M3 Break-in

[ggumz]

Two neighbors and myself had our cars broken in to last night. The crook smashed the rear passenger window on all three of our cars to gain access, and proceeded to loot what he could find while bleeding all over the place. Luckily, most of the blood in my M3 was on the seats and cleaned up fairly easily. However, I do have a spot where some blood dried into the headliner. Could any car cleaning experts recommend how best get a blood stain out of the headliner material?

As an aside, I tweeted @ elon to request some sort of anti-theft sensory device going for our M3's. I'm sure I'm not the first, but it just seems silly with all the tech the car has that this feature doesn't already exist. I know they've recently done something similar for MS and MX, but why not the M3!? Imagine how nice it would be if the M3 could dump interior camera data to the usb upon sensing a break-in.

While the officers at the scene today were able to collect a bunch of fingerprint and dna evidence from the blood, they told me the local crime lab would likely take around 6 mos to process, and even then would only get a hit if the guy was already a convicted felon in the database. Imagine how much quicker they could potentially close this case if I had been able to get them footage of the perp in action.

 

[StellarRat]

Sorry man. That really sucks. No way to garage it? I think that's the only reason I've managed to not get broken into for about 30 years.

 

[Leeclanual]

get a car cover... smash and grab takes a lot longer if the thief has to remove your car cover... and increases the risk of being seen.

 

[ggumz]

Sorry man. That really sucks. No way to garage it? I think that's the only reason I've managed to not get broken into for about 30 years.

Unfortunately not at the time, I own and live in a condo with no garage parking - just a car port. I don't keep any valuables in my car so fortunately all I lost was a beanie and am mostly annoyed by the inconvenience of dealing with this and insurance. One of my neighbors happened to be one of those people who leaves their wallet in the car.

get a car cover... smash and grab takes a lot longer if the thief has to remove your car cover... and increases the risk of being seen.

While certainly not a bad idea, it would be a huge pain in the ass to have to keep covering and uncovering my car. I just can't reconcile doing that multiple times a day. We need an anti-theft system on this car!!

 

[chronopc]

Where in CA are you? SF?

 

[ggumz]

Where in CA are you? SF?

City of Orange off East Chapman Avenue

 

[ewoodrick]

It's a too common occurrence in California

 

[chronopc]

City of Orange off East Chapman Avenue

Wow it's happening in the OC too now? I'm always nervous parking my car on the streets.

 

[NeverFollow]

>> Leeclanual said: ↑
>> get a car cover... smash and grab takes a lot longer if the thief has to remove your car cover... and increases the risk of being seen.

While certainly not a bad idea, it would be a huge pain in the ass to have to keep covering and uncovering my car.
I just can't reconcile doing that multiple times a day. We need an anti-theft system on this car!!

 

[ggumz]

Wow it's happening in the OC too now? I'm always nervous parking my car on the streets.

Yep! It actually happened in the parking area of the condo complex I live in. It's off a fairly quiet street, but being in such close proximity to Chapman Ave. makes for a quick escape I suppose.

 

[TeeEmCee]

Two neighbors and myself had our cars broken in to last night. The crook smashed the rear passenger window on all three of our cars to gain access, and proceeded to loot what he could find while bleeding all over the place. Luckily, most of the blood in my M3 was on the seats and cleaned up fairly easily. However, I do have a spot where some blood dried into the headliner. Could any car cleaning experts recommend how best get a blood stain out of the headliner material?

As an aside, I tweeted @ elon to request some sort of anti-theft sensory device going for our M3's. I'm sure I'm not the first, but it just seems silly with all the tech the car has that this feature doesn't already exist. I know they've recently done something similar for MS and MX, but why not the M3!? Imagine how nice it would be if the M3 could dump interior camera data to the usb upon sensing a break-in.

While the officers at the scene today were able to collect a bunch of fingerprint and dna evidence from the blood, they told me the local crime lab would likely take around 6 mos to process, and even then would only get a hit if the guy was already a convicted felon in the database. Imagine how much quicker they could potentially close this case if I had been able to get them footage of the perp in action.

Sorry to hear about your car, I hope the repair, cleanup and insurance hassle will be minimal.

Does this mean the car has no alarm system or does it have one that would not detect the broken glass or motion inside? I had never considered that it may lack that.

And, by the way, loved the local constabulary's comment ... 6 months!!! If it's any consolation, video evidence would have probably made no difference with that level of indolence.

 

[Eno Deb]

Was there anything visible in the car?

I'm surprised that they apparently didn't even bother to fold down the rear seats to get into the trunk like in all the other breakins ...

 

[mal_tsla]

too bad the car doesn't expose it's internet connection, or you could probably rig up a little motion detector raspberry pi that would honk the horn via the API

 

[Trevor B]

Epidemic of Model 3 small window break-ins

 

[ggumz]

Sorry to hear about your car, I hope the repair, cleanup and insurance hassle will be minimal.

Does this mean the car has no alarm system or does it have one that would not detect the broken glass or motion inside? I had never considered that it may lack that.

And, by the way, loved the local constabulary's comment ... 6 months!!! If it's any consolation, video evidence would have probably made no difference with that level of indolence.

From what I understand, the M3 has an alarm system but would only trip upon a locked door being opened. Someone please correct me there if I'm wrong...

With the tech the M3 has, I'm advocating for improvements to said alarm system that would set it off for window breaks while also activating the interior camera during such an event. I can't imagine this would be too difficult to do, and I'd even pay for it if it's similar to the anti-theft sensory option upgrade recently introduced for MS and MX.

I don't know if it's more funny or pathetic that crime lab processing would take that long but I gotta imagine the lab has far more important cases/evidence to work on.... I'm not holding my breath for any justice, but I can't help but think a photo or video footage of the perp has gotta at least increase the odds.

 

[Dana1]

Two neighbors and myself had our cars broken in to last night. The crook smashed the rear passenger window on all three of our cars to gain access, and proceeded to loot what he could find while bleeding all over the place. Luckily, most of the blood in my M3 was on the seats and cleaned up fairly easily. However, I do have a spot where some blood dried into the headliner. Could any car cleaning experts recommend how best get a blood stain out of the headliner material?

As an aside, I tweeted @ elon to request some sort of anti-theft sensory device going for our M3's. I'm sure I'm not the first, but it just seems silly with all the tech the car has that this feature doesn't already exist. I know they've recently done something similar for MS and MX, but why not the M3!? Imagine how nice it would be if the M3 could dump interior camera data to the usb upon sensing a break-in.

While the officers at the scene today were able to collect a bunch of fingerprint and dna evidence from the blood, they told me the local crime lab would likely take around 6 mos to process, and even then would only get a hit if the guy was already a convicted felon in the database. Imagine how much quicker they could potentially close this case if I had been able to get them footage of the perp in action.

Here in Houston they’ll take a report for insurance but tell you straight up zero time is spent investigating a Motor vehicle burglary. A neighbor leaves her car unlocked in hopes they’ll just open the door.

 

[ggumz]

Epidemic of Model 3 small window break-ins

This was not the rear quarter panel window as you'll note by the photos I posted. It was the rear left passenger window.

 

[ggumz]

Was there anything visible in the car?

I'm surprised that they apparently didn't even bother to fold down the rear seats to get into the trunk like in all the other breakins ...

Nothing visible in my car what so ever, all the perp got from me was a beanie I had tucked inside the driver side door. I can't speak for my neighbors cars...

 

[brkaus]

The length of time for crime lab processing is double speak for "we will not do anything".

Even if you have camera photos and clear video.

 

[C141medic]

Sorry about your break in. That frikking sucks. I’m surprised that they went as far as taking DNA evidence from the blood. It would be nice if our cars had a glass breakage detector tied to an alarm. It may not totally prevent lowlifes from from breaking the window but perhaps it would scare them away once alarm activates.

Camera activation would also be nice. The car has 8? cameras so you’d think they’d activate in case of a bump or glass breakage. In the meantime maybe something like this would work?
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