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[ineedhelp]

So, this happened a month ago, cost me 300 bucks to sort all of this by the locksmith. Is this really how they open up cars? Despite of having a steering wheel lock, and car empty of things this still happens. Unfortunately, I do not have a garage to park my car and is just parked of the street. I reported this the police and they said that subarus are hot cars of thieves. I would like to know the motives of the ones who does this.

 

I would just like to know how other members keep their car safe if it is parked on the street. 

 

 

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Is it a Gen 2 by any chance? 

 

They are not exactly hard cars to steal. Probably why it was a target.

They have no factory immobilizer or transponder key. 

 

 

My first Gen 2 was stolen and the guy used nothing but a large screw driver.

Got into the door with a screw driver, like your photos. Then smashed away the ignition barrel with it and started it that way.

[duncanm]

I would just like to know how other members keep their car safe if it is parked on the street. 

 

don't park in shitty suburbs where the shit-heads and dope addicts hang out?  I really don't know.

 

I had a previous car broken into (via brick through the passenger window) in order to steal $4 in change.  It happened while I was parked near in an inner-city hospital where my first son was being brought into the world.

 

Sponges on society, the lot of them.

 

EDIT - just noticed - they did this to both doors ? 

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don't park in shitty suburbs where the shit-heads and dope addicts hang out?  I really don't know.

Shitty people walk through good suburbs as well.

[mark300]

Motives is a hard one
sometimes its just young kids who have nothing better to do with life so they go around vandalising cars just for shits and gigs. others are people who are that desperate for money they will get whatever they can get their hands on from a car to make a few bucks. there are no real motives sometimes other than senseless destruction really. 

currently, my car lives in the driveway. i park it as close to my house right under my window as a sort of deterrent, under the assumption that the closer to the house it is the less likely they will try and go after it because they may wake someone. seems to have worked so far. we are in a fairly good area, quiet suburb, and our neighbours car was broken into but mine got left alone. 

at the end of the day, if one of these scum bags wants to break into your car, you cant really deter them, once they are motivated they will have a crack.

[Niko]

Statistically, the earlier the model the greater chance of theft.

Guardianship will deter them having a crack, that includes security lights or cameras in your driveway, alarm on the car, parked in well lit area, parked very close to house (like Mark mentioned).

[aekOne]

Is it a Gen 2 by any chance? 

 

They are not exactly hard cars to steal. Probably why it was a target.

They have no factory immobilizer or transponder key. 

 

 

My first Gen 2 was stolen and the guy used nothing but a large screw driver.

Got into the door with a screw driver, like your photos. Then smashed away the ignition barrel with it and started it that way.

 

Dem Gen 2 feels. Super easy to break into without tools (like other frameless window models). Just pull the glass back and reach in and unlock it. Mine got broken into right out the front of my mates house but i had a push button start under the steering column that they didn't find so weren't able to start it. A neighbor came out and disturbed them and they legged it before they were able to figure it out. There was no entry damage so assume they went through the window for entry. We were sitting in the living room on the couch which was literally 10 metres from the car and didn't hear a thing!

 

My ex girlfriends brothers GC8 STI got boosted and recovered and they only damage was to the ignition barrel. He had footage from the "secure" carpark which showed the crooks, one pull the window back and the other unlock it. They had the car started and gone within 20 seconds of getting into the drivers seat.

[Barbbachello]

Sounds like exactly how mine was nicked

[Liberty]

Scum of the Earth infecting our gene pool.

[RX25SE]

How much would you love 5 mins alone with cubts like that?

[surge]

This is a fear I have for my gc8.

I've already had 2 cars stolen from me. One from my driveway and one from a car park. Lost both. Both were also from the 90's.

I will start parking my gc8 in my lockable carport.

[ineedhelp]

Is it a Gen 2 by any chance? 

 

They are not exactly hard cars to steal. Probably why it was a target.

They have no factory immobilizer or transponder key. 

 

 

My first Gen 2 was stolen and the guy used nothing but a large screw driver.

Got into the door with a screw driver, like your photos. Then smashed away the ignition barrel with it and started it that way.

 

Yes it is a gen2, im holding off mods at the moment because of this incident. im thinking about getting an alarm and immobilizer installed first or getting solex locks.

 

 

don't park in shitty suburbs where the shit-heads and dope addicts hang out?  I really don't know.

 

I had a previous car broken into (via brick through the passenger window) in order to steal $4 in change.  It happened while I was parked near in an inner-city hospital where my first son was being brought into the world.

 

Sponges on society, the lot of them.

 

EDIT - just noticed - they did this to both doors ? 

 Yes both sides, they used scissors. 

[ineedhelp]

I want to get an alarm that would wake up the whole neighborhood if those scumbags try it again

[Beckers]

Just fuken pond scum, sux man.

[Jimbo]

Keep a stuffed doberman on your backseat

[andrew_k]

Exactly why I'm planning a remote fuel pump kill switch while the harness is out of the car... and not a switch you can reach from the driver's seat. Any thieves will find that the damned thing just won't turn over.

 

Sorry they messed up your locks!