Comment Common Sense Tips (Score 1) 2514
Like everything else, a little awareness and some common sense will go a long way. Having lived in rough neighborhoods, here's some tips:
1) Petty thieves tend to only go after what they can get quickly and make money off of selling. Don't leave anything of value VISIBLE in the car.
2) If you have a nice stereo, make sure you take the face plate or the entire unit if it's removable. If not, make some mods to make the stereo look like it's not there (a false face that looks like the rest of the dash for example).
3) Perhaps finding an indoors place to park the car, or building a small enclosed carport if necessary (did this once - worked out pretty well!).
4) Neighbors can help - make friends, have them watch your back.
5) Theft deterrents such as the Club(TM) can help.
Now, if you want to be geeky about it, maybe a motion-activated web cam? Or, perhaps a GPS/cell phone rig just incase the car gets stolen?
Any more thoughts?
FoxND001
1) Petty thieves tend to only go after what they can get quickly and make money off of selling. Don't leave anything of value VISIBLE in the car.
2) If you have a nice stereo, make sure you take the face plate or the entire unit if it's removable. If not, make some mods to make the stereo look like it's not there (a false face that looks like the rest of the dash for example).
3) Perhaps finding an indoors place to park the car, or building a small enclosed carport if necessary (did this once - worked out pretty well!).
4) Neighbors can help - make friends, have them watch your back.
5) Theft deterrents such as the Club(TM) can help.
Now, if you want to be geeky about it, maybe a motion-activated web cam? Or, perhaps a GPS/cell phone rig just incase the car gets stolen?
Any more thoughts?
FoxND001
