Everything seemed pefect for Superbowl sunday until I walked out to the parking lot of my condo and saw my car without headlights. This is the second time in 11 months. The first time I made a huge deal and the building installed cameras and hire more security. Im very dissapointed to my condo, porsche, and the miami police, I been thinking about selling my car. I dont know if there is any lawyers in our forum but I wonder if my condo is liable. feedback please!!

 

Not a lawyer but would guess you will not see a dime. Sorry for your loss!

 

According to my dealer(champion motors) miami is the number one place for stolen headlights.they use them on rice rockets.a friend of mine who lives in miami had a sophisticated alarm placed on his lights and has had no problems.good luck and watch where you park! 06 cab s

 

Are they stealing stock headlights or zion only?

My 997 is in Ft Lauderdale.

 

Sorry to hear, CarreraS06. There are so many 997s around Miami, statistically one would think that you wouldn't be hit TWICE. I'd guess it's the same people who took your headlights the first time; they know where your car sits, your schedule, and that you'll promptly replenish their supply of headlights. Buying something other than a Porsche isn't such a bad idea at this point.

 

What?? Stealing headlights?? That's absurd!

Who uses these? For what?

 

ebay?

 

I'd be thinking of a new neighborhood.....

 

I think the thieves have only been taking the xenon headlights and for the most part in Florida.

 

Perfect. Replace them with the stock units and hopefully this ends the problem. I have the base headlights and no one else seems to want them yet. The 996 headlights were being stolen often around the country. I need to see if stolen 996 lights are zeon or stock.

 

When looking into this one day I found that it would be relatively simple to install a headlight-unique alarm much like you see in clothing stores featuring high-dollar leather or fur jackets. A shrouded wire is looped through the arm and completes the circuit. If broken the alert goes off. When re-installing a Bi-Xenon headlight you will find many points that you could loop such a wire through and house the ends of the wire in the trunk-mounted alarm (perhaps near the DVD nav unit). It could get its power from the nearby battery. This would be ultra simple,--and add a seriously EAR-shattering siren. No one wants to be bothered by a car alarm, they commonly go off. But a headlight alarm could be seriously loud to emphasize the urgency of response and action. At the worst you would only lose one!

 

I'm a lawyer. Unfortunately I doubt you could succeed against your condo association. I suspect that the association bylaws state that the condo association is NOT responsible for damaged/stolen personal property. By owning your condo, you agree to those terms. Read the bylaws carefully, but this is probably your responsibility, not theirs. Especially if they already took the reasonable steps you outlined, i.e. security cameras, etc. What else could you reasonably expect them to do? And hey, I'm a greedy Plaintiff's lawyer!

I hope you have a good comprehensive auto policy.

 

Don't you need access to your trunk to get at the lights? At least that's how the headlight units came out of my car.

 

Hmmmmmmmmmm...........very interesting............Any vendors want to take a crack at this as to providing such a kit??? Is it about time??????? Seems like there is a market yet to be tapped??? Anyone???????

 

This has been happening for a long time, especially hard hit is the southern Florida area. I think it all started with the 996TT headlights.