Several years ago a crackhead living behind me stole my car and then sold it to shady auto dealer - who then sold it to someone else.
The police did very little because I had no evidence as to who actually took the car. It took me 2 weeks and about 50 hours of my own detective work to track down my own car and have the police recover it (since they now had evidence).
Do you guys think it was rude of me to start locking my car without receiving permission from the crackhead?
I'm worried I may have offended him. Maybe I should return the restitution money he had to give me.
Well the very least you could have done is consulted with him first about locking your car in order to "foster greater understanding." I mean, where are your manners?