I've always thought that a good deterrent to auto theft was having a car that's not worth stealing. Apparently, this isn't the case. Mine went missing yesterday, at some point between returning from doing laundry and leaving to go bother Ian at work. Though, I still can't figure out why someone would want to take my car... it's a piece of shit inside and out, and any money someone could get for it wouldn't be worth the effort of stealing it and finding a buyer. There wasn't even much gas left in the tank.
A police officer is coming over to take a report soon. Hopefully it'll end up like the last time my car was stolen, and they'll find it ditched on a curb a short distance away after whatever stupid kids stole it finished their joyride. If not, I don't think I'll be too bothered. I've been thinking about getting rid of it anyway, and I live right across the street from a BART staion, so transportation won't be too difficult.
I guess my new approach to preventing auto theft will be to not have a car to steal. If that fails, I will be thoroughly bewildered.
In other news, the price of Alans has dropped considerably:
