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1. browningstreet ◴[] No.42158842[source]
I recently had a break-in to my Tesla. All captured on sentry mode. The thief got in with a subtle, barely visible stab of their wrist. The Tesla service person who replaced my window figured it was a spark plug. In the video they barely make contact with my window and the whole window shatters, completely.

So maybe at least storing spark plugs in each door bin.

(Btw none of the relevant police jurisdictions cared a whit about the break in. There were cameras where it occurred. I’m not sure what the societal discouragement is for car break-jns. Seems like the relevant authorities have basically granted permission to car hooliganism. They took the police report but explicitly acknowledged no one would look at it.)

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2. trallnag ◴[] No.42159025[source]
Are you living in a good neighborhood?
3. Ccecil ◴[] No.42159271[source]
It is the spark plug insulator. They are using the ceramic from it to break the glass. I remember hearing about this in the 90s with thieves carrying insulators on strings in their pockets.

https://www.carparts.com/blog/can-a-spark-plug-break-a-windo...

note from the article: "Keeping Spark Plug Shards Might Be Illegal in Your State" so keep that in mind