Keep Your Car Doors Locked
#31
Posted 12 May 2010 - 12:11 PM
#32
Posted 12 May 2010 - 01:50 PM
While that may be true, he did have a good point on why do so many seem to leave their vehicles unlocked.
Fundamentally, the bad guy that is willing to break glass or cut your soft top, will, but the punk kids looking for the easy "mark", i.e. the unlocked car, locking your car will serve to keep them out.
I had a friend that used to leave his home unlocked cuz he lived way out in the sticks, he did this for years until some crankhead walked into his home while everyone was sleeping and stole money from his son's wallet. Simply locking the house would have prevented that theft. My friend has changed his mind about how safe it was to leave his house unlocked because he lived too far away from the big city bad guys.
I feel sorry for cw as she says she normally locks her car, but forgot that night. We are all human and make mistakes sometimes, and sometimes those mistakes bite us in the butt. But for those that want to follow the "hawaiian" logic, I'm sorry, if you get ripped off, I know I won't have any remorse for you.
#33 (The Dude)
Posted 12 May 2010 - 01:57 PM
Crime solved!!!
Ace, please keep this asshat act of yours confined to the politics section. We know how much you have a bug up your behind about cw68 because she's liberal. This thread isn't about politics, so stop acting like a 12 year old know it all and zip your yapper for once.
#34
Posted 12 May 2010 - 02:11 PM
That's my attitude too, I leave my doors unlocked and (gasp) the windows rolled down too when I'm out running errands around town. I'm insured, if someone wants to steal it go ahead. I don't have an expensive car so I'm not too worried about anyone being after my vehicle nor its contents (nothing's in it except a stock stereo).
- cue the post from smart money now whigging out that everyone is leaving their cars open... with the keys in it, a full tank of gas and a written invitation "to take" note on the windshield
cw68, sorry to hear you got jacked, hopefully the rats will get caught
and to chipshot, if you keep stalking cw68 like you have been (which is kinda creepy) you're going to get banned again, just sayin'....
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#35
Posted 12 May 2010 - 03:06 PM
On the subject of soft tops, about 30 years ago, I had a Triumph Spitfire many years ago. It burned oil, and being young and broke, rather than fixing the problem, I carried a can of oil in the car (yes, it used to come in cans) and a screwdriver to open it with.
I used to leave the doors unlocked so no one would cut the top to get in. One morning I
got in the car and noticed someone had stolen my can of oil and the screwdriver!
Steve Heard
Folsom Real Estate Specialist
EXP Realty
BRE#01368503
Owner - MyFolsom.com
916 718 9577
#36
Posted 12 May 2010 - 03:10 PM
Oil doesn't come in cans anymore? ;-)
#37
Posted 12 May 2010 - 03:14 PM
Once we parked my car in the driveway for 2 days unlocked with the keys in the ignition! Both of us assumed the other had grabbed them before we left for the weekend. LOL!
It happens.
#38
Posted 12 May 2010 - 03:44 PM
On the subject of soft tops, about 30 years ago, I had a Triumph Spitfire many years ago. It burned oil, and being young and broke, rather than fixing the problem, I carried a can of oil in the car (yes, it used to come in cans) and a screwdriver to open it with.
I used to leave the doors unlocked so no one would cut the top to get in. One morning I
got in the car and noticed someone had stolen my can of oil and the screwdriver!
Ahhhh, the good old days.......I, too, had a MGB and carried around a can of oil and can opener. It was so easy back then.....
They used too, but I am old and you are young. (:
#39
Posted 12 May 2010 - 05:30 PM
You are probably right about who did it. We've been having vandalism of vehicles on our street. We don't have rich kids in our neighborhood so much, but the weather is getting nice and they are bored and roaming around late at night.
"Rich" by Folsom standards isn't exactly "rich" by the rest of the area's standards. I guess when I mean "rich" I mean kids who have a fair amount of spending money, not a lot of worries or responsibilities, and who have not had to pay many consequences in their lifetimes.
Crimes of opportunities generally happen by locals looking for easy targets.
I'm still not freaked by lightrail and the officer with whom I spoke this morning had a similar view. It gets blamed for everything -- even by a ton of people today for a crime that happened when light rail wasn't even running.
As for Natoma Station having more crime than other areas (
Still, I'm pretty darn happy that ours is an area that people drive to in order to commit crimes instead of it being a crime-ridden area, that I know my neighbors, and I feel quite safe. Part of that safety comes from the community members looking out for each other, which was the purpose of this thread.
It wasn't meant to bag on people who choose to keep their cars unlocked, to blame lightrail for more evils, or anything else negative. Just keep an eye out and don't automatically scapegoat gangs, lightrail or Rancho but assume that Little Johnnie Folsomite can't commit crimes or have a drug problem. They more aware we are, the better.
#40
Posted 12 May 2010 - 05:37 PM
I still don't think your description above fits a lot of the kids in my area, except maybe the consequences part and not having respect for other people's property.
Do appreciate the reminder that no matter how safe we feel in Folsom we should all be sure to keep our homes and cars locked.
#41
Posted 12 May 2010 - 05:44 PM
Thanks.
#42
Posted 12 May 2010 - 06:49 PM
My brother in law lives around the corner from me, and he always found humor in the fact that I keep my doors locked, telling me I'm not in the city anymore, and my wife and kids get mad when they try to come in through the garage and find the door to the house locked.
My brother in law is in the BMW parts biz, and he has several really nice BMW's in his garage. I often would come home at night and see his garage door open, and sometimes I'd see it open when I leave for work in the morning, and I know he isn't up yet. I'd call and remind him, and he'd laugh.
Coming home late one evening a few months back, he spotted a guy in the bushes across the street from his house, crouched down. He put the hood of his sweatshirt up when my bro in law came driving by. He called the cops, and the two of us went looking for the guy. Never found him, but he keeps his doors locked now.
We suspect it was the kid down the street who bought himself a heroin habit.
Steve Heard
Folsom Real Estate Specialist
EXP Realty
BRE#01368503
Owner - MyFolsom.com
916 718 9577
#43
Posted 12 May 2010 - 07:46 PM
Did the kid come to Folsom on light rail?
Ok, bad joke, I know. Just couldn't resist!
#44
Posted 12 May 2010 - 07:53 PM
Ok, bad joke, I know. Just couldn't resist!
No, the kid didn't, but his dealer probably did. (sorry couldn't stop myself.)
#45
Posted 12 May 2010 - 08:00 PM
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