December 21, 2004
Seattle - Maybe not America's nicest city?
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| I park my car about 1/2 mile from where I work in the International District in Seattle. It's not the most savory part of town and quite often I've seen the result of fights, police cars stacked end to end in front of cheap bars, and vandalism. Tonight, it was my turn. I took this picture with my Nokia cell phone, in the dark. The detail sucks, but I did my best to clean up the picture. For folks who don't know, this is my new car. It's a blue 2004 Volkswagen Touareg now sporting a smashed passenger side front window. I've been carpooling with a collegue from work. We arrived back at the car this evening shortly after 5 p.m. Since it's already dark by then (today is the winter solstice), getting away with smash and grab is pretty easy. I immediately called the police to report it and started taking pictures just in case I'd need them for insurance reasons. I wasn't planning on sitting around there all night and I needed to clean up all the glass just to make the car safe to drive home. Cops took my number and promised to call me back later in the evening, which they eventually did to get the rest of my information. I called the Volkswagen dealership from home before they closed and they should have a replacement window by Thursday or Friday. This whole experience isn't going to cost me that much money, but it is a sad statement about how the world works, even during the holidays. |
| Update: Turns out they did get away with some stuff. My new REI rain jacket (which was a birthday gift from my wife and kids) and one of my Tom Bihn laptop bags are both missing. Fortunately, there was no laptop in the bag at the time. |
Comments
The same thing happened to my Black 2004 Touareg in Kansas City on New Year's...I feel your pain!
Posted by: Dubbs at January 6, 2005 9:23 AMPost a comment