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Well, my car was semi obducted by an idiot. I have a Mustang, and its a prime target for car theives. I'll tell you the story.

I aws sleeping away when my roomate came in from work and told me my four way flashers were on and she couldn't figure out how to turn them off. Now, I kept my doors unlocked because a) my passenger side doesnt unlock when it does lock and b) its a small town. So, I go down to check it out, and I turn them off. I notice on the floor peices of plastic, which I discover are my steering column cover pieces. Great. I look at my column, and theres a mangled mess. Looks like a dog chewed on it. The lock cylinder is still in the ignition housing, but its absolutely mangled. Top of the cylinder is cleaned right off and you can see right down the key shaft. But the idiot couldnt get it turned, because when he tried to pop the cylinder out, it broke the handle right off, meaning he cant slide the cylinder out. Plus he ripped the contact wire off it, so that insured he couldn't get away with it. But that's not the juicy part. I have over $200 worth of tools in the back seat, plus two new snow tires in the trunk, and change in my cupholder. None of it was even touched. There was a tape converter for a cd player on the passenger seat, and they could have taken that, but they didn't. All they wanted was a joyride. So now, I have my doors locked, and I have to replace my whole column. Thankfully theres a junkyard that sells stuff for extremely cheap, and also the mechanic I took it to is only charging 60 bucks. Canadian currency mind you. So, what I might do for a couple nights is park it in a obvious spot, and hide in the back seat with my bb handgun. And if a punk tries to jack my car again, I'll pump him full of plastic. Untill I get a security system for it.
Anyone else experience this incoveinience?