Protecting your Yaris from Car Thieves ?

[attrapereves]

^^ Same here in Missouri. Attempted car theft is grounds for catching a bullet from my Glock.

That being said, I usually leave my door unlocked overnight. There is nothing valuable in my car, so I'd rather them poke around without having to break a window.

[edmscan]

I found a solution to my problem.

A car alarm is over $500 so that is not going to happen, as it would only piss off my neighbors when it goes off ... and will not wake me up.

So .. I am a ham (amateur) radio operator and I am going to do what I do best. Yes ... a discrete very covert FM transmitter which will transmit any audio from the area / inside my car. Not sure how I will do it. But I will work out the details.

I only need a range of like 75-100 feet if that, so I should be fine. I have lots of radios, so this is an easy one.

Sleeping with a radio beside my bed at night ... loud so that I may wake up. Being on the phone with police while I go and investigate.

I live in Canada so no shooting them, but I can always make their lives miserable when I catch them in the act.

[Yaristeve]

Originally Posted by edmscan

A car alarm is over $500 so that is not going to happen, as it would only piss off my neighbors when it goes off ... and will not wake me up.

I haven't felt the need to install an alarm in my cars for years now but if I ever feel it is necessary, I plan to install the siren inside the car. Perhaps even one of those "pain generator" sirens...

[Kar98]

Originally Posted by attrapereves

^^ Same here in Missouri. Attempted car theft is grounds for catching a bullet from my Glock.

That being said, I usually leave my door unlocked overnight. There is nothing valuable in my car, so I'd rather them poke around without having to break a window.

I had a 84 Rabbit GTI once, and for months I parked it on the street with the driver's door unlocked because the lock was broken. I finally got around fixing that and sure enough the next damn day somebody had busted out the window to steal the Kenwood deck I got for $40 from a pawn shop. The deck that had been in there unprotected for months.