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Had my 5 month old GTI broken into this evening. Passengers side window smashed and some items taken (including IPOD docked in armrest). Glass everywhere.

Police patched it up and will inform insurers tomorrow. I imagine Autoglass will fix the window - can they replace like for like, i.e. the same as the factory fitted VW window?

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Had exactly the same thing happen to me not long ago. smashfreakB.gif Although they very kindly smashed the drivers window instead. Meaning I couldn't even drive it anywhere without clearing glass from the seat (without anything to clear it with). And it rained really bad that day frown.gif

They didn't take anything but the armrest was up so I guess they were looking for an Ipod also, I have the changer which of course is pretty much worthless and not worth the hassle to them!

One word of warning when you go to Autoglass or they come to you. When the fitter put things back together on mine, he put a long screw in the wrong place, and made a pimple in the door. So politely ask them to take extra care! 169144-ok.gif

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Bastards!! I know how you guy's feel. I havn't picked up my GTI yet (26th September), but I have had 3 car's broken into, and they were all Saxo's. My red one had the lock done, my silver one had the lock done and they very kindly locked it back up with the same screwdriver (piss-takers!) and my dark blue one had the passenger window smashed, my near new head unit ripped from the dash with my not even one day old new CD in it! It's the first time I had ever, ever left my facia on the head unit. But what they did was take out the unit, and rather than unclip all the wires, they decided to hack through them with a pair of blunt scissors....sigh. This fecked up my central locking, my airbag, and speedo dial lights. Like Jack is Back said, "A hard way to learn a lesson."

When I do get the GTI, I'm half tempted to have the windows done proffesionally by this company I saw on "Used Car Roadshow" where they put a transparrant layer of plastic over the glass, and no matter how hard you hit it, all it does it slightly crack the glass rather than it just shatter.

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It's very sad that on the first page we have a thread about a break in and a thread about a keyed car frown.gif

Can't say anything more than I hope you get it sorted soon mate 169144-ok.gif

Oh and Dragonfis; do you mean Pentagon? I think TSN still have a discount with them! I saw a live demo and it was very impressive imo.

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In future though, what do you guys do, take out the IPOD every time?

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Dealer could only fit mine into the glovebox which I keep locked when I leave my Ipod in the car... I guess that's turned out for the best that they couldn't fit it in the armrest. I'm tempted to start leaving the armrest up though!

Sorry to hear about your break in, they're just scum. mad.gif

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You left your iPod in view, next time leave the door unlocked, at least they will not damage your car helping themselves!

I really would like to sympathise, but leaving valuable possessions in view of potential thieves is just asking for trouble in this day and age.

A good post, hopefully reminding us all to be a lot more careful in what we leave on view inside our cars?

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I imagine Autoglass will fix the window - can they replace like for like, i.e. the same as the factory fitted VW window?

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If Autoglass replace the pane, it'll not be VW glass. You can take the car to a VW dealership to have the work done, they'll use genuine VW glass but you'll have to pay the bill and reclaim the costs back from the Insurance. If you go through Autoglass, all the costs are sorted for you direct.

In my last R, I had Pentagon tints and when Autoglass replaced the marked window pane, Pentagon re-did the tinting but the effect of the new glass/tint finish was completely different to the rest of the car !!

I ended up getting my dealer to replave the glass again, this time using VW glass and the tints, when redone again, matched !!

Hope this helps. 169144-ok.gif

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Thanks for the support so far guys.

RAC Windscreens (through insurers) will process the replacement and I will check about authentic VW replacement.

Just for the record, no items were directly on display - the glove compartment was secured and the armrest was down. I think it was just opportunitistic - break the window and see what there is, if anything.

The glass has caused some damage to the interior, especially the inside of the door - rips to the plastic, and the chrome above the glove compartment has been damaged too. I guess these are covered somehow by insurance?

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It's very sad that on the first page we have a thread about a break in and a thread about a keyed car frown.gif

Can't say anything more than I hope you get it sorted soon mate 169144-ok.gif

Oh and Dragonfis; do you mean Pentagon? I think TSN still have a discount with them! I saw a live demo and it was very impressive imo.

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I'm sure that's there name, yes. It did look impressive on the telly! laugh.gif No matter how many times you sportifs2.gif it, the guy could not break the glass. He used one of those glass smashing hammers (like the ones found on trains and buses) and went at it, then started using his fists grin.gif

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You left your iPod in view, next time leave the door unlocked, at least they will not damage your car helping themselves!

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Reminds me of a friend of mine who had his window smashed for his leather jacket sitting on the passenger seat... he said he wasn't bothered about the jacket - they could have it. But the feckin' door wasn't even locked! smashfreakB.gif

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Yep, have Supaglass on mine and its worth it. Have had it on all our cars for several years - aside from the anti-smash properties don't forget it also prevents shards of glass getting into your seats and prevents glass flying around if you have a bad smash.

Wouldn't be without it now!

I guess the way it works is - say 2 GTI's parked up, crim smashes one with Supaglass and nothing happens, so crim moves onto the next one pronto ... just a deterent really, keep the fekr.gif's out!

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Yep, have Supaglass on mine and its worth it. Have had it on all our cars for several years - aside from the anti-smash properties don't forget it also prevents shards of glass getting into your seats and prevents glass flying around if you have a bad smash.

Wouldn't be without it now!

I guess the way it works is - say 2 GTI's parked up, crim smashes one with Supaglass and nothing happens, so crim moves onto the next one pronto ... just a deterent really, keep the fekr.gif's out!

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Hey Fresco - Is this expensive to get done ? Also is it noticeable that it has been done ???

Thanks,

JD

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