Car Bandits
This morning my little sister's car was stolen from out front of my house. We didn't realize it until around Noon when she was going to leave for work. Brittany called the police and filed a report. After that all we could do is wait to hear some news, and hope that the car is found in relatively good condition (as the vehicle only has liability insurance coverage). This whole thing really pisses me off, especially as it seems the car was stolen just for Shits & Giggles. Her car isn't anything special, it's just a run of the mill POS. One of many many accessible cars on our busy street. Her car didn't have anything to steal, it's stereo wasn't anything to brag about, and it's not worth stealing for parts. It just gives me more reason to be security paranoid. Update: Friday we heard of a possible sighting off the freeway a few miles from our house. We went to investigate and found it to be her car. The car had a bit of damage to it. The front grill and hood were smashed from an apparent hit and run, the interior dash & steering column was all torn up, and for some reason the battery terminal cables had been cut. We called the police and they came to investigate. However after a few mins of looking at the car, the police informed us there isn't much they could do about it. So we called a tow truck and brought it back to the house. Brittany was pissed that her car had been vandalized, but I felt that it was at least good to have the car back. And thankfully the damage isn't too extensive, so I should be able to fix it back up pretty quickly. In all it's just been a huge annoyance that'll cost approx $400 to rectify. Not to mention all the hours of labor I'll have to put into repairs, and the unneeded stress and inconvenience it's cost Brittany.
