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SammyInnit
My van has been broken into 5 times since I've had it (5 years). After the first time and they managed to get away with some tools I've never left anything of value in there. After a few more return visits they've realised there's no chance of them finding anything in there and haven't been back for a long time.
Got myself a pickup about 3 months back now with an armadillo roll top cover which I've always left closed because of the rain but I've always left the back gate unlocked, knowing sooner or later someone would want to get in there to again find nothing of value.
Sure enough, just been out to take the Mrs to the train station in an area known for thieves so thought best lock it as I'd left a cordless work light in there from this afternoon.
Put the key in and the barrell just rolled, on closer inspection you can see where someone's had something in there like a screwdriver.
Clearly thick as **** because they probably never got in as it was always unlocked - can't pick open a lock that's already open. And they didn't even think to try the handle first. Says a lot about the sort of people they are.
From now on I'm going to leave the roll top open I think, rather than risk anyone else trying to do more damage. They can't nick the pickup as they couldn't get it off the drive and I've got diskloks on all the motors, and that one is blocked in by my run about.
I've recently had correspondence from my MP and the Home office about van and tool thefts as I've been complaining about it a friend of mine has a petition running on the gov website to try and get more done about it. I've thought for all the good it's done it's never going to be enough. As it stands the home office see it as what they're doing is enough by the resolve they can offer. So it might as well be doing nothing.
Got myself a pickup about 3 months back now with an armadillo roll top cover which I've always left closed because of the rain but I've always left the back gate unlocked, knowing sooner or later someone would want to get in there to again find nothing of value.
Sure enough, just been out to take the Mrs to the train station in an area known for thieves so thought best lock it as I'd left a cordless work light in there from this afternoon.
Put the key in and the barrell just rolled, on closer inspection you can see where someone's had something in there like a screwdriver.
Clearly thick as **** because they probably never got in as it was always unlocked - can't pick open a lock that's already open. And they didn't even think to try the handle first. Says a lot about the sort of people they are.
From now on I'm going to leave the roll top open I think, rather than risk anyone else trying to do more damage. They can't nick the pickup as they couldn't get it off the drive and I've got diskloks on all the motors, and that one is blocked in by my run about.
I've recently had correspondence from my MP and the Home office about van and tool thefts as I've been complaining about it a friend of mine has a petition running on the gov website to try and get more done about it. I've thought for all the good it's done it's never going to be enough. As it stands the home office see it as what they're doing is enough by the resolve they can offer. So it might as well be doing nothing.