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brrmMost of you will probably have seen me ranting about this elsewhere, but I thought I'd record it here for posterity. Some time in the last week or two, it appears that some f***wit tried to break into the passenger door of my Rover. They didn't succeed, but managed to make the key-shaped protective plate of the lock (yes, you know the one) look nice and chewed up. And I thought the car park was a safe one.
I thought the screwdriver method was a little unlikely to work on modern cars, but a little googling suggests this is not necessarily the case (turn the screwdriver hard, break the lock, basically). Fortunately, I have an alarm and immobiliser too, which would (a) have drawn some attention from the neighbours or me bearing my Victorian ceremonial sword (no, I'm not really that stupid, don't worry), and (b) prevented them from driving the car away anyway.
I'm pretty obsessive about car security, always locking them even when leaving them for a very short time, but this narrow scrape with automotive abduction from our supposedly secure and well-lit car park has left me a little unsettled.
Oh, and the boot was unlocked, but they evidently didn't try it. Duh!
Grr.
I thought the screwdriver method was a little unlikely to work on modern cars, but a little googling suggests this is not necessarily the case (turn the screwdriver hard, break the lock, basically). Fortunately, I have an alarm and immobiliser too, which would (a) have drawn some attention from the neighbours or me bearing my Victorian ceremonial sword (no, I'm not really that stupid, don't worry), and (b) prevented them from driving the car away anyway.
I'm pretty obsessive about car security, always locking them even when leaving them for a very short time, but this narrow scrape with automotive abduction from our supposedly secure and well-lit car park has left me a little unsettled.
Oh, and the boot was unlocked, but they evidently didn't try it. Duh!
Grr.