Car Broken Into

blue movie

So my Dad is a taxi driver and when he comes back from work he parks his car outside the house. We live on a corner house too so it is hardly hidden away somewhere.
Some time between 5pm and 9pm some scum smashed the small back window and reached in to open the door. They got in and searched through the car presumably thinking he kept cash in it. Luckily they got nothing this time but the same thing happened two weeks ago and the took his licence. Its so annoying thinking that while we were sitting there watching tv some bottom feeder is out there breaking into the car not 20 feet away...:mad:
It has happened to a few cars in the area recently all taxis and it is so annoying because now insted of going to work tomorrow he has to go get that fixed for €100.

so annoyed that people do this especially after getting pretty much nothing the last time

EXAMPLE OF THE SMASED WINDOW

colm_mcm

Get him to clear the car out and park the car with the empty glovebox (make sure the bulb is disconnected!)and cubby boxes opened.

Even a note with "no cash stored overnight" might work.

blue movie

Good thinking il have to make it obvious theres nothing in it somehow because €100 is alot of money to be forking out everytime someone decides to smash ur window

Gitb1

Some absolute scumbags floating around

What car is that?

cabrwab

Such a sh1te horrible feeling when that happens. Similar thing happened to me 5mins in side the house with stuff in the back seat went out to get it all gone in a few mins.

It kept happening to one of my work mates and his solution was to do as colm suggested leaving the glove box open with it empty and the entire thing spotless with nothing visible. It stopped this happening too him.

Have you an alarm on the car or anything.

They break that window, with a screw driver and it just makes a load "pop" you'd barely even notice it

cantdecide

Windscreens/ glass are usually replaced FOC mate.

Gregor Samsa

blue movie wrote: »

annoying because now insted of going to work tomorrow he has to go get that fixed for €100.

If his insurance has windscreen cover, he won't have to pay anything (and it usually doesn't affect NCB) - if he doesn't and there's a chance that this kind of thing will happen again, it might be worth considering adding it to the policy.

Granted, he'd still have to take the time off to get it fixed, and it's never nice knowing that scumbags have been going through your stuff.

plissken

Ever so slightly off topic, but does anyone recognise what model car is shown in the ops photograph above?

Its beginning to bug me now

Gitb1

plissken wrote: »

Ever so slightly off topic, but does anyone recognise what model car is shown in the ops photograph above?

Its beginning to bug me now

I thought Accord at first but it cant be with that rear quarter panel (Is that even what its called??)

antodeco

Would there be any point getting a light tint or a clear security film on the inside? Might make it ever so slightly harder to break into.

Savman

cabrwab wrote: »

It kept happening to one of my work mates and his solution was to do as colm suggested leaving the glove box open with it empty and the entire thing spotless with nothing visible. It stopped this happening too him.

+1. Best thing to do IMHO.

blue movie

windscreen cover is something to be invested in alright thanks for the tips though we wilbe leaving both the cars empty with the glove box open to deter these scum bags.

as for the car in the picture its just an image i googled to give you an idea of what window was smshed
Its actually a Buick LaCrosse looks nicer than it is

Gitb1

Has a bit of Jag going on in the top right picture

Never would have guessed that though lol

Absurdum

does it have an alarm? CCTV camera might also help identify the scum

Del2005

antodeco wrote: »

Would there be any point getting a light tint or a clear security film on the inside? Might make it ever so slightly harder to break into.

Yeah the window won't shatter into pieces with a tint on it. But it's cheaper and easier to leave the car empty.