we payed 100 dollars not even a month ago to get it installed into my new (used) car. I swear i could just cry thinking about it, my family is kinda strapped for cash and they did that as a huge favor for me. I wish i could hide behind some bush in my yard and rip their fuckin heads off with a 12 gauge. fucking bitches.
Posted by: suzyck on July 26, 2004 12:05 AMsome bastards stole my car and my Girlfirends car at the same time. It was some kinda of theft operations. but andyways, i called the cops and they didnt seem to do anything so i started driving around looking for the cars. while looking for my GF car i stumble across my car. Nothing was taken cause i had stock stereo. The next day i drove again. I ended up in this really bad area and I found my GF car as well but her car was sorta stripted but it was driverable. Then i got a hint who took it. it was some dude who stole it and parked it right in front of his house because this other guy across the street said he saw him drive it. What should i do?? I dont think the cops gonna do shit cause that guy dont want to be a witness. What should i do??
Posted by: gary on September 24, 2004 04:29 PMI just walked out to my car ten minutes ago to find my sony deck, 1600 watt amp, 12" kicker subs, kenwood tweaters, and poineer mids have been stolen. I can't belive that they took so much time to unmount everything the way that they did. I'm so fucking pissed it's insane. If I would have cought the fuckers they would be on life support for months. FUCK FUCK FUCK!!! Cost me over a thousand dollars! I am putting up a reward notice in the laundry mat saying that there is a reward for info leading to the discovery of the people that did this. We have a security gaurd that walks around the complex on saturday nights. The same security gaurd that told me I can't drink in front of my apartment probably saw this happening and hid behind a bush like a little bitch. Fuck! Im going to maim these fuckers if I find out who they are. I will kick open their front door, spray them with mace and beat the living shit out of them! My renters insurance might cover it but I am not sure. All I know is that it was probably someone living here that heard my driving in to the complex bumpin.
DANNY! Don't be a weenie. If you know who did this then you need to slam down some beers with your buddies and go over there and get your stuff. Get some pepper spray and a couple of guns. If they attack you with a fist hit them with the pepper spray and if they pull a knife, you pull a trigger. It's that simple man. You just make sure that when you go there that your actions are in self defense. Look at it as them giving you a reason.
Posted by: Smoked1 on September 26, 2004 09:23 PMIm really depressed, five months ago i bought my first (used) car, a 2000 Explorer. After looking at some nice pictures over the internet of some kool modificated Explorers i decided to start doing the same with mine. I bought the new Pioneer AVIC-N1 Navigation and Dvd sytem with partial-detachable face ($2,000, 1200 sony amp and subs. Two hours ago i was shoked when i saw my cars window broken and all my stuff stolen. I still think im in a nightmare, i spent so much money there, i wanna cry. I called the police but he told me there was nothing they could do, but the thief left a hand lamp inside my car which i gave to the officer, still he said they never do a deep investigation in these cases. What should I do?
Posted by: Frefer on October 5, 2004 11:42 AMFrefer, unless you live in a town where the cops can be trusted to be of some use, I wouldn't bother with them.
I'd immediately visit all the local pawn shops to look for your gear, but unless you want to hire a private investigator to do the police's job, I'd accept the loss and take what you know now into consideration for the future. Take pictures of your property; engraving your name or a hidden message somewhere would be useful for future identification at pawn shops. Learn the phone numbers and locations of all the pawn shops in a few miles of your home. Write down all equipment serial and product numbers. Keep receipts. Notify your insurance carrier(s) of upgrades to your car.
Never - EVER - install or leave something in your car that looks valuable. I'm never buying a car stereo without a removable faceplate; I'm never leaving it attached on when I park my car; and I almost always take it with me into buildings.
And arm yourself. If the asshole(s) who broke into my car had made enough noise to wake me up, I would have been able to chase them off with my handgun. Alas, they didn't and they did the whole thing less than 20 feet from my bedroom window. It's one of the reasons I moved from that apartment complex - security sucked.
Hey guys, dont worry too much, life goies on, what can i say? i've stolen a couple of stereos this week, im a pro so even if you hide and try to catch a thief let me tell you something you may not know: WE NEVER GO ALONE. big hug for you losers.
Posted by: Anonimo on October 6, 2004 03:12 PMThis morning I awoke to find that both my car and my boyfriend's car had had their windows smashed in and both stereos stolen. I drive an old car, I am a college student, I am poor, and I don't have insurance coverage for vandalism because I can't afford it. My car happened to have a nice (but still old) Kenwood stereo in it that the original owner installed. The repairs on my windows cost me $235. Whoever stole my stereo tore up my console and broke some other things in my car. Fixing these things will be very expensive. My car is the only thing worth ANYTHING that I have to my name. I worked hard for that car, as many other victims of this trend have. The thieves will probably get a small amount of money for that stereo. Maybe $60. Waking up in the morning to find that your efforts in life have been exploited like that feels like rape. It causes me to want to give up on life. You might say I asked for it by even having a decent stereo and parking my car in my driveway in a neighborhood I knew wasn't to great in terms of crime, but that's like saying a girl deserves to be raped because she is a girl and she tries to go somewhere besides in her house. "You should have known better" is no excuse. The thief made the effort of costing me the money for all of the repairs I will have to do for a lousy $60 worth of stereo. They cost me over 4 hours of missed work for just today, something that cannot easily be afforded by someone like me. The enjoyment of owning a stereo is the least of my concerns. Yet I love music and sometimes it is the only thing that gives me a reason to live. What my ability to hear music meant to me is worth infinitely more than the money the thieves will make. The thieves have shown me how completely self-centered and uncompassionate they are. Yet, I am powerless to tell them this, even though they probably wouldn't care. They had to have known that I was struggling in life; otherwise I would have a newer car with better paint. People, poor or not, who would rob, legally or not, the meager assets of someone (and do so repeatedly) have a slap of karma coming their way amounting to the sum of the injury they have caused by robbing. Perhaps they don't realize that they are stripping others in a similar predicament in life of their ability to survive. If not, they need to find out. It's a small thing in comparison to some other crimes. But it takes a toll on the people subjected to it. MAKING MONEY BY DESTROYING WHAT OTHERS LIKE YOURSELF HAVE WORKED FOR IS SCUM. In fact, it does not even come down to an issue of taking from those who can afford it. It boils down to it being malicious to casually add expense to someone's checkbook. In some cases in life it does seem that some people have a lot more than their share, but keep in mind that that is small percentage of the population, usually not the people being robbed, definitely not me.
ANONIMO--you are bottom sucking scum. I hope you enjoy the title, because that's probably all you'll ever be worthy of. Don't know why you consider us losers because you're the punchline of the joke. You are the shit off the heap, the element in life that makes it such a pain even for you. I don't know why you want to contribute to that.
Posted by: TR on October 22, 2004 06:25 PMI am an student temporary in the USA - Arlington , Texas to be exact. Last weekend some American asshole broke into my car and stole my Kenwood stereo system while it was parked at my apartment complex. I own an old car and the only thing valuable was my stereo. Wasted 4 hours of my time - $110 to fix the window and I did buy a new stereo which NOW leaves the car even when I step out to go into the gas station. What is fucked up with this country is that m*fuckers like this get away - in my country you do get petty thieves but NO one breaks car windows to steal stereo systems. Liability insurance doesnt pay for this thing. This country needs a serious change of laws - police only take a f****** report over the phone and dont even care to check out what happened. What is worse is that this asshole probably is a jobless crack whore who gets his money from my taxes.
Posted by: Dion on October 25, 2004 11:23 PMMY sony xplod stereo was stolen out of my 1998 chevy pickup the stereo was new it is silver with red lighting for the preset stations please help me find it. thank you
Posted by: kevin segalla on November 3, 2004 02:34 PMunfortunately i doubt you will - also the police in the usa suck - they dont even show up at the crime scene - this is the America we live in - fuck you all and especially the motherfuckers who break open windowss
Posted by: Dion on November 4, 2004 12:44 AMwell i love stealing ppls shit of there car its great buys my drugs when i don't have the money and besides even if u did catch me i would just beat your ass and laugh in your face
hahaha love it
Posted by: joe on November 6, 2004 10:03 PMnice joe,
don't steal - i boobytrap
nextime you try fingering my stuff - you will the tingling sensation of razor blades, which i will superglue to various corners, crevices and gripping points....
dont think you'll be stealing much with severed fingertips .
dont worry, i'll scotch guard and put down plastic for easy cleanup on my end.
My stereo got jacked 2! I am a little more fortunate than some because they didn't get it all. The "crack heads" got my hideaway unit for the pioneer avic-n1 and an amp. (they must of thought that the hideaway unit was an amp too or something) does anyone know where I can get just the hideaway module for the avic-n1? I don't have enough money to buy a new setup and all I need is that brain. PLEASE HELP! email at claytons1966@yahoo.com
Posted by: Clayton on November 15, 2004 04:35 PMyeah, i feel the same way as you all...this is a good place to vent. i'm living in puerto rico right now and i love it, but some days i want to walk over to the housing project down the street and blow the fucker up. like our taxes pay for police to "serve and protect", but when i go to report the asshole that smashed my window twice in 2 weeks and took my stereo the second time to the police, they don't say a goddamned thing. i don't feel served or protected.
our taxes also pay for these heroin addicts to live for free and i'm busting my ass 60 hours a week just to make ends meet. so now i don't have rent money cause i had to fix my fucking car. why can't i just have ONE THING that is nice? i'm not even going to put a stereo in my car because the mother fucker will just break in again.
does anyone know of a stereo that is completely removable? i took my faceplate off and he stole it anyway.
Posted by: Gretchen on December 1, 2004 01:02 PMGretchen, sounds like the cops in Puerto Rico are as useless at helping you out with crime as they are in Austin. Twice I've had a car broken into and a stereo stolen and twice I got squat in assistence from the police.
I know I've heard of removable chassis in-dash car stereo receivers. Try calling Crutchfield ( http://www.crutchfield.com ) and asking them. They have awesome customer service.
Posted by: Drizz on December 1, 2004 01:34 PMFortunetly for me, I've never had anything stolen from inside my car, but I have had personal shit stolen on a grey hound bus in El Passo Texas. I feel ya'll's pain. It's like we cant have any decent stero systems in our cars for fear it'll be stolen and our cars will be torn to shreads in the process. Any of you guys tried alarm systems for your cars? I dont know how expensive they are, but its the next best thing to having a video camera in your car. I'm no "profiler" of petty theives, but i doubt they are "heavily" harmed. Shit like this makes me want to pull out my mace and go huntin' fer theving assholes.
Posted by: Liz on December 2, 2004 10:07 PMI'm a 16 year old girl from Idaho working 25 hours a week. During the summer, working 40 hours a week, from 7 am to 3 pm Monday through Friday, I bought my pride and joy; a beautiful jvc deck mp3/cd player. It was $300. Today (a saturday), December 4th, my father notified me that my cd player had been stolen. I ran out to look, and indeed, my cd player had been ripped out of my car, wires hanging, bent rim. I could see the maliciousness and selfishness by even LOOKING at the way that it was torn out. I was so shocked, I ran inside and called the police. They didn't do anything. I called Best Buy where i bought it, and they couldn't do anything, even though I put insurance on it, it didnt "cover abuse or theft". What kind of bullcrap is that?! Why else would i really care to get insurance on it? ALl day, i kept hoping i was just having a nightmare and my pride and joy of my WHOLE car, (I have a honda civic 91) this made my car have personality! And those assholes took it. Not only that, but they took a cd case from me as well. They left my door open so the light stayed on and burned out. Now I, a poor 16 year old, have to replace that at MY EXPENSE. Those jerks. After denial all day that this had happened, I was crying later tonight because I just feel so hurt that I was victimized in this way. RAPED of my money and my investment that I EARNED and that they probably took for drugs or their own pleasure. I really feel violated. I'm not being a drama queen either, that is honestly how I feel. I pray that those people that stole it will change because they really hurt me.
Posted by: aimee on December 5, 2004 12:14 AMMy window was broken in my own fenced in garage this week by what I am sure is a crackhead looking for money to get high. Realistically, even if he does get arrested, he will shortly be realeased and returned to break into the next victim's vehicle. I think that the only way that I am going to find peace with these petty thieves is by getting revenge. I want to put a dummy purse in my car which will emit a burst of pepper spray at the thief who steals from me the next time. Is there any kind of pepper spray bomb out there. I have been looking, and the only think I have been able to find is a chemical that actually has to be sprayed. Does anyone have a suggestion?
Posted by: Ginny on January 7, 2005 03:20 PMSome bitch jacked my 2 JL Audio 12 inch subwoofers, my 400 watt amp, and my Kenwood MP3/CD Deck...May the asshole who did it rott in the eternal blazes of hell.
Posted by: Don on February 2, 2005 03:55 PMWOW you guys. We are all on the same page here. This morning, walked out to my Jimmy only to find a window smashed in, and all of my (at least) $5000 worth of stereo equip all taken. I worked hard to get that, and still working hard to pay off the debt im in because of it, but i just loved to rock out in it, music is what i just love. and for someone to just take, and not work for what they want, is just as low as you can possibly go. As a message to all thieves, YOU WILL GET CAUGHT!! Justice WILL be served, maybe not with my system or other ppls system, but TRUST ME, you WILL GET CAUGHT, and eventually, all you thieves run into someone with a shotgun, piss him off, and BAM! you leave this world nothing more than a sappy loser looking to please a life they never really had....and believe me, when ppl get their stuff stolen, THEY ARE LOOKING FOR YOU!! Enjoy life!
Posted by: aj burmeister on February 8, 2005 01:01 AMOh my fucking god. I had my dream set. My car was pimped. I fuckin was being nice and let my bro barrow my car cuz he fucked his up. 1st mistake. Then he fuckin get the shit broken into. My fuckin deck which was the most amazing pioneer ever. OMG this really burns me. That deck was soo perfect. and my subs and two amps gone. THAT NIGGER WHO TOOK MY SHIT WILL DIE. Im about to fuckin snap and startin hanging these parasites who infect the world we work so hard creating. This is the last fuckin straw! Death to all u white black mexican araban asian fuckers who think they can do whatever the fuck they want. IT will end!!!!!!!!!!!!!! US VICTOMS ALWAYS GET THE LAST LAUGHT U GREEDY MOTHER FUCKERS
Posted by: brandon on February 18, 2005 01:07 AMHi,
Just replaced an Alpine deck that was ripped off from my VW van almost a year ago. I agree on the need to extract retribution on the filth that feel like they are entitled to my shit cause I'm white in a majority black n'hood, have money, whatever. I see the crackhead motherfuckers sitting in the park on the playground structures, stinking the place up with little baggies and malt likka bottles, so that my kids have to be driven to another n'hood to play. I have had "words" with a couple, and have let them know what awaits the little bitch that fucks with me even a little. It helps to come across as crazy as batshit with these people. Most have no bigger connections, or friends in the real sense that are willing to help them out to get back at you.
Anyway, back on trak- check this link-
http://www.hi-vel.com/Catalog__18/Perimeter_Alarm_Systems___Acce/perimeter_alarm_systems___acce.html
They sell safe pyrotechnics that are activated by trip wire, including screamers and shotgun shell blanks. My ride is wired so that anyone sliding into the seat without knowing what to look for gets a 12 guage blank going off behind their back and a cloud of pepper spray fills the cab. This also will give me time to get out front with my shotgun- specially loaded with birdshot-filled beanbags. Seen "Phonebooth"? thats what Colin gets nailed with at the end. This link also sells these for cheap.They will put a 200 lb. man on his ass and leave a mother of a bruise. Once the bitch is on the ground, he gets my steel toes around the face and nuts. Then I give him a little talk about the error of his ways while my Walther sits on his tonque and tickles his tonsils. He is then free to go, with instructions on not even walking past my house again. He is no worse for the wear, considering. Beats a load of 00 buck. And you can legally (in GA) use non-lethal force to stop commission of a crime. Shoot someone with a bullet, even aiming at a leg etc. is considered use of dealy force- not legal at all to protect a stereo, only to protect LIFE.
Posted by: Eric on February 18, 2005 10:21 AMHere is the link for non-lethal shotgun rounds
Posted by: Eric on February 18, 2005 10:28 AMEric, I like your style. Kudos for the hard-nosed defense of your property and to making it expensive indeed for punks to mess with it.
I changed your url to the shotgun rounds to something that played better with my system.
Posted by: Drizz on February 18, 2005 02:26 PMThanks. I hope I didnt come across as a nut, but adrenaline will make you do crazy shit.
I am normally a very mellow guy, but I hate to take crap from little dirt bags that expect me to be automatically scared of them because they are Black, or act black- God knows the media sells the Black man as a BMF. A lot of kids black and white in my n'hood now believe the hype, and adopt the Ghetto Gangbanger posture. White folks see this stuff and assume when confronted by a black guy talking shit "O my God, he probably has a gun". But in reality I have found that most of the posers in my neighborhood are really just trash talking wannabees. Do not be intimidated is my message. It may seem dangerous to talk back and tell them to fuck off, but the risk is worse if they think you are a punk. They will walk all over you.
If anyone is interested, here is the page I used to make my pepper spray trap.
http://www.doingfreedom.com/gen/0602/octrap.html
BTW- I have not seen the guy anywhere near my house in 18 months now.
PS-Dont think I'm a racist. I was a Trad-Ska Rude Boy back in the early/mid 80's and still maintain my Two-Tone values. It just happens that in this n'hood, all troublemakers and hoods I have had issues with are black. I will give equal treatment to anyone I find gagging on pepper spray next to my car in the middle of the night.
Posted by: Eric on February 22, 2005 11:08 AM havent you guys ever heard of a car alarm, before you put 1000 dollars worth of car audio in your car you need to put 200 dollars worth of car security into your car. a simple car alarm with shock sensor and hoood and trunk sensors and the most important feature (two way remote that notifies you) will spare you from having to pay for new windows and dashboards and replacing stripped parts.
when you install the alarm make sure you use two sirens, one should be hidden and fused. you should have hood pin switches because they usually open the hood and disconnect the battery. you can even get a radar detector trigger so if they come with in 2feet of your car it will chirp the siren .
i had some crack head break my window but my alarm went off and all he got was the removable face which i only paid 7 dollars for. another a hole tried to steal my corolla by peeling up my hood but the alarm went off, he ran away, another guy tried to steal my radio but the alarm went off. my alarm saved me many many times. you should be aware that crack heads like to break windows so make sure you get a shock sensor and if u want to prevent the window from being brokenin the first place use a 15 dollar radar sensor
this is a great post. i feel so much better now that i see other people have had shit stolen too. Heres my situation. I get out of my dead end job, walk down to my car, to see my seat pushed forward... i say to myself, hey i didn't do that. i walk up to see the two back steats pushed forward, cut cords everywhere, my amp, my sub, my head unit all stolen. my steering columb smashed to pieces of plastic, my hood open, my gas tank open for some reason. its just fucking great too. nothing the godamn cops can do, nothing my insurance can do, nothing i can do except get drunk as fucking shit here and look for some type of help on the sad sad interent and i find this forum and i'm about to fucking puke. Yes, i prayed to got tonight, to please show me where the motherfuckers that stole this live, so i can there-for come to their house armed with a 12 guage shotgun, make them fuck their mothers at gunpoint, rip off thier left testicles and make them eat them, then finaly shoot them point blank between the eyse with my 12 guage, and following this event i shall shit and piss on their puddle of a face, take their girlfriend, nut on her face, then blow her face off with a 12 guage, kill their mother, and proceed to drop diahrea shit on her face... yeah thanks mr. crackhead, thanks for stealing my shit, now you can suck my left nut you piece of cunt cock smoker.
Posted by: VeryAngry on April 4, 2005 05:37 AMMy system got stolen to and I want to see the motherfucker pay for my shit.
Happened two days ago.
Fuck these thievin motherfuckers and they're always the ones that get everything.
FUCK IT. Does it even pay to be a HONEST PERSON ANYMORE?!?!? :(
hey guys, don't worry what goes around comes around, i had a cousin that used to steal peoples radios and break their car windows, he would laugh his ass off and drink to thier stupidity(of his victims) but then just a couple of weeks ago his fathers' truck got stripped to the fuckin bone,a mean the shell and chassis was what was left,hahaha hahahaha hahaha they desevred it. maybe it was payback cuz the full coverage insurance had just expired just two days before the incident. i was emailed by my cousin he was pissed, they had a a reagency conversion 2500 chevy truck that cost his dad some hardass workto pay it off(about $40k - $47k) and they had just finished paying for it, i can assure u that what i learned from my loser ass cousins is that they don't do anything productive with the money they get from the stolen property and it hurts them more at the end, they guys have seemed to learned thier lesson and have gotten jobs, cuz they have ran into the laws thru the fingerprints and they have been put on papers(probation) so they are forced to clean up thier act. i am simpathetic for all you that have been vicitmized.
in my hood everyone knows not to fuck with my shit or my moms or my brothers shit, cuz they know i hate fuckin thieves and i'll make sure they have a closed casket, we leave our shit unlocked and in the driveway, and it has been that way for years, only once have a shot at some punkass scoping my house and no one has ever fucked around with our property.
its ok to defend your shit even from your own family because my cousin used to breakin into his own families cars not in mine they know better.
its a select few that fuck it all up for the rest of the people.
My xplod head unit, iPod, and iPod interfase cable (over $700 worth of stuff) got jacked out of my car at schoo. My friends girlfriend had her alpine taken on the same day. The cop at our school came down and looked at my car and said:
COP: whats missing
ME: (describe all the stuff, including a speeging ticket that was sitting in the pocket under my stereo)
COP: *points to a small paint chip near my door lock* must have gotten in here"
ME: no I did that
COP: oh?...let me get you a crime report number
he got me some bullshit number that didnt do shit. My car insurance wont cover it eventhough I have vandelism protection due to the fact that my items werent "schedualed with the insurance company"
I've learned 2 things from all this...
1. COPS NEVER EVER HELP YOU EVER!!!!
cops have only fucked me over (i mentioned my speeding ticket, which was acctualy for running a stop sign.....it was a california stop at an intersection that didnt have a stop sign a year ago)....they didnt do shit about my stereo....and the same cop that wrote my report almost got me suspended from school a year before because i said the word "gun" eventhough it wasn't in a bad context.
2. ALWAYS TAKE THE MOTHERFUCKIN FACLEPLACE NO MATER HOW MUCH OF A PAIN IN THE ASS IT IS TO CARY ARROUND!!!!!!!!
im more pissed about the police than I am about the stereo....30-50 hours at a minimum wage job will replace that...Im more pissed about the fact that the cops dont do their job and dont even care that I work my ass off so I can have nice stuff, and I pay taxes so the cop can help me get my nice stuff back if it ever gets jacked, and he does jack shit when I acctualy need him....
A MESSAGE TO CAR THEIVES
You will never understand what it feels like to get your nice shit jacked...you will never own nice shit that you did honest work for....the fact that you cost us $1000+ so you can get $50 will never bother you...and to that I just wanna say a big "FUCK YOU"
some bitches jacked my pioneer car stereo and my cd wallet this morning they broke the side windown in the back to get in, but all they had to do was open the damn door, it was unloked. geeze. broken windows are such a hastle next time just use the damn door and i wont have to get broken glass stuck in my butt cheak!
Posted by: john on June 20, 2005 06:51 PMHey y'all. I had my car broken into in the middle of the day. I live on a pretty busy street with lot's of traffic and people. I'm just shocked that no one saw this happen. The punk bitch broke out my passenger side window and yanked out my alpine cd player. I had my car locked up and my alarm turned on. I was sitting in my apartment and heard the alarm go off. I immediately got up and ran out to my car, but by the time I got there, all I saw was my car with a pile of glass on the pavement. I don't know how someone could do this so quickly. They couldn't have had more than 30 seconds to do everything. I'm so pissed, I've never felt so much rage, its actually frightening to me how pissed I am.
Posted by: Ben on July 26, 2005 02:20 AMHeh, man, I share the agony 'round here. I've had my car broken into 3 times in the last year.
Time #1: they wanted my stereo (broken old piece of crap thing) and smashed a window to get it.
Time #2: I don't know WHAT this idiot was after. I hadn't replaced the stereo at that point so there was nothing but a big gaping hole in the dash. He smashed my car's hatchback; that shit cost over $400 to replace. Maybe he thought I had a trunk system?
After that, I started leaving my driver-side door unlocked, with a Club on the steering wheel. I thought that'd at least save me having to replace windows all the time, right? Wrong-o....
Time #3 was 3 nights ago. I heard the car window shatter and went outside to investigate; I wound up face to face with the guy in the dark. I didn't expect to find anyone out there so I didn't go armed -- big mistake! What I wouldn't give to have had a nice can of pepper spray in my hand. He came at me, hands raised like he had a knife or something, and... gave me a shove. Then walked off to his getaway vehicle.
He got nothing, though. I never leave the faceplate in the car; he was turning the glove box inside out looking for it when I showed up. Yeah, wish I'd had my camera (to snap a nice shot of him crouched in the front seat), and that pepper spray.
It's frustrating, though. I left the door unlocked and I STILL wound up with a broken window. Apparently no amount of reckoning can adequately account for the infinite stupidity of the criminal mind.
Posted by: Rob on August 15, 2005 09:13 PMYa-theytook my stereo-it sucks-I am single female, poor and no A/C in car. It is an old 89 Mercury Marquis-my baby. All I had was music to get me through the traffic. Now silence. I think they live next door-bunch of low-life thug types-can't prove it-they just moved in. I am thinking of revenge but I would prolly get paid back in a big way and besides, what if it wasn't them.
Posted by: Eileen on August 21, 2005 09:40 PMAbout 2 years ago I had my Kenwood kvt-910, and 2, 7" monitors stolen. I had the stuff for awhile and I was planning on getting some new stuff. So I got an avic-n1. I never replaced the monitors. I found a 910 monitor, cause that's all I needed, on ebay. I threw that in my girlfriends car. Then the other day I walk out to my car and find my window broken out. They stole my avic. Also, my xtant x1001, but I've had that for like 4 years now. What gets me is, they never steal the hideaway units. At least I would have the satisfaction of knowing it worked, wherever it was. To wake up everyday and see half of my favorite multimedia player, pisses me off. So I finally sold it on ebay, for $300. At least someone will get use out of it. Now my girlfriend has my subs too. I plan on getting an N2, I just bought a microwave sensor for my car alarm too. Good Luck Kids
Posted by: Deon on August 23, 2005 12:56 AMi had my pioneer dvd nav avic n1 stolen along with my jl 1000/1 amp and my custom box was fukin destroyed. a person cant even begin to describe the feeling it brings to see your car had got jacked and fuckin wires hangin everywhere i also had my $400 phone and my $400 portable game unit jacked as well as some nice sunglasses all of this totaling around $5500. 96 civics are easy to get in .. juz jimmy the door with a flat head and ur in. i wanna fukin kill whoever did it
Posted by: Joseph on September 1, 2005 02:06 AMSome ass tried to jack my deck and faceplate today.
My doors were locked, and I have no alarm.
My window was pushed down and the lever mechanism on it is broken now. My front driver's door was unlocked, my console was ripped wide open. My deck was pushed clear back, my faceplate was on the floor, and the case for the face plate was inexplicably on the roof of my car.
He left his hat, though. That's my trophy.
What's funny is last month, my roommate's faceplate got jacked. I think he was looking for a deck to go with it (they're both compatible Kenwoods).
Difference is: I lock my car doors and have no alarm,
He for god knows what reason leaves his doors unlocked with a loud alarm that did him zero good.
I heard his alarm go off -- bear in mind, his car was parked right next to his bedroom window with the windows open and I'm on the other side of the apartment! -- went outside, saw the guy sitting in his car, grabbing the plate. Nonchalantly got up, said "Still got it, bitch!" and ran off.
The cops, of course, were useless and wanted less of my description than I gave them. Some help!
This time, I'm just gonna tell em someone tried to break into my car and messed my window up, so I can get it replaced.
I'm LOVING The idea of that pepper spray bomb. This shit is annoying at best, and gutwrenching at worst. Needs to stop. Should be legal to SHOOT a carjacker, maybe they'd get the idea. Or maybe we should all start shorting car batteries on our car chassis. That'd piss em off!
Posted by: Vodka on September 1, 2005 02:15 PMThe booby-trappers among you might be interested in this: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/232777.stm
Posted by: Drizz on September 2, 2005 01:37 PMi am a returning soldier from iraq. i thought i was in the clear cause i took out all my shit except the brain for my screen. i thought no one would steal that but i thought wrong now im stuck with a bad ass screen but no way to use it. i tryed calling pioneer but no help. i was wondering if any had this peice left by a thief and wanted to sell it. its a pioneer avic-n1. will appiecate any help. thanks
cheapy21@yahoo.com
Posted by: Pinon on September 8, 2005 04:55 PMYeah fuck niggers , send them to new orleans fucking niggers
Posted by: cj on September 9, 2005 03:46 AMLet's hear it for CJ! Obviously a man of integrity and honor.
I'll make sure to pass your statement along to the blacks I know who've had their shit ripped off and are just as pissed at the thieving bastards as you are, man.
Moron.
Posted by: Drizz on September 9, 2005 01:25 PMAll the subwoofers stolen were eventually thrown away because they are all trash anyway.
Posted by: Jolee on September 14, 2005 12:22 AMsomeone just broke into my car last night ..busted my window and stole my stereo. i'm pissed.
Posted by: kelly on September 27, 2005 02:31 PMlast nite all my shit was stolen i had blue lights and a kenwood Flip face it was old but it still was the shit!!! and i was planning to get a some subs and amp so i had all my wires ran well they thought i did and they broke my lock wit a crowbar breaking into my trunk got the lock to get then broke my window to get into the car!!! But what they dont know is that i setup to be taken a part in a special so if some did steal the wires would cross and spark and fuck the shit up well i think it worked but it still pist me off i worked and went to high school to get my car and all my shit that was so nice!!! Well i guess in this great Fucking world of Ours we Just can have anything Fuckin nice!!!
Posted by: B-man on September 29, 2005 11:23 PMIM SO MAD. Yeah I guess that someone around here that does not like that i cant fiqure out who did it, Smashed the side window out of my car. I heard a LOUD boom and was too scared to go out side and then 2 hrs later thinking nothing of the noise i go out to see that my car window has been smashed to pieces. I cant get in my car if i open the door it will all fall everywhere. I am so mad I have NO money and i am already late on my car payment, and it is prolly expensive to get a new one.
Posted by: Brandi on October 3, 2005 03:21 AMi just had my stero jacked... its 7:22 am ...and i woke up with my girlfriend going to work saying...yo your car was broken into., I agree what goes around comes around. But i think its ok. They didn't break my window....and just got my system. From the the music i download on the internet. and other stuff . such as , buying stolen merchandise from the flea market..lol , i had alil time to reflect and think to my self. i can't be mad because i sort of contribute to the problem .......
So i cant say much..., besides damn, and let me go buy another system. BUT they did steal my damn business bag with all my imporant stuff in it , which ? IS NO USE TO YOU !!!! DON"T STEAL STUPID SH*T of no value...., took my damn john legend cd lol . If they only took my damn stero it would be all good...
more pissed about the bag
unbornechild@aol.com
My avic x1r was stolen a few nights ago. The car was parked within a gated residence in a supposedly secure underground garage within a locked car. They broke a window and ripped the stereo out of the dash. I'm an american living in France (have lived in Austin, BTW) and the police here are even worse about investigating these crimes than in the USA. Two nights later they entered my car again to steal the "hide away box" for the avic which they left the first time (I didn't know they had left it). The car was again parked in the "secure" garage but I had left it unlocked so they didn't break any windows this time (the previous window had already been repaired). The car is only a few months old so it sucked that they also dented the door and of course tore up many interior pieces while ripping out the stereo. I really need a GPS navigation system here in Europe but I'm buying one I can remove from the car. I feel the same way as many of you here. I thought about setting a trap for these assholes but, realistically, a stereo isn't worth being seriously injured or killed or spending time in a french prison for injuring or killing the thief (yeah, it's likely here). Anyway, good luck to you all and thanks for sharing your stories.
Posted by: Trance on December 3, 2005 03:29 AMI know how you all feel. Last night my amp and speakers were stolen out of my jeep. I had all doors locked, except the hatchback. FUCK!! Well at least I still had serial numbers. Assholes will probably try to sell my shit... Good luck with that right!! Well, everyone keep on keepin on. Kill a theif for me would ya?
Mitch
"DJMANTIS"
"mitch and kira" on myspace
Okay, to start off with, I have been a carthief in my time.
The reason I was lowered to this act was that a good friend of mine, clear on the other side of the country, had been raped in her apartment. Being a student at the time and having a bit of a deft hand within a night I had well over $1000. I never took anything too expensive from any one car or did any serious damage except that while picking a lock on one car I broke the lock.
So keep in mind that people don't just steal for drug money. That's no justification.
As to how to prevent getting your car broken into;
- Buy a little flashing LED from an electronics store for a few dollars. The light is common on alarms and anybody wanting to be subtle about it won't bother.
- Get tinting on your side windows. Completely clear is fine, it's just to stop windows from shattering so cleanly. With a pry bar and a little time a window can be cobwebbed with no more noise then a tiny pop.
- Park as close to your house or in a garage as you can. Again, just a little hint.
- Stereos with removable faceplates are pointless if you leave the faceplates on.
- Always lock your door. A lot of people forget.
And so on and so forth. Sorry to hear you guys had to get hit like that.
Posted by: Kitty on December 19, 2005 06:18 AMthis is crazy. My sisiter needed a fuel pump put on her car. So this man came and towed the car to his house so he could fix it. she has been really sick since a surgary gone bad over a year ago. She was admitted back in the hospital the nexy day only for a police officer to call her and say that someone broke into her car and stole all her music out. She has two alarms on her car, one on the car and one on the trunk. The police report that he filed says that the car was unlocked and the alarm sensor was turned down. Then the store that the fuel pump was bought from said that it was returned for a full refund. He rigged her fuel pump to the relay switch and now her car still is not running. I guess he can't see that we can put shit togethere and that he let someone in the car so they can give him whatever drugs he needed. Dumb mother fucker. Hopefully now the police can charge him, but my sister is really upset and already sick. What kind of people do this shady shit and sleep at night??????
Posted by: sandra on January 26, 2006 04:18 PMI did want to say that I feel everyone who has had there car tore up by some "can't get a job, so let me steal and make a profit asshole". It's all good though. See, we all can and will replace our music eventually, because good things come to those who work hard and do right. And I don't wish bad on anyone but I eally hope that all you people that think that doing these things is alright, I hope nothing bad happens to you. I had a friend who was humped over someones trunk and thats how the coroner moved his body too. The man that killed him never was charged because he was protecting his car which was parked on his property. Had he listend to us when we told him to stop doing that dumb shit and that people work hard for evertything they have, he would still be here, watching his kids grow up.
Posted by: sandra on January 26, 2006 04:34 PMi live in austin. just had my stereo jacked. must have been some newbie cause they needed to rip off half the dash to get it. i'm not too pissed about the missing stereo. i'm just really disappointed with the lack of respect for another man's property.
Posted by: c on February 7, 2006 10:56 AMSome of us do not steal stereo equipment for the purpose of an addiction or the fact we are lazy and do not want to make an honest living. Some of us are stuck in a position where we must do what is necesary to survive. It is not easy to bring yourself to doing this type of thing to another person and risk vs reward it is never worth it. If you have a small child you can find yourself in a place between a rock and hard spot because you need to keep bills paid and food on the table of the child suffers if you choose to commit a crime to survive and get caught your child suffers. It can become difficult at times. This may not justify anything but it is one reason people do these things. On the other hand there are many who do this to support a drug habit or to make fast cash or even aquire a stereo they could not afford and these people are truely assholes...
Posted by: a thief on March 31, 2006 04:54 AMThief, I'm aware that not all those who steal do it for kicks or to buy the latest bling. Some do it because if they don't, they'll go a fifth night without something to eat.
That, however, does not justify theft. Appealing to individuals for help remains a legitimate course of action, despite the shame and danger of doing so.
Posted by: Drizz on March 31, 2006 10:27 AMi had my stereo stolen a few too many times. recently had my head unit stolen. this last time though i had the last laugh because i epoxied razor blades on the sides of my deck. there was a ton of blood from it in my car and a thick trail down my driveway. a ton of blood! i will do the same thing for my next deck too. ha ha! you should do the same. f those punks.
Posted by: joe on April 3, 2006 05:57 AMI feel everyones pain...someone broke into my car and stole my Alpine deck...they were out hitting the my whole subdivision...when the cop was writing up my report he got a call for the same thing a few houses down...they even took my harness...looked in my trunk too but I had taken my subs out about 4 months ago...didn't break my window or anything...either they jimmied the lock on my passenger side or they had one of those devices that can make a key from the vin#...what a lack of respect...I wish I had caught them in the act...it would be the last time they'd steal anything...I would have taped their fingers to the stering wheel and started cutting them off one by one like denzel did to that guy in man on fire...
Posted by: Tanders on April 17, 2006 09:21 AM