What have you done to your car today?
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Smash and grab, took my sat nav out of the glovebox. Was quite an expensive model but I suspect the cost of the damage will far exceed the cost of replacing the sat nav.
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More what somebody else did to my car, last night.
Have dreadful.
Where was it parked?They seem to be extremely reasonable on labour charges.
Sopers diagnosed and fixed an electrical fault plus fitted some new wipers for a total cost of £93 inc vat on the missus car this week.
[TW]Fox;26357084 said:Ouch, if anything I'd have thought such a car would be at low risk of that as it's very likely to have factory nav and thus no Satnav to pinch
I suspect they saw the mount on the window and thought they'd chance their luck. They're probably also thick enough to think my car's actually worth a lot of money, so guessed I might have expensive items in there. A british gas van up the road was also broken into and he had nothing on show at all, not even a mount.
Have dreadful.
In my parent's drive. It's the usual south east london situation of living in a decent road surrounded by scum.
That's sickening. Is that covered under windscreen on insurance or will you be on the phone to a few scrapyards trying to lessen the pain?More what somebody else did to my car, last night.
They've damaged the trim and seal so I'll be paying out of my own pocket. Not worth me claiming at my age anyway.
Scrapyard for a new door then? If you can track one down the same colour. Would probably be much cheaper than paying for a new window and getting that metal work fixed / painted.
Edit: A quick google and you can pick up a door for £150.
Edit: A quick google and you can pick up a door for £150.
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Just called a scrapyard breaking one on ebay. Answered with "this better be ****ing good, it's bank holiday monday", I replied with "sorry to bother you on a bank holiday but my car's been broken into and I'm looking for some parts", he then said "no mate I'm at home" and put the phone down.
No chance I'll be giving them any money now - if they didn't want to answer the phone, then why answer?
If you're looking for Jag parts I wouldn't get any from this seller. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Jaguar-X3...arts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item43ca0aa422
Seems a bit excessive to paint a replacement door, not sure of how the door is put together but should be possible to replace trim, seal and window from a scrapper.
I never leave my mount on the screen for that exact reason - too many opportunists out there
I never leave my mount on the screen for that exact reason - too many opportunists out there
Seems a bit excessive to paint a replacement door, not sure of how the door is put together but should be possible to replace trim, seal and window from a scrapper.
I never leave my mount on the screen for that exact reason - too many opportunists out there
Looking at it, it seems like it won't need a new door and I can just replace the trim, seal and window. I should remove the mount really, but as I use it every day and often park in dodgy locations, the mounts tend to break after only a month or two of use if I'm constantly removing them.
Replaced the head unit in the MX5, old one is on the right, new on the left. Hopefully with the weight saving, the car will be much quicker 
Now I just need to get some speakers, as the standard speakers can't cope with any low frequencies from the headunit
Now I just need to get some speakers, as the standard speakers can't cope with any low frequencies from the headunit
Unfortunately this is true.
*******s. Did the scenes of crime people get anything from it?Unfortunately this is true.
Indeed it is, although I'm not sure what I can really do to combat it. I need a good sat nav for work (built in one is very outdated) and my work involves driving and parking all over London, often in rough areas. If I remove the sat nav and mount at every stop the mount breaks, and even if I do that there's often a mark on the windscreen, and the chance that some ***** will have a go at it anyway just because the car isn't a complete shed. To be honest, I always knew this would happen one day, just thought it'd happen when I was parked in Tower Hamlets or somewhere rather than at my parents house!
SOCO didn't get any prints other than my own, and said unless there's footage of them actually breaking into the car there's very little they can do. I've got the serial of the nav so I'm just going to keep an eye on gumtree and ebay, otherwise there's nothing I can do really.
But if you don't, your window breaks, so get a better mount and remove it each time.