Not a good day...

[Jolt]

Actually, the day was fine until I got back to the train station after class, got to my car and found it had been broken into!! The passenger side window was smashed and my GPS (which was hidden in the center arm rest compartment) was stolen; the windshield mounting system was up and that's how they figured out to look for it. (Those mounting systems are not designed to be taken down every time you leave the car, or I would have--once that thing is up it's really hard to remove). I called the police and they said they had gotten a number of calls about cars being broken into in that lot today, and told me to call another department in the morning that they were referring people to for the report. So now I have to call my insurance company tomorrow morning and report this too, before I go to this healthcare job fair. Then I was talking to my friend and told her what happened, and realized that because I had "home" programmed into the GPS now the thief knows where I live!! Now THAT is scary. My friend said I should call the police back, so I did, and they are sending someone over to the house to take a report. I'm waiting for them now; hopefully it won't be too long.

[tzvia]

Oh man, I hate those people. I had my full kit stolen from my truck, along with other things and it burned me up bad so I know how you feel. And WOW, having HOME programmed in- I never thought that it might get stolen and they now know where you live- I am going to reprogram mine to a major cross street address near the home, like a gas station or 7-11 store at the corner, so it will take me to an area I know if I am using it from an unfamiliar location. When my mother's car was broken into, they went for the airbags and made a mess of her dash, had it all apart... The smash and run types just want the quick grab and a GPS is a good haul I guess.

I have a mount attached to my dash, but it's in real solid and I'm not keen to remove it so will have to cover it up somehow.

[Mr. Bloom]

Wow! Unintended consequences of having something useful! Frankly, I wouldn't have thought that a GPS would be a target if it involved breaking the glass. Did the parking lot have video surveillance?

[Blueberry]

Wow! Unintended consequences of having something useful! Frankly, I wouldn't have thought that a GPS would be a target if it involved breaking the glass. Did the parking lot have video surveillance?

They're a major target around here too. I don't have one - and that's part of the reason. Cars get broken into all the time for them, sadly

CA

[OakLeaf]

I'm sorry that happened to you.

[Crankin]

That's terrible, Jolt. Even though the GPS in my husband's
car is built in, he has our address in there with a fake house number. I hope the police are nice to you!
Come to think of it, the last time we had anything stolen, it was in Worcester. Someone stole the ASU trailer hitch cap off of our SUV when we were at an AMC dinner. I hope those people are happy they stole Sparky and his Sun Devil nature does something bad to them.