Lesson of the day: Don't hide your spare keys in your car
This one may seem like a no-brainer, but it's probably not a good idea to hide the spare keys for your first and second car inside your... uh, car. Perhaps you can already tell where we're going with this... for the sake of the story, though, we'll continue. What might happen if your car were stolen? You'd be giving a thief keys to the car they just stole, plus, as a bonus, the keys to your other car.Unfortunately for at least one man, the scenario in the preceding paragraph is a true story. "We believe the keys for both vehicles may have been inside the initial vehicle that was stolen," said Cornwall police spokesman Blake Paquin, who added, "We never recommend hiding keys in a vehicle." The spare keys for the man's 2002 BMW 325 were hidden in his 2003 Hummer H2, which led to the theft of both vehicles... within the same hour. Doh!
[Source: Andrew Seymour / Ottawa Citizen]
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Rafer 4:23PM (3/27/2008)
Basically Karma for driving a Hummer.
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compy386 4:38PM (3/27/2008)
No that's just schadenfreude on your part.
LBuzzer 4:35PM (3/27/2008)
What's that about more money than brains?
Is that how it goes?
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Yar 4:29PM (3/27/2008)
The only thing I hide in my car is a 6 foot long Rattlesnake under the driver seat.
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Aaron O 4:48PM (3/27/2008)
they call an 3 series & h2 "high priced luxury" vehicles? A 3 series is nice but i wouldn't call it a high priced luxury vehicle and defintely not a freaking hummer.
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AC 4:54PM (3/27/2008)
That key is certainly not a 3 series key and certainly not from 2002. Guess it gets the point across though.
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Brad 5:22PM (3/27/2008)
Ironically, I believe that's one of BMWs "Comfort Access" keys, i.e. the kind of key that would let you start the car even while it's in the glove box.
SPF 5:02PM (3/27/2008)
.........., I don't know what to say, pooh for brains, maybe?
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Brad 5:20PM (3/27/2008)
I once left my BMW parked and unlocked on a semi-busy city street overnight (I guess I was used to leaving it unlocked in a garage).
When I returned, I was amused to find the car and its belongings (including some expensive sunglasses and a few CDs) untouched except for the glove box, which had clearly been opened in search of a valet key.
Apparently, it's not as much of a no-brainer as you'd think.
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concerned 5:24PM (3/27/2008)
which could have possibly been avoided if states did not require addresses on registration and insurance certificates, in the car. There is really no reason that these papers need addresses on them. When my vehicle was stolen, my biggest fear was not the loss of the car, but that someone had the car, a garage door opener for my home, and my home address. This needs to be fixed.
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b0nesc 6:26PM (3/27/2008)
I hear it is a good idea to carry your registration in your pocket. The DMV should start giving pocket versions. The law states it has to be on your person, not just in your glove box. Jusyt don't go shoving your hands in your pants when an officer comes up to you.
Marcin 5:41PM (3/27/2008)
Gas prices going up, cost of living going up.... insurance fraud going up.
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Billy 1:53PM (3/29/2008)
I've taken burglary reports where the homeowner pulled into the garage for the evening, left the purse/wallet on the seat, and the keys in the ignition. Then they forgot to close the garage door. Surprise Surprise when they discover their cars gone and mega purchases made at Best Buy. Their excuse "That doesn't happen in our neighborhood"
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SPG 7:51PM (3/27/2008)
What a combo.
A compact sport sedan and an H2?
I'm guessing this guy is the type that only wears clothes that have the brand name showing.
A cheap shot yes, accurate? Perhaps.
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Shardm 2:46PM (4/10/2008)
easy money!
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len simpson 10:24PM (3/27/2008)
If our current vehicle was trained to recognize the ID pellet in our upper arm, life would be simpler--- no keys to lose!
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ambientFLIER 11:04PM (3/27/2008)
Well, the guy DOES drive an H2, how smart do you think he can be?
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ambientFLIER 11:05PM (3/27/2008)
an orange one, no less...
Joel Duggan 8:02AM (3/28/2008)
There are not many smart people in Cornwall. Trust me I grew up near their.
Tom Winch 1:42AM (3/28/2008)
This happened to me. My wife left her copy of the key to my Audi A4 Avant in the console of her Miata. I went downstairs to the garage in my condo building one day to find my car gone and my wife's Miata with the back window cut out and the doors and trunk wide open. The idiots only had to try her car door, the lock was broken. Anyway, I had a Lojack in my Audi (best $600 option ever) and the LAPD had my car back in 2 hours, catching the 18 & 21 year old gang members to boot. What'd they get? It was the 3rd arrest for car theft for the 21 year old and also residential burglary because they broke into the garage and they got probation.
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