Comments on: Forget Siphoning. Crooks are now Drilling for Gas

By: Landcrusher

Landcrusher — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:50:33 +0000

You would think it would be pointless, but my insurance company has taken my word on lot’s of stuff before. They ask if your car is regularly parked in your garage, you answer truthfully or risk them denying your claim. Sure, you could empty out your garage the day after your car gets damaged and just claim it didn’t get in that night, but are you really that dishonest?

If the answer for different cars is yes or no, then the discount is only applied to the one in the garage (usually the more expensive).

Perhaps if people get their tanks drilled, they will stop piling crap in their garage and put their car in it overnight. Where are the greens on this one? Maybe people should be more careful about how much useless crap they buy.

By: fallout11

fallout11 — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:22:47 +0000

Such would be pointless, Landcrusher. Whether a vehicle is garaged or not changes on a daily basis. Mine certainly does. In addition, many Americans have a garage, but cannot actually park one or more vehicles in it (as it gets used for ‘temporary’ storage). Would they get credit? Finally, many of these incidents are occurring while the vehicle is either parked at work or at commercial establishments (i.e. the neither regions of the local Wal-mart parking lot).

By: Landcrusher

Landcrusher — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 21:47:03 +0000

If the insurance companies actually had any sense they would simply adjust rates for cars that not kept in garages.

By: Facebook User

Facebook User — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:43:20 +0000

it’s only a matter of time before one of these mental midgets starts a fire and burns the vehicle (and possibly themselves) to the ground

And, the car owner will be sued by the thief (or his relatives in the case of death) for damages because they maintained an attractive nuisance, a car with gas in the tank.

By: becurb

becurb — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:03:15 +0000

# thalter :

Don’t most comprehensive policies cover fire already?

If the problem becomes common enough, the insurance companies will drop fire damage due to theft. Just like the idiots dropped coverage of moose collision damage in New Brunswick several years back.

Interestingly enough, while moose collision reports dropped, mysterious fires became much more common…

Bruce

By: Stingray

Stingray — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:49:03 +0000

I don’t think they drill the tank. It’s easier/faster with a punch

By: frontline

frontline — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:23:10 +0000

Scrotes really give me the creeps when I am in Denver. Glad I don’t live there.

By: Stein X Leikanger

Stein X Leikanger — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:17:20 +0000

It’s Mad Max. Interesting.

By: thalter

thalter — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:14:11 +0000

Don’t most comprehensive policies cover fire already?

By: Banned User

Banned User — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:54:27 +0000

You can’t siphon the gas on newer vehicles, since they have some safety device in the filler tube to block the siphon.

By: bfg9k

bfg9k — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:41:03 +0000

# jaydez :
besides, dont they know that most fuel doors can be pried open easier than drilling a hole near the explosive stuff?

I’m sure it’s a lot faster to drain out a hole in the bottom of the tank than wait for the siphon, even including the few seconds to drill through a plastic gas tank.

By: jaydez

jaydez — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:32:05 +0000

“Denver police are recommending owners put their cars inside garages if possible.”

Except if you have a Ford built before 2005.

“the owners may want to take out additional fire insurance;”

Esspecially if you have a Ford built be 2005.

lol.

I’ll just leave my non-locking gas cap and non-locking fuel door alone on my Fusion. I’d rather lose $50 in gas…

besides, dont they know that most fuel doors can be pried open easier than drilling a hole near the explosive stuff?

By: blautens

blautens — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:25:28 +0000

Ugh. Take my gas, but PLEASE don’t drill a hole in my tank! That’s just plain mean. Cost of repair + cost of rental + cost of lost wages has to be far greater than $500.

By: Donal Fagan

Donal Fagan — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:25:04 +0000

They’re also taking the catalytic converter for the platinum. In the good old days they just took hubcaps.