So this moring i leave the house and head for my truck (by truck i mean isuzu rodeo) and notice a set of wire jumper leads under the rear door of the truck, well someone decided they wanted to explore what i had in my truck. they took my leakdown gauge, multimeter, flashlight, and a brand new mastercylinder for an f150, but not the reciept for the master cylinder or the 20 bucks i had sitting on the passenger seat! all four doors where unlocked and they had gone through the glove box. worst of all they took the spare keys i had put in the ashtry the night before. Why they didn't just take the whole truck at that point i don't understand. ok rant over... at least they didn't go through any of my roomates cars!

 

Did you report the theft to the police? If not, you should. With report in hand, you can make a claim with your Ins.co to be reimbursed for the stolen goods, that is depending on your deductible.
Sucks though.
This happened to my wife's car last year. The only thing they ended up taking was the ipod adapter, worth 50 bucks. Didn't bother with a claim for that. Still you feel so violated.
I'd get a lock smith over or take it to your dealer and get new locks & keys.
Glenn

 

some ahole tried to pop the driver's side door lock on my f250. cost me $200 to repair. sad thing is that anybody with any brains knows the easiest way to break into my style truck is to use a wire to open the rear sliding window.

 

My senior year in high school my 79 chevy truck got broke into in my own driveway. stole $2000 worth of stereo equipment and cds, I know exactly who did it though and glad to say karma bit him hard. I got a job working at the county jail after graduation and I got to see alot more of him about every 6 months if you know what I mean.

 

Yup, had a car broken into back in the mid 90's, my daily driver Beretta GTZ. smashed the passenger door window and scattered everything from the glove box on the passenger seat. I know they were looking for a stereo, but it just had the factory one, so the only thing they took was my mag light, and used to to smash windows of other cars in the apartment complex. fortunately they didn't pop the trunk release and find my wallet that was in there. Also, fortunately they didnt mess with my restored 71 Cutlass that was under a cover right next to it. I'm sure it was some punk kids, and as I do believe in karma, I hope they've been repaid by now!

 

I had a shop robbed of about $500 worth of motor parts back in the late 70's (Mallory distributor, Holley carb and Holley Strip Dominator intake.) The guy who stole the parts worked at a produce packing plant right next to the shop and had the stupidity to show off his new intake manifold/carb/distributor to someone while one of my friends was standing near by, the word quickly got back to me as to where some of my missing stuff was.

The AS**OLE lived about 1/2 a block down from one of my good friends, so about 1:00AM on a weeknight a gallon jug filled with gasoline and a road flare dropped into his Dodge to give this AS**OLE the meaning of BAD KARMA. The fire was so intense, the windows melted and the roof collapsed on his 340 Challenger.

My friend and I strolled up to look at the comotion (3 fire engines dispatched) and I looked him straight into the eyes and said: Wow! what a bummer! I guess he got the message as he replaced the Dodge with a Datsun.

I can tell this story now as the statute of limitations has long since expired from the time this act was performed.

 

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good for you!

 

I have a work truck I keep parked at my shop, about 1 1/2 miles from my house. Bastards broke out two windows to steal a non-working stereo. Why the second window? When you're in, you're in.
Now I just don't leave anything in it and leave the doors unlocked.

 

Back in the 80's, I woke to some noise one morning about 2 am, and saw some clown jacking up a '62 impala I had, and was taking the cragers off. I grabbed a .45 went thru the basement and out the back door. Walked very quietly to about 5 ft behind him, then let 3 rounds go into the ground beside my feet. Got a free floor jack and 4 way out of that experience, but did have to clean some uhhh brown stuff off my driveway. Guess it slipped out his legs as he was running away.

 

very nice Soild lt1!

Well i got my spare keys back this morning, and i'll bet the guy who had them got a big surprise when he tried to take the truck lastnight.
When i was at work yesterday i took and made a grid of cooper wire and set it up around and the seat cover, then i ran a few wires out to the dis coils on top of the motor. with the plug wires diconnected it would transfer the spark energy to the seat and zap the hell out of you. The poor lot ported at the shop was our test subject! when he hit the key boy did he jump (and he was expecting it!). well i tried my make shift system lastnight and it must have worked! Came out this morning to the drivers door open, foot prints in the dirt and my keys hanging in the ignition. Hope he got what he desvered, just wish i could have seen it!

 

Believe in karma? Hell yes.
Back in the 80s some thug stole my CB radio out of my car while parked at work. About a year later a state cop comes to my door and asked if I had a CB stolen lately, so I explained to him that I did and my driver’s license number is engraved on the back. He commented that he knew that. He told me they had a suspect in some local robberies and they saw my CB in the rear seat of his car, and were able to read the engraving on the back, which is why they contacted me. They were able to get a warrant because of the stolen CB in his car and found enough other evidence to charge him with the robberies. While they had him in custody, two girls fingered him on rape charges. I got my CB back and that sucker went to jail for a long time. He probably would have gotten away with it if he didn't still have my stolen CB in his car.
Karma….LOVE IT!

 

EXCELLENT! To bad you didn't get some video of that! Would have made a great youtube video!
What ***** that idiot has, coming back to try and steel the truck. I guess they're fried now!
Glenn

 

I love it RX. Someone on another sight had posted video of doing that as a practical joke to his son, but I can't find it now. Been looking for it for about 15 minutes. Sure was funny, but I'd say the guy last night sure didn't think it was. Too bad it didn't knock him out so you could pick him up this morning.

I have the neighbors convinced I have a set of air horns from a train hooked to my air compressor and activated by a motion detector, and it will kill you from the sound waves loudness. He's about half afraid to come into my garage, and it's become "common knowledge" that I have the set up. I've never been broken into. Didn't hurt that I had a set of train horns I'd blow every now and then to re-inforce the idea that they were hooked up