abq_jim

Thanks for the thoughts. The older subie looks like such a piece of junk (and I love it) that it seems funny to me that anyone would take the time to break into it. I guess an alarm system or a pseudo-alarm blinking LED might be worthwhile but I am afraid that an alarm system on a POS might raise even more suspicions about what was in the car! The "newer" subie (the '90) is much nicer and well maintained. An alarm system might not be an unreasonable investment in it. Sorry to appear so naive but I've never had much opportunity or reason to break into my cars or others. I just haven't given it much thought before. I am a very good mechanic but not a very good burglar. I need to work on my "criminal mind" a bit.

Both of my subies (an '88 DL wagon and a '90 Loyale wagon) were broken into this morning. Not too much was stolen, only about 30 CDs and a flashlight. The stereos in both cars were left behind as both had removable faces and neither had the "face" with it in the car. Actually there was little "breaking" that took place as someone managed to open the doors on both cars without breaking the windows. I am thankful that all of the glass is still intact but a little disturbed by the apparent ease with which someone got into both cars. I am just curious how someone got into the cars so easily and if there's anything I might do to prevent them from doing so in the future. I am certain all doors on both cars were locked last night. There are no signs of forced entry on either car. No certain signs of the glass being pried away from the frame and no signs that anything was inserted down between the glass and the weatherstrip into the guts of the door (slimjim? The windows and weatherstrip are fairly dusty and nothing was disturbed). I was thinking that maybe Subies door locks aren't "keyed" very strongly and that maybe, with a little practice, you could use the key from one car to open the doors on another. Any thoughts? Jim