Garage Security
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From: Norcal
Move to a better neighborhood , town or country ...j/k.
If you drive around just my block there are three R8s, an Aston Martin and a bunch of newer 911s that are just parked in the driveways or streets covered in leaves , pollen ,dust or whatever , never in their garages .
Tech industry guys here are too consumed with staying ahead of their many cutthroat competitors to be bothered with wiping brake dust on their wheels or waxing their cars with diapers , LOL.
Drifting
Joined: May 2002
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From: Beautiful North Carolina
You don't have your location in your profile, so I'll just assume that you live in a city and are only slightly paranoid.
It's just a car. Have it insured and just use common sense. Having the car in a locked garage is going to deter 99.9999% of the people out there. Most people are honest. If someone is going to steal your car, they'll most likely do it out of a parking lot. If they want it, they can get it. Then you go buy another one.
I used to worry about stuff like this too. Life is short: take a chill pill and don't worry about it.
It's just a car. Have it insured and just use common sense. Having the car in a locked garage is going to deter 99.9999% of the people out there. Most people are honest. If someone is going to steal your car, they'll most likely do it out of a parking lot. If they want it, they can get it. Then you go buy another one.
I used to worry about stuff like this too. Life is short: take a chill pill and don't worry about it.
Race Director
Joined: Nov 2014
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From: FL
It's not only the car guys you have to worry about.
Go girls!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...dren-home.html
Go girls!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...dren-home.html
Burning Brakes
Joined: Oct 2006
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From: NW Arkansas
I would bet the theft rate for Porsche 911's is very, very low. Those taken from garages even lower.
Cars in the US anyway aren't stolen for joy rides, they're stolen to strip and sell parts from. Therefore the most stolen cars year after year are the most common...Camry's, Accords, Civics, Corrollas, Ford and Chevy pickups, etc.
Don't leave the key to your car easily located and you're golden.
Cars in the US anyway aren't stolen for joy rides, they're stolen to strip and sell parts from. Therefore the most stolen cars year after year are the most common...Camry's, Accords, Civics, Corrollas, Ford and Chevy pickups, etc.
Don't leave the key to your car easily located and you're golden.
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From: Canada
http://www.cbc.ca/m/news/canada/toro...ions-1.2750972
This is the story of Project Yellowbird which was a police investigation of a sophisticated and brazen crew in Toronto that concluded this summer. The "Yellowbird" was the first car stolen - yes, it was a 911. These guys broke into homes in high-end neighbourhoods looking for car keys and usually helped themselves to some of the home's choice contents as well. In one case, they took a set of keys for a car that wasn't home yet, waited for the owner to return and while he was calling the police to report the break-in they made off with his car!
This is the story of Project Yellowbird which was a police investigation of a sophisticated and brazen crew in Toronto that concluded this summer. The "Yellowbird" was the first car stolen - yes, it was a 911. These guys broke into homes in high-end neighbourhoods looking for car keys and usually helped themselves to some of the home's choice contents as well. In one case, they took a set of keys for a car that wasn't home yet, waited for the owner to return and while he was calling the police to report the break-in they made off with his car!
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http://www.cbc.ca/m/news/canada/toro...ions-1.2750972
This is the story of Project Yellowbird which was a police investigation of a sophisticated and brazen crew in Toronto that concluded this summer. The "Yellowbird" was the first car stolen - yes, it was a 911. These guys broke into homes in high-end neighbourhoods looking for car keys and usually helped themselves to some of the home's choice contents as well. In one case, they took a set of keys for a car that wasn't home yet, waited for the owner to return and while he was calling the police to report the break-in they made off with his car!
This is the story of Project Yellowbird which was a police investigation of a sophisticated and brazen crew in Toronto that concluded this summer. The "Yellowbird" was the first car stolen - yes, it was a 911. These guys broke into homes in high-end neighbourhoods looking for car keys and usually helped themselves to some of the home's choice contents as well. In one case, they took a set of keys for a car that wasn't home yet, waited for the owner to return and while he was calling the police to report the break-in they made off with his car!
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For high volume, lower value items, self-insurance does statistically pay off but for me this is not a high volume lower value item... that doesn't mean I'm beyond my means or that I borrowed... Just that I assessed the risk v cost and decided gap was right for me... YMMV
Burning Brakes
Joined: Jan 2005
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From: Southern Maryland
I must live in an alternate universe. I have never lived in a house that I locked. I don't even have keys to my present place. I used to leave the keys in the car until the 991. The battery goes dead after a week or so. The key must be over 10 feet away I've been told. The only time I owned a gun was when my wife and I were cruising in remote areas down island. I bought an Uzi, a 357 magnum and a nickel plated, folding stock pump 12ga. Delusional thinking....who was going to win the Uzi fight, the retired marina owner or the dope dealer? I had an old DC detective as a customer in my boatyard who told me that home protection could be achieved with a cassette recording of a pump shotgun chambering a shell. Just press the play button. When they hear that sound he claims they will flee. A child can't hurt himself or a friend with a cassette and it's pretty hard to commit suicide with a cassette. I agree with a previous post about the Accord being much more likely to be stolen that the Porsche.