We were away for a week and left it on the side of the road. Doesn’t look like they were particularly competent, as they ruined the ignition but didn’t manage to start it.

They left quite a mess, bit annoyed to be honest.

  • @[email protected]
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    3021 days ago

    Damn, they also smoked in it for 12 years and never cleaned the interior. That’s the bigger crime.

    • Zuberi 👀
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      Suburu also have this issue. OP might have an updated model which needed the hotwire

  • @[email protected]
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    Oh, so they’re the ones that left the crumbs on the floorboard?

    Smh probably why they couldn’t finish the job, too busy snacking.

    • fallaciousreasoningOP
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      Actually, yes. Looked like they ate quite a bit. There were half eaten chocolates all over the car.

      • @liv
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        Are you sure it wasn’t actually giant rats? Looks more like their modus operandi to me.

  • @[email protected]
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    Same thing happened to me in January (Fendalton). Broke the quarter window, bent the panel, and made a mess tearing the ignition out.

    Seems to be a pretty safe crime: police didn’t bother coming out to look & just gave me a reference number for my insurance.

    You’ll lose your no-claims bonus.

  • @walter_wiggles
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    I mean this in the nicest way possible, but the first thing I noticed was how dirty your interior is.

    It also looks like Edward Scissorhands tried to steal your car.

    • fallaciousreasoningOP
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      Yeah, they left quite a mess - it was pretty clean before. Don’t know what they were eating but they left it everywhere. Admittedly the mud is from me :D

    • oo1
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      I guess they tried to start it with a rodent?

  • @fritata_fritato
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    Exact same thing happened to NY suburu last month. Excess is greater than the cost of fixing it, so this is permanent for me.

  • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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    520 days ago

    They probably watched some YouTube videos on how to hotwire a car, and were shocked when it didn’t work.