Broken into

Cuchulain · 30 Nov 2006 at 08:55

By some ***** scum. They've bent the door out at the top, nicked the CD player (which was broken), bank statements etc. The insurance excess is too high to cover the damage so I'm left trying to work out how to get this fixed

Baron_Samedi · 30 Nov 2006 at 11:03

I'd start by bracing the inside of the door with my knee and attempting to bend it back myself!

If thats no good, get over to a body shop and ask a kind soul there to do the business...

L0rdMike · 30 Nov 2006 at 11:05

Take it the unit was on show?

thepharcyde · 30 Nov 2006 at 11:10

Cuchulain said:
By some ***** scum. They've bent the door out at the top, nicked the CD player (which was broken), bank statements etc. The insurance excess is too high to cover the damage so I'm left trying to work out how to get this fixed

Hopefully should bend back okay mate, I would use a body shop, someone may take pity and only be a 5 min job and do it for free. Worth a try.

Cuchulain · 30 Nov 2006 at 11:20

L0rdMike said:
Take it the unit was on show?

Yeah, we stupidly got into the habit of leaving it in there as it wasn't worth much, all the wires were ripped out and the inside of the car is a right state, it's pouring with rain and the inside of the car is getting soaked where the gap is but I've been told to wait for someone from forensics to ring me before touching anything.

L0rdMike · 30 Nov 2006 at 11:22

Even if it wasnt worth much or didnt work its not worth the hassle of a broken window or busted door.

Cuchulain · 30 Nov 2006 at 11:23

L0rdMike said:
Even if it wasnt worth much or didnt work its not worth the hassle of a broken window or busted door.

Hindsight .. wonderful thing.

FireBIade · 30 Nov 2006 at 11:28

Think the forensics will be useless as it's rained away any finger prints that were on there at least thats what they told me when they did mine. It's probably just procedure and unlikely they will find anything. Might be a good time to invest in an alarm?? Or at least some stickers and a flashy led.

Cuchulain · 30 Nov 2006 at 11:33

FireBIade said:
Think the forensics will be useless as it's rained away any finger prints that were on there at least thats what they told me when they did mine. It's probably just procedure and unlikely they will find anything. Might be a good time to invest in an alarm?? Or at least some stickers and a flashy led.

That's what I was thinking, I need one that's fairly easy to fit, cheap and won't go off when someone so much as breathes on the car. Any ideas?

On a lighter note, the two officers that turned up called forensics "CSI", it took all my willpower not to do my finest Horatio Cain impression.

FireBIade · 30 Nov 2006 at 12:04

Well I bought a cheapy car alarm from Halfrauds ages ago, think it was under £50 mark (Sparkrite or something) which had ultrasonics and door pin detection as well as a shock sensor, stickers and flashy LED. I suggest turning the shock sensor sensitivity off or all the way down as the alarm will go off when it gets too windy & rely on the ultrasonics and door pins as that should cover most situations.

When my car was broken into the alarm was off as the car was waiting to be scrapped :rolleyes:

Dfhaii · 30 Nov 2006 at 12:07

I should worry more about your bank stmts and details which may have been stolen! See if you can chg your acct num pronto!

Cuchulain · 30 Nov 2006 at 12:20

Dfhaii said:
I should worry more about your bank stmts and details which may have been stolen! See if you can chg your acct num pronto!

That's already done, first thing we did.

"CSI" have been and gone, they found absolutely nothing, which is odd as our fingerprints will be all over the inside of the car and they never took ours as a comparison.

utajoker · 30 Nov 2006 at 12:34

did they dust with flour? if they cant find ** prints they must have done something wrong.

Cuchulain · 30 Nov 2006 at 12:42

utajoker said:
did they dust with flour? if they cant find ** prints they must have done something wrong.

Took them 5 minutes, 3 of them to claim that the rain had washed away all the prints, even, mysteriously, the ones inside the car :confused:

I've bent the door back, seem's secure enough now. Luckily none of the metal was buckled.

FireBIade · 30 Nov 2006 at 13:44

Yeah like I said they only come out because it's procedure nothing more & most of the time they don't find anything useful..

Nor · 30 Nov 2006 at 15:36

Prints only stick to certain materials (in a usable state anyway). Usually the material around the consoles in cars ain't made of the stuff that they stick to. That's my understanding anyway after having a forensic guy out at my car.

lordrobs · 30 Nov 2006 at 15:53

Nor said:
Prints only stick to certain materials (in a usable state anyway). Usually the material around the consoles in cars ain't made of the stuff that they stick to. That's my understanding anyway after having a forensic guy out at my car.

I guess thats because interior plastics tend to be textured? Just a guess though.