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Anyone else having problems with their Gladiator being a thief magnet? Had a two-man team (tweedle-dee and tweedle-dum) literally rip off my tonneau cover bending the top of the bed just to get into my mostly empty truck bed. On the bright side, glad I still have my cat converter though :)

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Diamondback solves this ;)
 

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I park my jeep at the airport for days at a time and never lock it.

Short story- buddy had a sedan with a small dash cubby under the radio he kept some loose change in. They broke his window and ripped out the cubby breaking some trim pieces and got his $4.00. With a $1k deductible it cost him about $750.

I have never been one to leave anything of any value in my cars. No reason in particular, just haven’t needed to. If you want it, just open the door and take it. I have insurance so if you can rip out the 8.4 or take the whole Jeep it’ll be worth the deductible.
 

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Here in my neck of the woods people get shot over stuff like that, so generally crime is low. I can't remember a time when I've ever had a vehicle messed with while unattended.
 

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Probably tweakers. They have no problem doing hundreds if not thousands in damage for the payoff of a couple of dollars worth of jacked goods they can flip.
 

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I park my jeep at the airport for days at a time and never lock it.

Short story- buddy had a sedan with a small dash cubby under the radio he kept some loose change in. They broke his window and ripped out the cubby breaking some trim pieces and got his $4.00. With a $1k deductible it cost him about $750.

I have never been one to leave anything of any value in my cars. No reason in particular, just haven’t needed to. If you want it, just open the door and take it. I have insurance so if you can rip out the 8.4 or take the whole Jeep it’ll be worth the deductible.
A friend of mine is an airline pilot. He leaves his car parked for weeks at a tiime in airport long term parking. He puts a post it on each window that says CAR IS UNLOCKED, FEEL FREE TO COME INSIDE.

He has NOTHING in the car. He figures this saves him from attempted break ins.
 

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Whoa, sorry dude. But also - the bed bends that easily? Yowzers.
 

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A friend of mine is an airline pilot. He leaves his car parked for weeks at a tiime in airport long term parking. He puts a post it on each window that says CAR IS UNLOCKED, FEEL FREE TO COME INSIDE.

He has NOTHING in the car. He figures this saves him from attempted break ins.
Does he want to attract dirty mike and the boys to turn his car into a fuck shack? Because that's how you attract dirty mike and the boys to turn your car into a fuck shack.
 

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Does he want to attract dirty mike and the boys to turn his car into a fuck shack? Because that's how you attract dirty mike and the boys to turn your car into a fuck shack.
NJ/NY people have the best sense of humor/irony. Love it
 

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I leave my stuff unlocked with no valuable inside. Too many previous broken windows and nothing of value taken. So many people leave hand guns, golf clubs, and laptops in vehicles here that if it’s locked they think something is inside.
 

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Does he want to attract dirty mike and the boys to turn his car into a fuck shack? Because that's how you attract dirty mike and the boys to turn your car into a fuck shack.
Ha. Hysterical,. He was based at JFK also.,

I went to school in NJ, hoboken. I learned a lot of great jersey jokes at that time.

So a guy and his girlfriend were making out in his car under the GW bridge. She looked at him and said "Ohh, I want to do it where its dirty". So he drove her to Newark. Or was it Jersey City?
 

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Anyone else having problems with their Gladiator being a thief magnet? Had a two-man team (tweedle-dee and tweedle-dum) literally rip off my tonneau cover bending the top of the bed just to get into my mostly empty truck bed. On the bright side, glad I still have my cat converter though :)

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Strange, I have an ERA Cap and no, I haven't had any trouble at all. Can't imagine why.....

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