Car stereo thieves - is this a problem in Poland?

greth:

Hello, i was thinking of getting a nice stereo in my car, just a couple speaker, a subwoofer and a couple amps.
My friends tell me not to do it because even if i will install it so that it will not be visible and seem like a standard stereo, people that will here loud music coming from my car will follow me, wait until i park and steal my stereo. Is this exaggerated or should i avoid getting a decent stereo in my car?

greth	Sep 4, 09, 21:58 / #
Hello, i was thinking of getting a nice stereo in my car, just a couple speaker, a subwoofer and a couple amps. My friends tell me not to do it because even if i will install it so that it will not be visible and seem like a standard stereo, people that will here loud music coming from my car will follow me, wait until i park and steal my stereo. Is this exaggerated or should i avoid getting a decent stereo in my car?

JustysiaSThreads: 15 Posts: 2,869 Joined: Oct 14, 07 MEMBER	Sep 4, 09, 22:02 / #
i'm surprised you even have a car, Polish people are notorious for stealing cars!! seriously, don't be so paranoid.

lexiThreads: 1 Posts: 188 Joined: Feb 17, 09	Sep 4, 09, 22:04 / #
Maybe forget about getting a sterio in the car, simply get a hand held device then you can play loud music, and have no need the park, thus illiminating the prospects of you having to park your car and have your new sterio stolen. Problem solved I think.

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,158 Joined: Dec 25, 07	Sep 4, 09, 22:04 / #
The Germans had an old saying about the Polish but the emphasis should be on old. It's not such an issue these days apparently.

NPosuniakThreads: 11 Posts: 122 Joined: Jun 25, 09	Sep 5, 09, 00:35 / #
An old Polish exchange student told us there was a saying which roughly translated was: "Come visit Poland, you're car is already here!"

TheOtherThreads: 5 Posts: 1,583 Joined: Jul 13, 09	Sep 5, 09, 00:37 / #
NPosuniak There was another one (crude translation): "Just stolen, already in Poland".

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,158 Joined: Dec 25, 07	Sep 5, 09, 00:55 / #
I'm familiar with both of those. Class!

peter_olsztynThreads: 8 Posts: 760 Joined: Apr 18, 07	Sep 5, 09, 01:19 / #
NPosuniak: there was a saying which roughly translated was It is rumoured that all Polish thieves relocate to UK ;) I haven't seen any glass pieces for a long time. In my area luxury cars staying overnight on the street. Loud music coming from car isn't rarity. Rather car thieves dismantling cars for mechanical or body spare parts is a problem.

MareGaeaThreads: 45 Posts: 5,527 Joined: Feb 6, 08	Edited by: MareGaea Sep 5, 09, 01:24 / #
greth: Hello, i was thinking of getting a nice stereo in my car, just a couple speaker, a subwoofer and a couple amps. My friends tell me not to do it because even if i will install it so that it will not be visible and seem like a standard stereo, people that will here loud music coming from my car will follow me, wait until i park and steal my stereo. Is this exaggerated or should i avoid getting a decent stereo in my car? What a non-issue. You know that Poles steal everything that even slightly looks Western. The German joke is: In Schweden gibt es Schwedisches Stahl, In Deutschland Krupps-Stahl und in Polen diebstahl. (In Sweden you got Swedish steel, in Germany Krupps steel and in Poland they steal) M-G (tsk)

peter_olsztynThreads: 8 Posts: 760 Joined: Apr 18, 07	Sep 5, 09, 01:33 / #
MareGaea: The German joke is: In Schweden gibt es Schwedisches Stahl, In Deutschland Krupps-Stahl und in Polen diebstahl. wow, never heard most popular in Poland is Heute gestohlen, morgen in Polen

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,158 Joined: Dec 25, 07	Sep 5, 09, 01:36 / #
That's it, M-G. A German guy told me just last Sunday in Kaunas but I couldn't remember how it went. Being Dutch, you have a better feel for German than I do. My German is pretty shabby. Peter, he told me that one too. Pretty funny.

frdThreads: 8 Posts: 1,956 Joined: Feb 3, 09	Sep 5, 09, 13:39 / #
southern: No,in Poland they steel mostly wheels. Wheelcaps and rims.. sometimes they break the windows and check if there's a radio panel in the gloves compartment

MareGaeaThreads: 45 Posts: 5,527 Joined: Feb 6, 08	Sep 5, 09, 14:36 / #
Grzegorz_: LOL ! Do you know how many children average Dutch man have ? 1.4, I have to share my second child with 3 of my neighbours. It's rule. We have to keep the average alive. M-G (kiddie kiddie kiddie)

ArienThreads: 6 Posts: 1,604 Joined: Oct 20, 08	Sep 5, 09, 15:34 / #
MareGaea: 1.4, I have to share my second child with 3 of my neighbours. It's rule. We have to keep the average alive. I guess you've been away for a while? It's actually 1.7 these days. ;)

MareGaeaThreads: 45 Posts: 5,527 Joined: Feb 6, 08	Edited by: MareGaea Sep 5, 09, 01:36 / #
peter_olsztyn: wow, never heard It's a pretty old one. Heard it for the first time about 20 years ago. Seanus In fact I heard it from a Dutchman who had a German girlfriend. M-G (grmbl)

Grzegorz_Threads: 81 Posts: 6,213 Joined: Nov 16, 06	Edited by: Grzegorz_ Sep 5, 09, 13:05 / #
greth: people that will here loud music coming from my car will follow me, wait until i park and steal my stereo. Nonsense... But obviously If you start flashing everbody around with some expensive audio equipment there'a a risk that some day (or night) somebody will steal It. MareGaea: (In Sweden you got Swedish steel, in Germany Krupps steel and in Poland they steal) LOL ! Do you know how many children average Dutch man have ?

southernThreads: 116 Posts: 10,948 Joined: May 17, 07	Sep 5, 09, 13:34 / #
greth: Car stereo thieves - is this a problem in Poland? No,in Poland they steel mostly wheels.

Grzegorz_Threads: 81 Posts: 6,213 Joined: Nov 16, 06	Sep 5, 09, 17:13 / #
MareGaea: 1.4, No, It's six. Three on the video and three more locked in the basement.

dnzThreads: 25 Posts: 804 Joined: Dec 2, 07	Sep 5, 09, 17:33 / #
I wouldn't worry about it, I had a fairly good system in a few of my cars and never got anything stolen, How come you are after such a big setup? a decent set of component speakers behind the standard grills would sound nearly as good as a sub and amp,

MareGaeaThreads: 45 Posts: 5,527 Joined: Feb 6, 08	Sep 5, 09, 17:53 / #
Grzegorz_: Three on the video and three more locked in the basement. No no no, Gregor, that's Austria :) M-G (tsk)

peter_olsztynThreads: 8 Posts: 760 Joined: Apr 18, 07	Sep 6, 09, 00:03 / #
frd: gloves compartment I love learning English :)

MareGaeaThreads: 45 Posts: 5,527 Joined: Feb 6, 08	Edited by: MareGaea Sep 6, 09, 02:45 / #
Hm, Poles use additives where they don't have to and don't use them where they have to. Makes it easy to recognize them :) Did I say additives? Of course I meant adjectives. M-G (had a drink, but was bored, so went home pretty quickly)