Attempted Break In - Kitchen Window Smashed

[ATM]

TimmyMallett said:

Fair play for putting his nice new Velar in the way of some uninsured gimps.

Although his insurance company might not agree with you.

[MJNewton]

Bodo said:

Or, alternatively, they would take damage into account:

Crikey. My heart rate went up just sitting here watching that! Made me wonder what I'd do in such a situation, and how there are so many decisions to make with no time to really evaluate the potential outcome. Perhaps ultimately we've got to remind ourselves that anything that costs only money to replace can indeed therefore be replaced. (Edit: And by that I more mean letting the car be stolen rather thank risk things escalating to someone getting seriously hurt).

[Evanivitch]

Sheepshanks said:

ATM said:

I see a flaw in that plan.

I'd have that gate off the hinges in about 20 seconds...

[PositronicRay]

MJNewton said:

Bodo said:

Or, alternatively, they would take damage into account:

Crikey. My heart rate went up just sitting here watching that! Made me wonder what I'd do in such a situation, and how there are so many decisions to make with no time to really evaluate the potential outcome. Perhaps ultimately we've got to remind ourselves that anything that costs only money to replace can indeed therefore be replaced. (Edit: And by that I more mean letting the car be stolen rather thank risk things escalating to someone getting seriously hurt).

Some of these guys are seriously tooled up. I'd not get in thier way.

[MJNewton]

PositronicRay said:

Some of these guys are seriously tooled up. I'd not get in thier way.

Indeed, and I'm always mindful they might do something they don't/didn't want to do but once it's done it's done. Cornered animals and all that.

[ATM]

[danzman1991]

Personally I’d be lining all the keys up in the easiest place possible for the scum.

If anyone wants to break into my house for a car, they’re welcome to them. I’d rather that than them coming upstairs where my wife and 4yr old are to gently persuade me to hand the keys over.

[Drezza]

I'd be concerned they might use violence to get the keys for for all your security. You need a dog... a big one.

[ATM]

Its a difficult decision. Make it more difficult in case they are just chancers. Then run the risk of dealing with an angry mob. I'm taking precautions inside the house too so once they are in the house they wont be getting into my bedroom too easily. And I'll be using the alarm too which up until now I never bothered with.

[Doofus]

danzman1991 said:

Personally I’d be lining all the keys up in the easiest place possible for the scum.

If anyone wants to break into my house for a car, they’re welcome to them. I’d rather that than them coming upstairs where my wife and 4yr old are to gently persuade me to hand the keys over.

When it happens, you behave differently.

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

All security is about making the crim walk past yours to the next place. Anything that makes it a bit more difficult is a winner.

Some CCTV might help to. It shows that you are serious about security and might just make them walk on.

[MJNewton]

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

All security is about making the crim walk past yours to the next place. Anything that makes it a bit more difficult is a winner.

Some CCTV might help to. It shows that you are serious about security and might just make them walk on.

I always assumed (and hoped) this but as the video above (and any other criminal act caught on camera) shows I'm wondering if it really makes a difference. That said, in this case the CCTV was indeed on the neighbours property and they did indeed move on to the next place so your point might still be valid!

(For what it's worth I've had CCTV for 15 years now and thankfully not found use for it beyond checking the house hasn't burnt down whilst I'm away on holiday and the cats are still coming and going)

Edited by MJNewton on Friday 13th November 17:27

Edited by MJNewton on Friday 13th November 17:45

[Promised Land]

PositronicRay said:

Some of these guys are seriously tooled up. I'd not get in thier way.

Isn’t that the problem, at the very least they’ll have a screwdriver each, they’ll stop at nothing to get away if caught in the act. Daylight like that video a hammer through the drivers window into his face would do but who keeps a hammer to hand that easily?

Add in you’ve got to void being hit by the car as well.

At night when you’re asleep you’d have no chance, they’re wide awake and vigilante and you’re not expecting a break in so are a foot behind already.

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

MJNewton said:

(For what it's worth I've had CCTV for 15 years now and thankfully not found use for it beyond checking the house hasn't burnt down whilst I'm away on holiday and the cats are still coming and going)

Well, there you go!

[p4cks]

Buy some generic branded keys from eBay and put them somewhere on show.

Keep the proper ones elsewhere

[Wacky Racer]

Can you not park the cars a few streets away for a couple of weeks?

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

To the crims out there. Why would you break the small window at the top when the bigger window below would grant better access?

[ATM]

The glass man has just been. There are marks on the bigger panels frame. He thinks they were trying to remove the glass quietly. Failed with the big one and then switched to the smaller one. Smashing the smaller one made much less noise. But I don't know what they were thinking.

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

ATM said:

The glass man has just been. There are marks on the bigger panels frame. He thinks they were trying to remove the glass quietly. Failed with the big one and then switched to the smaller one. Smashing the smaller one made much less noise. But I don't know what they were thinking.

They probably weren't. We are assuming it's a car related thing, it may just be a random chancer.

[MJNewton]

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

Well, there you go!

Touché!