Originally Posted by dominicminicoopers

Yes, I know. I've been getting tired of paragraphing my postings like I normally would do.

Originally Posted by cmoh

The police called Sunday morning. They found my car in a shopping center parking lot in Seekonk, MA (~55 miles south of Boston). It was only missing for ~ 24 hrs.

I drove down their today to bring her back home. No dents or dings, just some small paint chips on the driver's side door where the used a screwdriver to open it. The door gap when closed looks a little off now. The thieves drove 110 miles on their joy ride. The left their flashlight, screwdriver, snacks, a 50-cent CD and many cigarette ashes in the car.

I had the plastic "valet" key tucked in the leather owners manual in the glove compartment and it is now missing along with some other items. Does anyone know if there is a car alarm out there that will detonate a grenade between the drivers legs if they try to steal my mini?

Originally Posted by kaelaria

What is with people and keeping car keys inside of cars?? This is the 2nd thread about a stolen MINI recently due to keys being left in cars. I would never even *think* to keep keys in any of our cars!

To anyone else reading that has keys inside their car(s) - get them out! Anything outside is fair game to be stolen. You are asking for trouble!