Hello to everyone. This is my first post as you all can see. I've been reading this forum before i purchase my "Are Ex Eight" and this forum has always been a great help. I bought a 04' RX8 GT manual 34k on it and im loving everything about it except it looks so damn good that it grabs too much attention hehehe, anyways i have my 8 for almost a month. Last night when i took my 8 out with my friend, parked it at Downtown Vancouver. After leaving the Club and finding out that my front window passenger side was smashed and my brandnew GPS was stolen. I know it was my fault because i left the mount on and that was the cost of the break in. But ohh well thats life! I'm just sharing my memorable moments with my 8 but i hope none of you 8 owners go through my mistake, well now i've learned my lesson.

GUDNYTS Y'ALL

 

sorry to hear that.

people stealing GPS' should be run over...







by a tank!

 

Talk to this guy.

https://www.rx8club.com/rx-8-discussion-3/someone-took-my-navigation-148243/

 

wow 2!!!! people now....thank god i got my 8 with navi, hell if they try n steal that they might as well take my car too....

 

Welcome.

I could rant about the crack-heads and scum who break into cars. I could rant about the police who are too short-staffed to catch them. I could rant about the justice system, and its revolving door for petty crime. But I won't....

Get'er fixed, and enjoy the summer in your new car!

 

damn!! I REALLY need to stop leaving my radar detecter on my window!!

 

I recently got a nuvi 750 and used to leave the mount suction cupped to my window until I saw 2 BMW's with broken windows near my street one morning which had been ransacked. Now I take the suction cup off and store it in the cupholder.

Can never be too careful I guess.

 

You gotta take the time to wipe the residual ring left by the suction cup too....they look for that too. Its crazy man what folks will do.

 

I think your the second person that this has happened to in the past few days.. I was just reading a thread about this...

 

good that i live in an apartment with a buncha car fanatics.. V1 radar stuck to the windshield and nothing happens for 6 months so far.

 

Portable Navs are an easy target, and in demand. The theft rate for them has been through the roof over the last year or two.

Always remove the unit & the mounting brackets, and like Chain said, wipe down the windshield.

Sorry yours got jacked. There's no lifeform lower than a thief.

 

damn thieves!

 

same thing happend to me a while back - bastards got my v1 .
The police actually caught the guys that did it and I ended up getting reimbersed for more than it cost me to fix everything - funny how things turn out sometimes

 

^I want a V1 so bad, but maybe that is a reason to keep my cheap detector.

Well, welcome, and look on the brightside, you get a brand new crystal clear windshield.

 

If the thief is stealing for personal usage they might pass your cheap unit by. If the thief is stealing for a lower life form known as a fence then they will take the cheap unit and keep taking units until they get enough value for their needs.

Usually it's the rockchip free side window as it's easier to break than the windshield.

 

and that is why I love having a palm phone w/ a bluetooth GPS 'puck'. hide the puck, and nothing is left to see. down side is I have to grab the phone to see the screen. c'est la vie. I'm sorry someone messed with your baby, I know if anyone touched my car wrong I'd be put in jail.

 

windshields are rated to withstand impacts in excess of 90mph. you'd be stupid to break into a car through the windshield...

 

yeah me too...


****, didnt even think about that...


damn thieves

 

thanks soo much for support. i have called my insurance and apparently they will only cover non manufacture brand if it is permanently attached on my car and home insurance will cover but 500 deductable and it must be on the content list of my home insurance. crap!!! but ohh well im gonna try to move and learn my lesson..

GOOD THING my GPS has the password before they can use it i hope the reset won't make it disappear... ohh well thats life...