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Mtrhd0024
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Long story short, my truck got broken into on Christmas morning at about 12:30am.
It was right after the 11:00 candle light service was over at Wesley Memorial UMC in High Point. My dad is one of the associate ministers there, and I left my truck in the parking lot for my dad to use that night since the seats were down in the back of my Bronco, and went home with my mom and sister in my moms new heep grand cherokee. My dad had a few things to attend too after the service, came out about 15 minutes later, and saw "me" messing around in my car. He thought I had just stayed behind and waited for him, and got halfway across the parking lot before he realized something was fishy. The guy was wearing a toboggan and moving all about my car. His car was parked directly behind it, still running.
The second my dad realized what was going on, he yelled "HEY! HEY YOU! What the HELL do you think you're doing!!??" The guy immediately jumped from my car into his, but he had to drive past my dad to get out of the parking lot. Dad got his license #. I believe he said it was a grey 91 Toyota Corolla. Cops showed up and took down the info, then went and staked the guys house out. Car was actually registered to a woman, but the car has still yet to be reported as stolen, so hopefully they'll find it and can tie it back to the thief. She'll have a hard time claiming she doesn't know who was in it, or that it was stolen that night since it hasn't been reported stolen yet. I'm sure they'll find the car, but i doubt they'll ever get my stuff.
Thief smashed my drivers side window, ripped my dash apart (destroyed my 4x4 switch for turning on and off 4x4) stole my headunit that I got for my 19th birthday 2 weeks ago, as well as the remote that goes with it, the aux cable, and the other plugs that go with it. Even worse though, is I had a grey Craftsman toolbox in the back (always be prepared remember!) with loads of different tools that I put together in case of an emergency, and to help people on the side of the road. I always stop and try to help people change tires, etc etc if I'm not in a hurry. That alone was worth at least $300, and there were a few tools in there that I inherited from my grandpa when he died last January that had a bit of sentimental value. Thats mainly what pissed me off cuz that stuff can't be replaced.
Anyway, I think my insurance will cover it. I'm gonna use the money from that to buy junkyard glass and parts, then just do all the work myself, and use any left over money towards an alarm system. That was seriously the most low of low times/places/peoples cars to break into. Breaking into and stealing stuff from the preachers car, in the church parking lot, on Christmas morning! What an a$$hole!!! I hope at the very least he used my stuff to buy something for his kid or something. More than likely it was for drug money or something though.
Anyway. Here's a quick pic of the damage:
That said, I didn't let it ruin my Christmas. I still had a good day, although I didn't sleep much that night!
I did get these Christmas morn, which significantly brightened my day! (pun intended
):
In case you can't quite see, thats an HID bulb and ballast down below. 55w 5000k HID Hellas FTW!!! These are gonna be BRIGHT!!!!
So before I go back to college in January, I've gotta get all this done:
Replace glass
Rewire a new Headunit
Fix my dash
Rewire doors
Install an alarm
Build either a roof rack or bumper (I've wanted to do one or the other for a while anyway.)
Install my new Hellas!!
And I'd like to get my CB installed if I can find a nice antenna! lol
Looks like I've got my work cut out for me!! lol
It was right after the 11:00 candle light service was over at Wesley Memorial UMC in High Point. My dad is one of the associate ministers there, and I left my truck in the parking lot for my dad to use that night since the seats were down in the back of my Bronco, and went home with my mom and sister in my moms new heep grand cherokee. My dad had a few things to attend too after the service, came out about 15 minutes later, and saw "me" messing around in my car. He thought I had just stayed behind and waited for him, and got halfway across the parking lot before he realized something was fishy. The guy was wearing a toboggan and moving all about my car. His car was parked directly behind it, still running.
The second my dad realized what was going on, he yelled "HEY! HEY YOU! What the HELL do you think you're doing!!??" The guy immediately jumped from my car into his, but he had to drive past my dad to get out of the parking lot. Dad got his license #. I believe he said it was a grey 91 Toyota Corolla. Cops showed up and took down the info, then went and staked the guys house out. Car was actually registered to a woman, but the car has still yet to be reported as stolen, so hopefully they'll find it and can tie it back to the thief. She'll have a hard time claiming she doesn't know who was in it, or that it was stolen that night since it hasn't been reported stolen yet. I'm sure they'll find the car, but i doubt they'll ever get my stuff.
Thief smashed my drivers side window, ripped my dash apart (destroyed my 4x4 switch for turning on and off 4x4) stole my headunit that I got for my 19th birthday 2 weeks ago, as well as the remote that goes with it, the aux cable, and the other plugs that go with it. Even worse though, is I had a grey Craftsman toolbox in the back (always be prepared remember!) with loads of different tools that I put together in case of an emergency, and to help people on the side of the road. I always stop and try to help people change tires, etc etc if I'm not in a hurry. That alone was worth at least $300, and there were a few tools in there that I inherited from my grandpa when he died last January that had a bit of sentimental value. Thats mainly what pissed me off cuz that stuff can't be replaced.
Anyway, I think my insurance will cover it. I'm gonna use the money from that to buy junkyard glass and parts, then just do all the work myself, and use any left over money towards an alarm system. That was seriously the most low of low times/places/peoples cars to break into. Breaking into and stealing stuff from the preachers car, in the church parking lot, on Christmas morning! What an a$$hole!!! I hope at the very least he used my stuff to buy something for his kid or something. More than likely it was for drug money or something though.
Anyway. Here's a quick pic of the damage:
That said, I didn't let it ruin my Christmas. I still had a good day, although I didn't sleep much that night!
I did get these Christmas morn, which significantly brightened my day! (pun intended
):
In case you can't quite see, thats an HID bulb and ballast down below. 55w 5000k HID Hellas FTW!!! These are gonna be BRIGHT!!!!
So before I go back to college in January, I've gotta get all this done:
Replace glass
Rewire a new Headunit
Fix my dash
Rewire doors
Install an alarm
Build either a roof rack or bumper (I've wanted to do one or the other for a while anyway.)
Install my new Hellas!!
And I'd like to get my CB installed if I can find a nice antenna! lol
Looks like I've got my work cut out for me!! lol
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