Protecting your Yaris from Car Thieves ?

[Idahotom]

Wow..... I haven't locked any of my cars in the last 30 years, ever. About 95% of the time, like running into a grocery store in town, the windows are partially rolled down and the key is in the ignition. If I'm feeling paranoid I may take the key out of the ignition, and drop it on the floor, maybe once a month if that. All I do relative to this thread, is keep my man purse (?) on the floor, with something over it if possible. Big difference is at night/all night my car is home, not parked on a big city street. Lot's of concealed gun owners around here also, people think twice before poking around in someones car, my main security choice when running errands in town is a small loud extremely alert dog with a bad attitude.

[edmscan]

Originally Posted by Idahotom

Wow..... I haven't locked any of my cars in the last 30 years, ever. About 95% of the time, like running into a grocery store in town, the windows are partially rolled down and the key is in the ignition. If I'm feeling paranoid I may take the key out of the ignition, and drop it on the floor, maybe once a month if that. All I do relative to this thread, is keep my man purse (?) on the floor, with something over it if possible. Big difference is at night/all night my car is home, not parked on a big city street. Lot's of concealed gun owners around here also, people think twice before poking around in someones car, my main security choice when running errands in town is a small loud extremely alert dog with a bad attitude.

Would never happen here, unless you were looking to lose your car.

I live in Canada we cannot harm the criminals. They have more rights than we do. So .. leaving my car unlocked or anything else is not an option. That is just looking for trouble, and my insurance would likely deny my claim if I was to leave my car unlocked.

My insurance company required me to "keep my theft prevention device (aka Club) on my car when I am not in it .. 100% of the time. That includes going to 7/11 for 2 min"

The reason .. if you do not protect your car, it will disappear. People leaving their cars running in the winter unattended is a huge issue, and they do disappear.

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by edmscan

I live in Canada we cannot harm the criminals. They have more rights than we do.

IMO, it's too bad that more states aren't like Texas, and to some extent Arizona, Idaho, etc. I've heard a few people in Texas, in the past, refer to the difference between the Castle Doctrine in Texas vs. the California equivalent as "The California Apology" .

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by nookandcrannycar

IMO, it's too bad that more states aren't like Texas, and to some extent Arizona, Idaho, etc.

Including Missouri (see post #20).

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by Idahotom

Wow..... I haven't locked any of my cars in the last 30 years, ever. About 95% of the time, like running into a grocery store in town, the windows are partially rolled down and the key is in the ignition. If I'm feeling paranoid I may take the key out of the ignition, and drop it on the floor, maybe once a month if that. All I do relative to this thread, is keep my man purse (?) on the floor, with something over it if possible. Big difference is at night/all night my car is home, not parked on a big city street. Lot's of concealed gun owners around here also, people think twice before poking around in someones car, my main security choice when running errands in town is a small loud extremely alert dog with a bad attitude.

I love Idaho. I stayed in Spirit Lake for about a week last summer. Explored CDA, Spirit Lake, Athol, Sandpoint, Hayden, Newport WA, etc. My previous visit was way back in 1999 (Southern Idaho on the way to Yellowstone and then Montana...then CDA, then Spokane, and then a week visiting friends in Lewiston, ID. There are only 10 U.S. counties (other than the one I live in) that I'd likely consider living in (two more in TX, two in FL, two in TN, two in WA, and two in NV) and Spokane is one of them, re proximity to Idaho.