so i moved into this house which is a couple blocks from the beach and it seems to be a nice neighborhood. the house across the street 2 bedrooms is being sold for 900k. So i'm thinking its a safe neighborhood. But wed. mourning i woke up to some guy kicking open my back door and jacking a bunch of my roomates stuff. Then tonight i'm sitting in my room eating some food and this loud *** civic pulls up behind my parked integra and some dude gets out walks all around it, then takes off. 30 minutes later they role by again slowly and i'm like wtf. Should i be worried about this or what?

 

of course you should be worried about this stuff.

Do you have a garage? cause if you do you better pull your car into it. If youve only been in that house for a little while and someones alrady tried to break into it, that's REALLY bad.

Tomorrow go get a high quality 2 way alarm.

 

Well i got a 2 way alarm.... and some golf clubs? so i'm thinking the minute i hear my alarm i run outside with the clubs and hopefully wrap it around one their necks

 

i'd be waiting in the bushes.

 

could be a bad idea if they're packing heat.

no need to get anyone killed over this. Cars can be replaced, your life cannot.

 

you dont have a driveway? park it in the driveway and have your roomies park behind you. or better yet park it in the back yard if your grass is dry... that ***** nuts dude, keep a close eye out, or start to file your police report. also next time that civic comes around get its plate #'s so if they do happen to do anything you atleast have a suspect.

good luck. 900K isnt realy much for a house on the beach btw, prop value is much higher than that. not doubting it isnt a nice place, just saying.

 

what the f*ck. someone straight up gets out, walks around your car, and leaves. thats some bullshit. i would be very pissed off. i would have called the police, and the walked out there to stall him until they got there.

i mean even i have seen some cars that i would desperately want to get up close and personal with, but i never just get up on it like that.

 

Are you a student living in Isla Vista or on the Mesa by CC?

From your Avatar, it's looks like you live by or in DP?

I would never live in IV.

That place is F*cking NUTS!!!!

I'm in SB as well. Let me know if I can help.

 

HELL YEAH! ill be scared lol hes gonna probally try to do something :/

 

Can I tell you what they're doing? This is probably what they were looking for: VIN NUMBERS.

Put a piece of tape over your vin tag. Don't let them see it.

Then, get an alarm. Don't get one of those annoying alarms, just something that goes off when a door or hatch is opened.

P.S.- The reason that they will check your vin tag is because they probably pay a friend that works at a dealership alot of money, and with a vin number, they can cut a key. They won't smash out windows or anything like that, they will simply unlock your door with a key, and start it up, and drive off while you are asleep. Scary isn't it? If they don't do this, then they will simply smash out the windows so that they can steer it while they push it up onto a trailer, and if they ever get it onto a trailer, you'll never see your car again. However, normally, if the crooks are lazy, they'll just winch it onto a trailer regardless if it is in gear or if the parking brake is engaged.

By the way, don't leave your car in neutral, keep it in reverse or a forward gear such as fifth gear, and keep the parking brake applied tightly, and keep your front tires turned all the way towards the curb or just turned so that it will steer itself towards an unmoveable barrier if the crooks ever try to push it.

Don't confront these people, just call the police the next time you seem them wandering around by your car, and get a license plate number. Remember, a 7 digit license plate number is worth a million words, which can tell you if they are driving a stolen vehicle, or it can tell the police who to start interrogating if your car is stolen. However, they are probably smart and are just riding around with a friend/relative who isn't aware that his/her passengers are planning out a car theft. This means that the driver of the lurking vehicle or the lurking vehicle itself probably won't be the vehicle used when the car is potentially taken away. They're just taking a look, and figuring out what they will need in order to steal your car. Hell, they may not attempt to steal it soon, but maybe in a few months or at a time when you or anyone else cannot remember seeing someone checking out your car, which could be a year from now.

Just remember that good theives aren't dumb. They're dumb for stealing cars, but they're not dumb theives. They're studying and planning. Here's an example of how my buddy's car got stolen: My friends SS camaro got stolen, and he was able to see the video footage from the apartment complex security camera. He was able to clearly see the thief walk up with out hesitation or complication, and slide a key right into the door, unlock it, open the door, get into the car, start it, and drive off like he owned it. Then, a couple of weeks later, he finds out that an almost local GM dealership fired an employee for being involved with stolen cars. He wasn't able to find out who the person was, nor did he ever find his car.

It's all organized, and sometimes the theives are not organized at all. They simply will destroy the car in the process of stealing it. They just want the parts inside of it and not the car.

P.S.- I am not, nor have I ever been a car thief. I just know how these guys think. They think quickly and will do anything to get your car in their possession. Don't even think for a minute that when they steal your car that they just drop it off into a garage somewhere to hide it. No, they go to work on it as soon as they steal it. You might get lucky and find the vehicle about 12 to 24 hours later, but it won't have an engine or anything that is useable.

I hope this helps! Sorry for the long post.



Modified by integrawow at 9:03 AM 1/13/2007

 

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^^^^^^Great avatar! LOL

Jessie got his a$$ handed to him. HA HA! Sort of unrealistic, but good for a movie.

 

he hit the nos too early!!!

yah man that sucks. i party in IV sometimes and it is insane there. if this is happening already then count on your car being stolen soon unless you figure something out. sad part is there is nothing you can do to stop them short of locking the car up in your garage, and honestly that doesnt even work sometimes. good luck man, keep your car on bricks or something every time you park it, with the wheels off it wont go anywhere, lol

 

park it under your truck

 

What if they get a set of wheels and bolt them up? That would suck!

Just call the U.S. military and have them mount drone machine guns that attack anything that moves. LOL

In all honesty, do what you have to do to keep your car secured. Hell, if you have to chain that beast to a light pole with a ship anchor chain, then do it. Getting your car stolen sucks VERY bad. The next and most obvious thing to do is to move somewhere else, and yes, it may be an expensive option, but getting your car stolen is a worser option.

 

yah iv is crazy but i don't live in santa barbara anymore. Just moved to long beach to goto cal state long beach. I don't know if any of you guys are familiar with long beach but my neighborhood is called belmont shores i believe. But yah this place doesn't have a garage, not even a drive way. Those guys didn't get my car last night, i woke up and it was still there but thx guys for all the input

 

Yea i'd watch it like a hawk....Like stated try to get the Lic Plate # next time.