Either it didn't work or he didn't know what he was doing, resulting in a lot of damage to the car. Nice. So in addition to being a thief, he's also incompetent.

I dunno. Looks like it worked. What does the thief care about a f''ed-up A pillar?

Assuming this WRX had something like the stock alarm system, smashing the glass would likely set off the motion sensor. So, with frameless windows, the screwdriver seems the logical choice. Perhaps if the thief carried a bigger screwdriver, there would be fewer dents.

The fact that it was stolen is no surprise. Sounds like this was a place where jakobstone parks all the time. Easy to set up a lookout...a 45-second job. I do have a clinical intererest in a few things:

- Stock alarm?
- Looks like they left another HU-- didn't try to get the 6-screw DIN Mount out?
- Broke the passenger side. Did they dive in, pop hood and disconnect battery/alarm, or just reach inside car and work the Empeg free?

In my recent Seattle-Boston-Seattle drive, I took the minimalist approach to food and shelter to save money and save time -- less unpacking of car, shifting Empeg around, etc. I either went through drive-throughs (how American!) or picked someplace like Subway where I could see the car from inside the store. Assessing risk was interesting -- questions like "How quickly could a bad person in Medicine Hat become aware that I have an Empeg in my car if I choose to take a bathroom break in this Subway?" When you park in the same place repeatedly, the risk score goes way up, I think.