Thread: I hate parking lots

Dylan, I am sorry to hear about the car being broke into. Let us know if there is something we can help with. Did everything get soaked also?

Having someone break into your car or house sucks. I am sorry. Posting is cathartic however.

Sorry,Dylan.Maybe start watching Ebay for used gps units?Might be you'll recognize your own.

Had my car's passenger window broken while parked on the street outside in suburban Queens right in front of the house, dude got the change in the glovebox and a decent pair of sunglasses and I was out $500 for window repair. I guess your fellow didn't know the low worth of the GPS?

Used to drive a Miata for a couple of years and in a parking garage the top was slashed to steal the sunglasses I'd left in plain sight. That was a $500 insurance deductible lesson to never lock the doors in a ragtop and never leave anything of value within.

I'm very sorry for you, and worst yet is that by being nice and parking further from the door you probably increased the likelihood, so no reward for being nice this time around.

Hopefully you're due to score a crazy good blade for next to nothing upon the next antique store/flea market/garage sale you come by.

Originally Posted by CarrieM

Dylan, I am sorry to hear about the car being broke into. Let us know if there is something we can help with. Did everything get soaked also?

+1... Let us know if we can help in any way.

I a fit of rage after seeing the damage I would also be ****ed at that lady for what she said but you really know she was correct, just bad timing and probably not phrased correctly. If there isn't anything visible with value in your car it's a gamble mt worth the consequences. Add value and the value earned goes up, unless they want the whole car. Always be sure that there isn't anything of value in your car to steal and your chances of becoming a victim is reduced. Coming from LI I probably over due the precautions but there is no guarantee. Once I had a pos coat robbed from my car in NYC! Go figure.

Anyway, good luck with the repairs. Hope you calm down soon and turn this into history.

Sorry to hear about that accident.
I take my GPS everywhere with me for fear of the same happening, very annoying to carry the unit with me though.

Sorry for your accident.
Those bastards that stole your GPS must be either little kids far too stupid to make their career as a thief a long lasting career i think. To crash a $ 100 - 200 car window for a $ 20 old GPS. That is pure stupidity. Such idiots cannot survive for long.

Forget the lady. If she really feels as she said then it is she who has troubles dealing with the real world.

That really stinks. Hope insurance takes care of it for you. If so, on the bright side new GPS.
My work truck has a gps and other things that people might want to take and I work in some
less than ideal areas. I always put stuff out of sight. It's a pain to do, but might save you next
time.

Dylan---Good news! I bought an old GPS from a kid in a bar in Henrietta last night, now I can find my way to your place from anywhere.

No, really, that sucks hard. I've had it happen before, usually on cars where the windows were worth more than the rest of the car. I gave up, stopped locking up my car. so far, so good.

BTW, saran wrap and duct tape should get you through, get creative.

Dylan,

I'm sorry to hear your vehicle was broken in to.

Do you have mechanical abilities and maybe some tools or know someone that has tools?

When I was younger I worked in automotive and household glass installations. I had a few friends that had sad instances like this and I would help them out. The trick is, call junkyards and ask them if they have a car like yours, if they do, drive down there (with your tools) and extract the window. Clean up the old window so she is nice and clean, clean out the glass from inside the door, replace with new window and now you have a new-ish window for cheap. It may not be brand new, but it is a window and many times you only pay $20 to the junkyard for it.

Knowing about Civics, it is probably a series of phillips head screws for the door panel, and 10mm bolts holding in the window (take a 10mm socket with extension if you have it). There is a tricky little screw where the door handle is on the panel, the rest are screws or little plastic things that just pop out when you pull on it. If you can, find one that has a manual window knob as there are holes that line up specifically for the bolt extraction from the window once the door panel is removed. Also, if the car has a manual window knob you will need a tool that is skinny to slide between the knob and the door panel to pop off a clip to remove the knob. The clip looks just like the Omega symbol. Ω

I hope this helps out and if you are interested I can give you more details on the extraction and installation. Also, some glass shops are really cool and if you go in and ask they can help you and give you pointers. Also, if you can get an old one, some glass shops will charge $50+ to install a used window. No glass shop I know of will go out, extract and install a used window. You will have to bring the used glass to them. Just so you are aware, a professional glass installer can do this in 30 minutes or less... the average person it may take the better part of an afternoon.