Attempted Car Theft

This morning Becky went out to the car to go to the studio and discovered that our car had been broken into and ransacked. It turned out to be more than that. This was an attempted car theft. The rear passenger window was smashed and the glove compartment was opened with everything pulled out. The ignition system on the steering column was pulled open and significantly damaged.

Becky called the Buffalo Police Department and reported the crime while I called our insurance agent. They immediately put in the claim with Travellers Insurance. Then I went online and filed a crime report with the Buffalo PD.

I was soon contacted by the insurance company claim adjustor and was also put into contact with Enterprise to set up a car rental which will be ready for us tomorrow.

It was a crazy day and I talked with a lot of people. It may take awhile to get everything going.

It looks like it's going to be a long couple of weeks before things go back to normal. We first need to hear back from a claims inspector who will come out and look at our car and make an estimate for repairs. We waited all day for his car and the insurance company adjustor said he will probably call tomorrow. 

I talked with the car rental company and will be able to pick up a rental car late tomorrow that is mostly paid for by our car insurance. We need to wait for a car to be available. Also the insurance company claims adjustor gave me a list of car repair places they deal with and it looks like the best one for us is Gerber Collision with shops on Hertel and another one on Delaware. Both in North Buffalo. 

It's going to be a busy day tomorrow.

Apparently there has been a thing going on in social media on how to steal cars and specifically cars from Kia and Hyundai and mostly videos on Tik Tok.