We were ROBBED!!

Since moving to our apartment in Yu Sheng Street which only has one indoor parking space for us, we have been parking one of our cars on the street. Felicia and I have been taking turns parking our cars outside, depending on who is able to find a "good" outside space. Apart from street parking, there is an unmanned parking lot across the street from our apartment which operates on a first-come-first-served basis and is entirely free. There are a total of around 10-12 spaces there and we have been parking there whenever we are able to find a space.

After picking up the kids from swimming on Monday night, I parked our four-year-old Honda CRV in the parking lot across the street at around 7pm. Since I parked the car in a "good" spot, Felicia drove her car, her Mom's Nissan March, to bring the kids to school on Tuesday morning. When I finally made my way to the Honda, to go to the American Club for a workout, I discovered that WE'VE BEEN ROBBED!!" There wasn't any visible damage to the exteriors (other than the ones we have made ourselves) of the car. But, when I opened the car door, I discovered that the top of the car's steering wheel (where the airbag was located) was gone and the passenger airbag was gone as well. Furthermore, our tennis rackets including Matthew and Nicholas's new rackets from this summer, which we normally keep in the back of our car were also stolen from us.

The police came within 15 minutes of my call and took my statements and some photographs. Apparently, I was the third person to have reported stolen airbags that day. Even the Honda Dealership was out of airbags on the back of a recent "surge" in demand. While we don't expect to see our airbags ever again, we do hope our police will "solve" the case and get our tennis rackets back!!

Lessons: 1. never leave anything valuable in your car!!! 2. Cars with airbags should park inside -- at least in Taiwan!!