Ten Best Ways To Keep Your Car From Getting Stolen

[themechanic]

http://jalopnik.com/5937504/the-ten-best-ways-to-keep-your-car-from-getting-stolen/?tag=aotd

I like #1 Drive a stick.

 

[Budnicks]

I like garage it & park in a safe place...

 

[Dennis H]

#1. Insure it
#2. Park where it is difficult for a tow truck to get into position to snag it

That's it. Drive it. Enjoy it. Minimize risk is all you can do.

Most of the rest is either common or bullshit.

 

[Xp29h]

This could be number 1

 

[oldbee]

Put it in a garage AND have a .45 handgun handy???

 

[69B5]

when parking to enter a restaurant or store. park where you have the best view of it.
I have left places that do not give me a view of my car.
I know a guy who went to a restaurant to have lunch with his wife. The front lot was full so he parked his vet. in the back.
By survailance cameras it took the thief seven minutes to steal the car. The cops figure he was an amature.
And if you think your safe under such a camera, your not. With hood's, dark glasses, and gloves the thief could not be identified.
As of now, he has not found his car

 

[Mike67]

Back when I had my Buick GS anytime I would park it for an extended period/ overnight I would pull the coil wire..

 

[flypaper]

i have most of the good stuff garaged and boxed in
by beaters that i don't care about.
they have to move some worthless stuff away first
to even get near it.

 

[themechanic]

Mine is insured and parked in the garage. Then I park my truck close to the door. So, if they managed to get the door open they still could not drive away with my car.

 

[rumblefish360]

Mine is insured and parked in the garage. Then I park my truck close to the door. So, if they managed to get the door open they still could not drive away with my car.

Ditto! Exactly what I do.
Lock garage doors and a blocked up front.

 

[khryslerkid]

Hiding a kill switch somewhere was always a plus. Truckers do it all the time...

 

[Dennis H]

Hiding a kill switch somewhere was always a plus. Truckers do it all the time...

Yes, but it is likely to be dragged or towed.

 

[khryslerkid]

Yes, but it is likely to be dragged or towed.

Well, anything to slow a thief down. If they want the car bad enough, they will wait till the most opportune moment.
A few years ago, at Englishtown NJ, someone stole a race car, trailer and all. Drove it out past the main gate, in broad daylight! Nobody saw a thing...

 

[themechanic]

That happened to a trailer queen show car in Mustang, OK some years ago. Car was inside when the trailer was stolen. I think they found the empty trailer.