There is nothing worthwhile in my glove box

[TUalum0982]

quote:Originally posted by brunoflipper

The glove compartment is inaccurately named
And everybody knows it
So I'm proposing a swift orderly change

Because behind it's door
There's nothing to keep my fingers warm
And all I find are souvenirs from better times
Before the gleam of your taillights fading east
To find yourself a better life

but anywho...
nothing like coming home from a week in the rockies to find nearly every power tool in your garage missing... all told, we lost $5000 worth of stuff... the cops said it was an isolated incident and probably someone who knew the house and the detached garage contents...

luckily, they did not get into the house...

oh well... now we get to deal with our homeowners insurance... yeehaw...

they should call it "spring break-in"...
and how is your saturday?

Sorry to hear about that.  That is pretty crappy.  For that exact reason, I keep my garage door closed at all times, you never know who could be driving by seeing all the stuff that people keep in their garage.  Not saying you did keep it open, but they say most people don't even realize that they are showing anyone who drives by the contents of their garage and it only takes a few seconds to swipe weed eaters, lawn mowers, tools, etc.  Good luck with the insurance company.

[PonderInc]

quote:Originally posted by Conan71

Here's a great deterent to glove box thieves- squirt some Vaseline into a condom and put it in a plastic bag.  Put one in your glovebox and another in your console, if you have one.  One glance or feel of that and people will flee.

This is like "Hints from Heloise" for the truly deranged.  How's that work for you in the summertime?  (I used to use Carmex lip balm in the little jars.  Then, one hot summer day, I unscrewed the cap and spilled hot liquid Carmex all over my lap.)

[Conan71]

quote:Originally posted by PonderInc

This is like "Hints from Heloise" for the truly deranged.  

Would you expect ANYTHING different considering the source? [}:)]

[Steve]

My "glove box" contains an ice scraper, a tire pressure gauge, my car's owner's manual and leatherette folder with major repair receipts saved over the years, and my liability insurance verification cards.  That is all, never any gloves.  I guess the term is a left-over from the early days of auto history.

Sorry for your break-in experience sgrizzle.  I am lucky in that I have never experienced an auto break-in.  I know many of the neighbors surrounding my house have had car break-ins, window breaking, radio stealing, and other vandalism over the past several years, but not me.  I guess my 1993 Oldsmobile 98 is not worth the effort, or more likely, I have just been lucky.

[sgrizzle]

I've had one car vandalized by teenagers who got my car confused with someone else's. I had the back window smashed in another vehicle and it's contents dug through. I've also had unlocked vehicles rifled through 3 times.

Glad I live somewhere with low crime like South Tulsa... LOL

[inteller]

quote:Originally posted by sgrizzle

I've had one car vandalized by teenagers who got my car confused with someone else's. I had the back window smashed in another vehicle and it's contents dug through. I've also had unlocked vehicles rifled through 3 times.

Glad I live somewhere with low crime like South Tulsa... LOL

let me guess, you have a garage but it is too full of useless **** to park your vehicle in.....
....or, your big honkin truck is too large to fit in the garage.

either way, I see DOWNSIZING as a way to cure your security problems.

[Steve]

Inteller does make a valid point.  I know of many of the homes surrounding me that have original garages intact that are so full of useless junk, they could not get a car in there for "love nor money."  If they would just clean out their garage of unused "stuff," they would have ample indoor parking and minimalize the chance of vandalism.

As for me and many other homes in my neighborhood, some of our garages were converted to living space 40+ years ago.  I have a 2-car carport built onto the front of my home in the 1960s, after the original 2-car garage was converted to living space.  My car has covered parking, but not indoor parking.  That does not excuse the actions of thugs and vandals, and so far I have been lucky to not experience their actions for the past 22 years I have lived in my midtown Tulsa home.

[inteller]

quote:Originally posted by Steve

Inteller does make a valid point.  I know of many of the homes surrounding me that have original garages intact that are so full of useless junk, they could not get a car in there for "love nor money."  If they would just clean out their garage of unused "stuff," they would have ample indoor parking and minimalize the chance of vandalism.

I laugh every time it hails I laugh because I think about my next door neighbors and their brand new Tahoe getting pummeled.  What is ridiculous is after every such event you'll see them the next weekend making a feeble attempt to clean **** out of the garage.  And of course every time they just give up because they just can't give up the **** that is obviously worth more than their cars.

i wish my HOA would enforce garage parking.  parking your car outside is the first step towards the downwards ghettofication of your neighborhood.

[custosnox]

quote:Originally posted by sgrizzle

To the persons with nothing better to do than dig through the trash in my glovebox or snag some pennies from my ashtray, I have nothing you want. Please go home and get a life.

I'm about ready to move somewhere safe, like 1st and Denver.

/end rant

P.S. Shouldn't the police answer when you call the non-emergency line?

I've lost four windows in a years time period.  I've had them shot out, bricks thrown through them, beer bottles chunked at em, and just busted out because they were too much of idiots to be able to get in with a slim jim (or a screw driver trying to pry off the lock cylinder) so that they can get my stereo.  The last time they did it, I chased em down the road in the middle of the night wearing nothing but shorts.  If I hadn't bothered putting those on I would have caught them.  So yeah, I understand where you are coming from.

The police generally answer when I call the non-emergancy, though it's apparently the same operators as 911.  I had a drunk hit me a few weeks ago so I called 911.  While on the phone with them, he took off and I was told to wait on the officer to get there.  When it started to rain, I decided to call the non-emergancy to find out what was taking so long.  Got the same guy I had talked to when calling 911.  Go figure

[custosnox]

But yet (now that I think about it) I lived in a bad area in North Tulsa for about 6 months.  During this time, I didn't have a drivers side window (it had busted when I had closed the door one day).  For 3 months, living in the ghetto, no window, and parking on the street, no one ever got into it.  I even had a decent stereo.

[sgrizzle]

Parking on the street is perfectly allowable in my neighborhood. In fact, It's about half the cars in my neighborhood are on the street. My garage is largely workshop as opposed to vehicular purposes and my truck, which I have legitimate purposes for, fits in very few garages. The other vehicle, which can park in the garage, I was driving at the time of the break-in.

I can't imagine buying a house with a front driveway and then complaining when people park their cars in it.

[inteller]

quote:Originally posted by sgrizzle

Parking on the street is perfectly allowable in my neighborhood. In fact, It's about half the cars in my neighborhood are on the street. My garage is largely workshop as opposed to vehicular purposes and my truck, which I have legitimate purposes for, fits in very few garages. The other vehicle, which can park in the garage, I was driving at the time of the break-in.

I can't imagine buying a house with a front driveway and then complaining when people park their cars in it.

yes, I hear these excuses from my neighbors too.  and I lack the same sympathy for them when things happen to their vehicles.

how many times will your vehicle need to be molested before you consider parking it indoors?

[custosnox]

quote:Originally posted by inteller

quote:Originally posted by sgrizzle

Parking on the street is perfectly allowable in my neighborhood. In fact, It's about half the cars in my neighborhood are on the street. My garage is largely workshop as opposed to vehicular purposes and my truck, which I have legitimate purposes for, fits in very few garages. The other vehicle, which can park in the garage, I was driving at the time of the break-in.

I can't imagine buying a house with a front driveway and then complaining when people park their cars in it.

yes, I hear these excuses from my neighbors too.  and I lack the same sympathy for them when things happen to their vehicles.

how many times will your vehicle need to be molested before you consider parking it indoors?

someone shouldn't have to make an "excuse" as to why they couldn't protect their property from criminals.  But as far as that goes, I park in the street too.  But it's not like I have a choice.  My living situation means that there are three vehicles, and a concession trailer.  Someone is going to be the oddball out, and it happens to be me.

[inteller]

well I'm so sorry, but that's the way it is.  and when the cop comes to take the report and sees a perfectly good garage not being used, he would probably say the same thing.

[custosnox]

quote:Originally posted by inteller

well I'm so sorry, but that's the way it is.  and when the cop comes to take the report and sees a perfectly good garage not being used, he would probably say the same thing.

No, that's not the way it is.  And the police never say anything about it.  Simply put, when you are parked, rather it be public or private property, should expect to have the saftey of your vehicle.  You saying that it is their own fault for parking in the drive or the street would be like me saying that you diserve it if your vehicle gets stolen from a parking lot because you decided to go to that store for groceries.