My vette is parked in my carport for the winter, untouched and unbothered for 2 winters. A new couple moves in who seems to be a little rowdy. (partying during the week, making lots of noise and basically turning my complex to **** instantly) I go over to the vette today see if I left my tire gauge in the back compartment, and the driver door is shut but not completely latched. My CD player was ripped out along with the gauge plate and heating vents. I am so ticked...

 

you need to knock on their door and have a discussion.....

 

Nice cars and apartment complexes don't mix.

 

Gauges gone and all? Man that sucks. I too would walk right over there and give them the impression you think it was them without actually pointing a finger. Do this as a police officer you know is taking prints off of it.

 

I agree with DB. Also keep an eye on e-bay. You never know..
Can you remember when their last bash was and when you last checked the vette to give you a time frame?
Sucks just the same.

 

That sucks....how'd they get in? slim jim? t-top latches?

 

Rowdy neighbors suck.

File a police report immediately, and don't touch the car. You don't want to compromise any evidence.

One of my neighbors rowdy drunk friends side swiped my Firebird when I lived in a complex near Fort Hood, TX. I found him stumbling around looking at the damage he did (which buffed out) as I was taking out the trash. He tried to deny it, and I just proceeded to beat him until he wet himself (literally). Then I called in a report of a drunk driver when he went to get in his car. Watching him get arrested for DWI, was sweet justice, and the drunk rowdy neighbor got arrested for drug possession, and PI when he came to investigate why his urine stained buddy was in cuffs.
I wasn't arrested for assualt, but it would have been worth it if I was. I moved out of that complex, and into the country that week.

 

I love a good beating story ....... Those were the days lol

 

I can tolerate alot, but I had just had it with those drunken jobless drug addicts causing trouble. I found out from a little blue uniformed bird later that the offenders had warrents for unpaid fines, and the guy who hit my car was a multi DWI offender.

Sorry I don't want to hijack the this thread.

danboback, have you contacted the police???

 

[QUOTE=DR.Jay;1558959501]
File a police report immediately, and don't touch the car. You don't want to compromise any evidence.

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Police Report -Yes
Evidence - Yeah right. When was the last time you seen CSI dust a car for fingerprints after it was ripped off. Hell, my house was robbed, and all the cops did was take a report and told me to call my insurance company.

 

My parents and I are in an apartment until our new house is finished. My mom had just bought a 350Z and not even a week after having it someone decided to throw a rock threw the windshield. People are idiots and have no respect for other people's property.

 

Start checking in cars to see if you see your stereo installed in someone's car.

 

Consider the stereo long gone. Thieves either pawn it, sell/trade it for drugs, or sell it on E-Bay. Seldom do they hold onto the items.
Call the Police and file a report. Ask for them to come out and process the door and window. DON'T let them process the interior. The carbon powder makes a terrible mess and you will never get it all out. Besides, the only suitable surfaces for porcessing are the window, outside door, and the chrome outside door latch if it is unpitted and not scratched up. Unfortunately most criminals now a days wear latex gloves when commiting their crimes.
An alarm system is a good deterent but if someone wants it bad enough, they will find a way.

 

I said a cop he knows. When my Vette was vandalized many years back I called the police and they did nothing but take a statement over the phone. I called a good buddy of mine who's a PO, and he came by and printed the car. I got prints from four Mexican guys living in the apartment complex across the street. He went over to question them, and FROM THE FRONT DOOR he could see the chrome driver's mirror they ripped off, sitting on the living room floor. He collected it as evidence, took prints, statements. Two of them confessed to peeing on it, and spitting on it, and two of them admitted to trying to pull the window down to get inside, but broke off the mirror instead.

 

I would NEVER live in an apartment complex with a nice vehicle, too many clowns moving in and out. Plus the possiblity of theft or vandalism is 10x greater because your ride is parked out in the open for all to walk by and touch.

I would call the lanlord about the problems you had and the theft, if enough neighbors complain he may terminate thier lease and kick them out

Good luck with everything, I hope you catch the thief

 

Put the car in storage and use a DD you don't care about.

 

No they didn't take the gauges or the panel it was connected to. They just ripped it out so all that is holding it in is the wires. I know I shouldn't have it parked in the open at an apartment complex, but I bought the vette when I lived with my dad and have since moved out, and am currently looking to buy a house.

I have made a police report but, it was nothing more than a over the phone report. Not much can be done. We have complained to the leasing office but the need a written complaint from the police before anything can be done about the tenants. So until now we haven't gone that route, we just knocked on the door and told them to keep it down during the week because I have to get up at 6am. I guess next time it will have to be the cops.

On the bright side, this could be the perfect time to get new autometer gauges!

 

[QUOTE=VettePower;1558965538]
Cops won't take prints unless a gun was involved or somebody is dead. That was the way we did it.
Get the police report number and call your insurance company.

 

[QUOTE=clive;1558980183]Who told you that?

 

Sorry to hear about your worthless neighbors, chances are good they were responsible for the theft/damage to your car. The reason the police do not fingerprint vehicles for crimes like these is for three reasons: 1st being: the damage caused by the fingerprint dust far outweighs the loss of your items. The dust is much finer than baking soda and smears when you try wiping it off. 2nd: the prints do no good unless you have a suspect. 3rd: the state crime labs put property crimes at the back of their logs, which often takes 1-3 years before they would even get to conducting a print analysis, thats even if the officer could find a good print that didn't belong to the owner of the property. Not trying to be a "know it all," but as a cop, i hear all the time about how people want their property fingerprinted. (They watch too much CSI) Im running out of room or I'd tell you about the lady I had that insisted her stolen car be fingerprinted when it was recovered without any damage on it. . . that is until i honored her request and fingerprinted it. Just remember, sqweeky wheel gets the greese. Call your local police when those neighbors are too loud, eventually they'll move (cuz I'm sure they dont like dealing with the fuzz every week