My Lightning was vandalized!

[Cbowe]

My Lightning started overheating after a day parked at the Alameda Ferry Terminal while we were in SF. I thought it had a failure … but Ford found something I never expected.

A cut a coolant line.

My Lightning Was Vandalized

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[Heliian]

They were probably looking for the catalytic converter. Wonder if anyone else was hit in the lot?

 

[Cbowe]

They were probably looking for the catalytic converter. Wonder if anyone else was hit in the lot?

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I did a police report with Alameda PD. They investigated and also talked to the ferry operator. There were no reports. I also ran the crime reporting for that location and that parking lot for the entire year. I show the report in the video and they were only two reported crimes in that entire parking lot year to date surprisingly so either there really isn’t a lot of crime there or nobody reports it.

 

[B177y]

@Cbowe
To your first theory:
You are correct with your assessment and you did a good job of making your point without getting overly political. However, I lived in Alameda for 4 years and seriously doubt it was any anti-EV issues. To put it mildly, you were in extremely EV friendly territory.

To your second theory:
I think this is very likely. Just because there were no other crime reports doesn't mean that is a crime free area. One of the reasons I moved out of Alameda and CA in general is an overall tolerance of crime. Unfortunately for me, the place I moved to (WA) has quickly equaled or exceeded the CA crime tolerance.

You wrote this while I was typing:

so either there really isn’t a lot of crime there or nobody reports it

This. I think it's become too common to bother reporting as the petty crimes are basically tolerated or not worth the time to investigate.

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