This morning I found out someone broke into my car and stole some low value junk I had in my glovebox along with a jacket and other stuff. I was home all along and didn’t hear it happening. I am usually one to check twice that the car locks when I leave it, and if for whatever reason I don’t then it auto locks after a while.
Now I’m a bit clueless with this stuff so I’m wondering 1) how they opened it without triggering the alarm and 2) can I do anything to prevent this from happening again? Any contraption/device I can use ?
TIA
Don’t leave valuables in a car and people won’t break into it. Unfortunately that’s the best advice. Park where there’s good lighting. If you own the property where you park put up motion activated flood lights, but be mindful of your neighbors when you do.
Empty the glovebox and leave it open
Erm…… ok.
As he said that’s the best advice. Don’t choose to make it enticing. That’s about what you can do.
You can’t stop the morons who break into cars just for the hell of it.
That sounds pretty much what happened. I don’t leave anything in my car I would cry over. I have a nomadic life so I can’t really afford to not leave anything behind, most things have a purpose in the car (screwdrivers, my cheap OBDii, the sunscreen cream, rags for cleaning, rain gear in case the rain catches me on the go)The only thing that would have been a nightmare if stolen would be the electronic toll tag, but they didn’t grab that one. But what really got me thinking is that the alarm didn’t go off.
Leave it in the trunk where it’s hidden. If you leave stuff where people can see it someone will break in.