Anti-Theft questions

[PlayfulBird]

Open the hood.

Lock it. Open hood, of it goes off, bam! It is loud. But it won't do you good, fairly easy to knipex off the horn

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[PlayfulBird]

f you have a MT.
3) You can put the car in neutral and roll it while being able to steer it.

There is a pretty red ribbon they can pull on the Auto and do the same.

 

[PlayfulBird]

best thieves bring trailers or flatbed trucks.

100% and inconspicuous (AAA like paint jobs) trucks that can just lift them completely onto the truck which then looks like a normal delivery logistic truck, covered and with jammers in place. Takes them 15 minutes to get going, the rest they do off site.
This is how targeted crime works. They have spotters and shopping lists. Either for parts or clients in shady areas. With this Ukraine Russian thing we have had a lot of fancy cars (not being sold officially in these areas anymore due to the war) being targeted and smuggled very speedily.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

Lock it. Open hood, of it goes off, bam! It is loud. But it won't do you good, fairly easy to knipex off the horn

I have to imagine that real thieves are prepped with ear plugs LOL - they know there will be alarms in some cases.

 

[PlayfulBird]

I have to imagine that real thieves are prepped with ear plugs LOL - they know there will be alarms in some cases.

True. The people I talked to tell me the thieves are often better informed than the dealers. No alarms. Just lift in on a truck, jam signals and off they are.
Friends got their JL White Rubicon (some special edition idk) stolen from a cctv covered driveway at noon. No Alarm nothing. Everything was deactivated by the thievess.
They found The JL with ukrainian plates at a rest stop by accident wanting to check if the wheels were covered by the fenders properly. Stupid luck, otherwise they would have left Germany and changed plates in Poland. Never to be seen. And these were the Amateurs.
Others were caught because routine truck check (wheel treads, tie downs etc) wanted to check the truck and thieves jumped out and ran. Police admitted they would not have checked the transported vehicles had the driver not taken off.

 

[AmosMoses]

Low crime rate where we live. 25 years ago several homes were broken into - and the thieves only took guns. But there's been nothing since we moved here. Maybe a deputy living around the corner helps? Doubtful - it's just that way around here. People watch out for each other and there's just been nothing going on.

Add to rule 1 and 2 - park where there's light, or park in a garage. Security cameras can give clues as to exact time and at least a little bit about the asses that took or damaged something.
You could also take along a heavy cable with loops on the ends and run it through a front and rear wheel and lock the cable.

Stuff is going to happen - a friend went out to his car that was in his garage and found the pistol was gone from his car. Nothing else taken.
Another had is 69 AMX stolen - it had massive upgrades - converted to EFI, a nicely built 390, it was show ready. The whole car - gone. Days later remains were found.
Both of these happened in CO.
No real way of predicting or knowing who, what, when or where. Those were both really weird - why the hell take a car you can't unload? It's not like there's AMXs all over Colorado or people you can sell parts to without that tiny community knowing where they came from.
And the gun? Really weird - break into a car and go right to a gun? (not in plain sight, either) Until he reported it stolen, none of us even knew he carried a gun in that car let alone knew where it was.

Yea you're never really 100% safe but you can avoid places where robbery is the least concern of the local PD who isn't even wanted in their locality in the first place.

I've never been too paranoid where I've lived but I've also never been a flashy, "look at me" person.

 

[PlayfulBird]

never been a flashy, "look at me" person.

Yet you drive a gladiator?

Here you get looks. Some are like heck yea, some like wtf and then theres the you are evil. Love the kids, they are all like, that's my toy truck that I want to own when I grow up... I hope they will be able to

 

[AmosMoses]

Yet you drive a gladiator?

Here you get looks. Some are like heck yea, some like wtf and then theres the you are evil. Love the kids they are all like, thats my toy truck that I want to own when I grow up... I hope they will be able to

No, over here the gladiator isnt flashy. It's an elongated midsized truck without all of the chrome and giant stickers of other full size trucks. People make them flashy but mine is not.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

No, over here the gladiator isnt flashy. It's an elongated midsized truck without all of the chrome and giant stickers of other full size trucks. People make them flashy but mine is not.

Around here my JT is mostly 'just another Jeep'. Jeeps are EVERYWHERE around us. My wife has said they are the official vehicle of Polk County - with Wranglers of various flavors and Grand Cherokees around every corner.
I do get questioned a lot "how do you like your Jeep truck" from people who like Jeeps, always wanted one, whatever. My wife answers before I can with "he loves it".

 

[AmosMoses]

Around here my JT is mostly 'just another Jeep'. Jeeps are EVERYWHERE around us. My wife has said they are the official vehicle of Polk County - with Wranglers of various flavors and Grand Cherokees around every corner.
I do get questioned a lot "how do you like your Jeep truck" from people who like Jeeps, always wanted one, whatever. My wife answers before I can with "he loves it".

Strangers never approach me about my truck except one time at the Walmart pharmacy parking lot. Maybe it's because Ohio is a cesspool of jeep wranglers but I give off a vibe to people as well. If you ask me what my truck costs and you're not a friend than you'll get an articulate middle finger spoken in words.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

Strangers never approach me about my truck except one time at the Walmart pharmacy parking lot. Maybe it's because Ohio is a cesspool of jeep wranglers but I give off a vibe to people as well. If you ask me what my truck costs and you're not a friend than you'll get an articulate middle finger spoken in words.

Never been asked what it costs. I suppose most people around here who would wonder - it's an Iowa thing, don't ask.
But I can recall at least 6 times for sure. Once we were in a grocery store checking out and one of the women had seen us come in from the area of the truck and asked if it was ours. Her husband was a Jeep guy but needed a truck........... it went from there.
Often they are already Jeep people - but not always. A guy who has done some work for us around the house says his wife wants a Jeep and was asking about my truck, my bumper, winch etc. as he lives in the sticks, is a deer hunter and concerned about hitting deer.

 

[PlayfulBird]

That is really awesome. Here driving a pickup is weird, mostly. Some gardening companies drive midsized pick ups, Nissan/Hilux(if they know) but then a lot of Amaroks.
We lived 16 years in South Africa so the bakkie/pickup is normal for us.
In Germany most drive work vans if they are in construction, gardening or trades. A few RAMs are getting popular. Large, nice interior with enough towing and hawling to justify the one car idea rather than the Benz for the weekend and the Van for work.
Tbh I dont think we can go back to driving other pickups or vehicles. Love the high seating position. Otherwise it has to be polar oposite, low and fast with awd

 

[AmosMoses]

That is really awesome. Here driving a pickup is weird, mostly. Some gardening companies drive midsized pick ups, Nissan/Hilux(if they know) but then a lot of Amaroks.
We lived 16 years in South Africa so the bakkie/pickup is normal for us.
In Germany most drive work vans if they are in construction, gardening or trades. A few RAMs are getting popular. Large, nice interior with enough towing and hawling to justify the one car idea rather than the Benz for the weekend and the Van for work.
Tbh I dont think we can go back to driving other pickups or vehicles. Love the high seating position. Otherwise it has to be polar oposite, low and fast with awd

Yea, Iam a machinist and don't need the utility of a truck most of the time but I have one because that is what I wanted. It's not really any more expensive to own than a car or suv in the same price range in my state. When I do need a truck bed it's really nice to have but Iam not compelled to own a small car or something more economical.

 

[PlayfulBird]

Taxes and insurance is actually cheaper on the pickups than on smaller vehicles or suvs. Win win

 

[Terry]

Good looking Schnauzer, I used to have a miniature one of those, he was more likely to have been stolen himself? Great dogs though.

Atticus will not go quietly into the night...... Just ask the guy who tried my sliding patio door. He's easy to find, he has only half an ass now.

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