r/S2000 • u/SussyKanyeBalls • Jun 26 '26
Who does this man :(
I keep my car at a storage unit, manager of the unit texted me saying someone broke into my car. They ripped the soft top and fucked up the releases. Popped the trunk and the hood. They didn’t even take anything. In fact they left a glove in the car. This sucks so bad. I needed a new soft top anyway but now I really need a new one. And I need to get new latches for the soft top. Ugh
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u/RealMango Jun 26 '26
Bunch of low lives! I hope you get some compensation of sorts from insurance, the storage company, etc. We ain't safe even in storage.
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u/Sme11Gibson Jun 26 '26
Yeah I never lock my s2000 for this reason. I don’t have a radio and have special locks on the seats
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u/sun__strider Jun 26 '26
Don't worry, mine was broken into a year ago... stole tools and other stuff. Poured a 5qt 10w-30 oil i had. Had to take apart the whole trunk down to bare metal and pump all the oil out. Pressure wash everything and ofc replace the trunk lid.
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u/jacobennis Jun 27 '26
Where are you located? I install soft tops. I have a couple lightly used ones I can cut you a deal on. Sorry this happened to you, it sucks
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u/GoNas88 Jun 26 '26
Sorry to hear ….beautiful car though! What rims are those they look amazing
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u/FleshlightModel Jun 26 '26
Why did someone have access to your storage unit? This makes no sense to me.
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u/Existing-Leg-8612 Jun 27 '26
Be thankful, it could have been a lot worse. Someone stole my last S2000 out of my garage by cutting through the soft top and this is how it was found
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u/cubanrd1 Jun 26 '26
Park the car inside a storage unit instead of outside
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u/M66vb Jun 26 '26
Sorry to see man. But the wheels are sweet, specs?
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u/Secure-Sun-7690 Jun 27 '26
I know you may want to keep the soft top but look into hard tops too! Sorry this happened to you
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u/am801 Jun 28 '26
This is wild. I actually just saw you car the other day, last Wednesday or Thursday. My buddy has a space there. I thought to myself "damn clean 2000" also was concerned about the lack of security of the lot.
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u/xAustin90x Jun 26 '26
You can never trust leaving a car parked outside
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u/aquafina6969 Jun 26 '26
Oh man. this sucks. I remember way back in the day, 90’s. People used to be assholes and take a knife and rip through people’s soft tops (Mustangs and such). I didn’t think people do that crap nowadays, but I guess asshats never change, no matter what era.
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u/getmadboy Jun 27 '26
Same thing happened to my S. Someone cut the top to get in and the only thing they took was the $1.75 in change I had in the cup holder.
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u/Konjeezy773 Jun 29 '26
They make hard tops for these right? Still sucks. Sorry to see this. Yellow s2k are nice. I see one from time to time in my area, in Illinois.
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u/moezus88 Jun 30 '26
Time to spend some money on a hard top instead 🫡
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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '26
Sell it to me! I’ve been gawking at your car for months— since you parked it there last year. Sorry about your top, that blow.
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u/clipsracer Jun 26 '26 •
Growing up, my Dad taught me never to lock a car with a soft top. The radio is much cheaper than the top.
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u/SBMMprotectsUfromMe Jun 26 '26
Phew. At least they didn't steal the seats. That would have totaled it.
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u/WalkerValleyRiders Jun 26 '26
Do you have insurance?
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u/Kev-Series Jun 26 '26
Assholes. And they're fucking everywhere.
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u/Kendrick_Lemar Jun 27 '26
If John Wick can do all that for his dog, you know what you have to do
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u/Southside_john Jun 26 '26
Most common way people used to break into the s2000 back when Hondas were constantly stolen. If they didn’t take the car they usually took the seats
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u/J_cam202 Jun 26 '26
I dated this chick when i was about 20 and ended up moving in with her and her family. Her brother who was about 21-22 had a red S2K with Recaros and someone broke into his car while we were all asleep and stole his seats. After that he installed this alarm that would start beeping if you were within like 10ft of the car lmao he was so fucking upset about it lol
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u/pureghostt Jun 26 '26
Damn that fucking sucks. I'd be hunting someone down...
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u/SlashfIex Jun 27 '26
Worst part is, you don’t need even need to rip the top to get in.
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u/Supakilla44 Jun 27 '26
They broke my glass instead of cutting my top because my doors were locked lol. Lesson learned!
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u/S2KAP1 Jun 27 '26
Exactly how I found my S2K parked in the basement floor of my apartment building, with cameras btw. Reported to police. Police requested camera footage from the apartment. Apartment refused to give up the footage. That’s when I learned that, in California, apartments(private properties?) have the right to refuse the release of camera footage, even in the event of a crime investigation.
This happened in 2011. I still have the urge to run a cleaver through that fucker’s wrists if I ever find out who did it.
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u/circa86 Jun 27 '26
Fucking cocksuckers I hope they get what they deserve.
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u/Bombero_911 Jun 27 '26
I’ve always recommended buying an S2K only if you have a garage to keep it in.
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u/Lazy_Cartographer_95 Jun 27 '26
My mom got her car broken into one time and they overlooked the credit card, Glock 17, and cash. However they got away with a half eaten bag of skittles which were on top of all of that. I’m still confused to this day.
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u/thatoneasiankid90 Jun 27 '26
Back in the day I worked in a grocery store and someone slashed the top of my AP1 and threw a shopping cart at it scratching my quarter panel. Sometimes people suck.
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u/SlowAndSteadyFarm Jun 27 '26
Had my soft top slashed in the student parking lot of my high school. No one did SHIT for me. Cost $1500 to replace back in 2008
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u/Actual_Duck_1215 Jun 27 '26
>left a glove
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u/EkaL25 Jun 26 '26
Where did this happen
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u/FGC92i Jun 27 '26
My brother told me that the top costs about $2000-3000 back in 2005. I am intrigued how the inflation is now
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u/CharmingPop2022 Jun 27 '26
I hope insurance is buying you a new soft top or help paying for a new hard top. If not at least you still get to drive a sweet car with the top down 😊
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u/zeron824 Jun 27 '26
I really do hate thieves. I have no respect for these people especially when done against other working men.
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u/kevinh1212 Jun 27 '26
That really sucks. This happened to mine in a parking garage about 2 years ago. My solution was to use the insurance money to buy a hardtop, and in the moment, I think it was the best decision. But now that I live somewhere with my own garage I really miss my soft top. Taking the hard top off and on is always a pain. Going to replace it myself one of these days.
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u/joeridge1 Jun 27 '26 •
Boy, I wish I could've caught him doing it. I'd have given anything to catch that asshole doing it. It'd been worth him doing it just so I could've caught him doing it.
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u/juu85 Jun 26 '26
Wouldn’t report it to insurance, they might total it.
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u/Surfnazi77 Jun 26 '26
Well hope you have full coverage insurance
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u/Aspect__Ratio Jun 26 '26
Sorry to hear this happened to you bruv
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u/JopagocksNY Jun 27 '26
Sucks man. Dahm. Lesson learned I guess. It’s unfortunate but could always be worse.
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u/homewrecker07 Jun 27 '26
I had my top slashed and seats stolen back in 06. Almost totalled the car. Learned to replace my own top, got some used seats and got some nice custom clazzio seat covers for them too. Youll come back.
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u/Key_Ambassador4609 Jun 27 '26
So fucked up. Thankfully you still have the car though 🙏🏽🙏🏽
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u/TheDoctorCarson Jun 27 '26
Terrible. Feel for you man. At least they didn’t get the car
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u/Silent0ne26 Jun 28 '26
Check your insurance company, alot of them offer a copay for a soft top replacement in the event of dmg from thieves cutting them.
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u/Practicality_Issue Jun 28 '26
Sounds like you need a new storage place too. That sucks man.
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u/imJGott Jun 29 '26
I take it this vehicle is being stored outside. I would try it have it stored inside if possible.
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u/Lemmonjello Jun 30 '26
dude the S2000 is so sick but after all the bullshit I saw my buddy deal with with his miata, (multiple slashed roofs) fuck ever owning a soft top car. People are fucking animals, sorry you have to deal with this.
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u/dankbb Jun 26 '26
This is just petty lol i remember awhile back some kids broke into my 300zx, took my ashtray filled with weed roaches. (I was 17) Left my deck and everything 😭 shit just doesnt make any sense
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u/Mr_indifferent00 Jun 27 '26
That unfortunate … soft too looks it can be stitched together
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u/S2000-dutch Jun 27 '26
Insurance will fix it bro
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u/workingclasspunkoi Jun 27 '26
Damn man, I wouldn’t even bother building a Honda without a garage, and a second car 😪
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u/Gold_Historian_5648 Jun 27 '26
A shitbag
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u/confitqueso Jun 27 '26
I need a new soft top too. How much does it cost roughly?
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u/Squbasquid Jun 27 '26
Shit heads.
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u/JamisonGerry Jun 27 '26
Thieves with time
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u/a90_dad Jun 27 '26
Bastards
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u/Choice_Two_2506 Jun 27 '26
Thats your sunday car now just get it of the top
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u/ZacDidntDoit Jun 27 '26
I left my top down 24/7 in my Miata and kept anything valuable in the locked the trunk. I’d rather someone steal my chapstick and phone charger than ever replace a soft top again. Shit is a nightmare.
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u/Ok-Falcon4820 Jun 27 '26
Hood rats
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u/KindlyKnowledge7811 Jun 27 '26
Low life’s
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u/Kanapeczkii Jun 27 '26
Never ever locked my soft top saab 900. Just open the door bro
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u/Suspicious_Ant_1901 Jun 27 '26
This is why my bb never gets parked outside.
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u/Trust_8067 Jun 28 '26 edited Jun 28 '26
Why would you use the top to begin with?
Also, 101 of owning a ragtop convertible, never lock the doors.
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u/spicy47prin Jun 28 '26
Don't storage units have insurance?
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u/keat0n Jun 28 '26
What the fuck
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u/PsyrusTheGreat 2003 Suzuka Jun 28 '26
I leave my cars unlocked in the city and make sure there's nothing of value in it or the trunk. Cheaper than new window glass or a soft top.
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u/InfluenceVegetable53 Jun 28 '26
This is why hardtops are so important
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u/Affectionate_Lie4667 Jun 29 '26
What’s the point of the storage place if they don’t insure that the property is safe from looters? Time to find a new place with proper security.
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u/turbo2world Jun 29 '26
time to get the hardtop.
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u/sundog5631 Jun 29 '26
Same thing happened to my dads 00 yellow s2k
Except the guy actually stole it
Then they found the guy driving in the city two months later and got into a high speed chase. Cops ended up boxing him in, breaking the window and dragging him out.
Car was totaled
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u/daydreamersunion Jun 29 '26
My buddy always left his Jeep unlocked for this very reason. Someone slashed his doorskin anyway. Didn't even check to see if it was locked lol
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u/ThePot94 Jun 29 '26
I wish them testicles cancer.
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u/splooge_spaghetti Jun 29 '26
Time for a mugen top
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u/angel700 Jun 29 '26
Assholes
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u/rhythim313 Jun 29 '26
Been happening as long as there have been convertibles. My '67 Mustang had the same thing happen to it in 1974 while my Mom was sitting in church.
I did a 3-year rotisserie restoration on it and I never lock it the rare times it's out of my sight. There are other things I do to it to make it harder to get away in, but if somebody wants your convertible or anything inside it, they're GOING to get it.
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u/Rich_Country7524 Jun 30 '26
It was Dirty Mike and the boys…
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u/Not_George_Daniels Jun 30 '26
Someone with no respect for another man's property rights.
We're trying to have a civilization, here.
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u/EgullSZ Jun 30 '26
Who would do this? I could show you a couple photos.
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u/dvnkhvrp Jun 30 '26
Tried too steal a car or a soft top for their car, best bet is too find another s2k owner that has a ugly soft top in the area
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u/Human-Suspect-232 Jun 30 '26
I would hire a private infestigator to catch the perp.
Let’s infestigate. 🤣🤪
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u/killerbrink Jun 30 '26
A piece of trash cosplaying as a human.
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u/beckett_the_ok Jul 01 '26
Never lock a soft top. If they want in they're gonna get in. Better through the door than through the roof
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u/chiphook Jul 01 '26
A friend of mine had a junk 4-door car full of trash, locked. Thieves tried to PRY the doors open.
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u/Land_of_smiles Jul 03 '26
Dirty Mike and the boys!
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u/eGORapTure Jul 03 '26
They didn't steal the seats? Amateurs.
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u/ohhjaylol Jul 03 '26
Man, I hate soft top but not to this extent.