Auto thefts and break-ins on the rise?
 

3 weeks or so ago my girlfriend woke me up early in the AM to tell me her truck was missing. I called the city to see if it was towed for some reason but nope - stolen. It was a truck without an alarm or an immobilizer.
It was found in Surrey with damage to the steering column and all of her clothes, sunglasses, and shoes taken. They left her book (Surrey RCMP had a laugh about that one).

That week I noticed a few more instances of shattered glass on the ground on other blocks near where I live. I live in a good area in Vancouver where I don't recall this ever being a common occurrence in the past. Today I saw my neighbour outside vacuuming out glass - they broke into his truck.

Now obviously you can't prevent auto theft from happening 100% but I want to make this thread to remind people to take precautions. I myself need to heed my own damn advice because I'm the person who leaves my iPad on the passenger seat if I'm in a good area. So many times I left it overnight! Hell, in the early 2000's when I was into car audio, i had the sticker logo for the aftermarket speaker brand on my window!

I'm changing my ways and you should too - keep nothing of value in your vehicle! Keep it clean and tidy so that if people DO look through the glass, they're not tempted to rifle through all your clutter in hopes of finding something valueable. Ensure that your doors are locked. Hopefully invest in an alarm. I think they took my GF's truck because it was an older model with no alarm and no immobilizer. Look into an alarm, and perhaps an immobilizer or a kill switch.

Steering wheel clubs are good, but they can also be defeated. They make a club but for your brake pedal which is apparently extremely difficult to cut through.

Park in well lit areas and if the street lights near you are burnt out, call 311 (if you live in Vancouver) or your local city to report it.

And if you notice suspicious people, call the police to report it.

Everybody knows all this stuff so I sound like a broken record of course, but if anything it serves as a reminder to protect your stuff because it seems to be quite prevalent lately.

Auto thefts and break-ins on the rise?
 

car breakins are the worst. ..


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What area of this "good" part of Vancouver did this happen in? It can inform others that may live close to your area to also keep an eye put for any suspicious looking things.

Do people even use clubs any more?? lol

VPD is giving out free clubs...all you need to do is give your plate number and fill out some basic contact info.

it's a good visual deterrence if you drive an older car without immobilizer.

Seems like there has been a surge in break ins recently. I've noticed trucks with tools are getting targetted.

We don't see alot of ICBC claims over the last few years, but the last couple months I've seen an increase.

Problem solved

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that's exactly what i do :lawl:

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If they want your car, they'll get it.

Lol I saw a brand new Lexus NX using a club. Derpppp nobody going to attempt that

I had a club on my old car a few years ago and I felt like a dufus
Changed to a quick release soon after

For some reason I kept thinking about this when I saw the word club.

http://medieval.stormthecastle.com/i...uctimages/club

And I thought RCMP was giving out free clubs for you to beat up the car thieves.

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But if you're smarter than them, you'll be able to get it back.

gps doesnt work without power

Right. So what's the issue? These are usually hard-wired to the car battery and even if the car battery is removed most have a built-in Lithion-ion battery that will last for at least a few days.

They have these stored at the police department? Just ask the front desk?

yep walk in to the public service counter at their gravley street location

i think most wont wanna bother carrying a wheel around