Dudes... dudette's. I think tonight I came the closest I ever have to having my pride and joy broken into and possibly stolen. *Luckily* I decided to stay up just that extra 1/2 hour (otherwise I would've been in the shower by now (an all of you who know me, i'm sure you're salivating over that very possibility right now....)) But I digress.
I was sitting at the comp in the lounge room while it was raining fairly hard with the window open (screen on it though) and the curtain closed.
This is all at about 10:50pm. I heard a low, but still stock sounding zorst idling at my neighbour's house, which for most people wouldn't be out of the ordinary, however this guy is 70, and so is his wife, so it's unlikely that they'd have visitors. Oh yeah, and they're away on holidays....
So I opened the curtain and looked at the falcodore (or what I assumed to be a falcodore), and watched to see if anyone came towards my car. No one did. So I figured they must've just been looking at directions, but I kept an eye on them anywy - better to be safe than sorry, right?
No less than 20 seconds later, I hear doors closing, which seems a tad odd, becuase I didn't see any open, or the cabin light on in the falcodore, when to my horror, I see lights turn on RIGHT in front of my car and a 4WD start up and speed off with the falcodore.
And, just as murphy would have it, I've had my damn contacts in too long, it's raining and there's shrubbery in the way, so I didn't get a damn plate
So naturally I run out to the car with a torch, becuase i'd only jut realised what had been going on, hoping not to find a broken window or destroyed lock. I got out there and the car looked untouched, as yoda would say "relieved I was greatly". So I looked around for tyre tracks to see where the 4WD was parked (I'm not exactly sure why I did this, but at the time I thought it was important...). Then just as I was about to go inside, I decided to check the passenger's door - which was stomach-churningly unlocked. This however set off the alarm, which I was surprised, but quite relieved to hear. MAXBOOST ran inside and grabbed the keys and promptly disabled it.
At this point i'm thinking i'm the luckiest man in sydney... (well, apart fomr whoever's doing the price is right girls, probably larry emda, you rotten old swine! But I digress again).
So I checked for all the usual signs of forced entry - mashed locks, damaged door seals, and water inside the window seals, but found nothing. I'm so relieved, but still fairly worried.
My car has been moved into the driveway - now if someone wants to steal it they're going to have to go through the mighty camry...
One forum member reccommended I wait out with the car and a bat. I like that, but I have a little alteration - a black-bladed hunting-knife as long (I don't have a bat) as my fore-arm (and i'm not a small guy
), some nun-chucks (sp) and some other little implements.
Sadly this little incident has got me doubting whether I really need an almost $10k liability sitting out on my front lawn or dodging 80yr olds in camry's in traffic. I'll always love silvias, but I might not have one for too much longer...
Don't get me wrong though - if I do sell, I'll be back with a vengance, a whole lot more cash, and oh yeah, comprehensive insurance.
Sleep tight kids.
-Luke
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Becuase if they'd gone for the driver's side it wouold've set off the alarm. Now I'm just worried that they've cased it and know the passenger lock is easy to bypass....
And if it was you zei, I know where you live 
