I've had cars stolen out of my garage before while I was home, I've even seen one peel out in reverse right in front of me, but I now keep a shotgun loaded with 3" magnum steel OO buckshot at all times by the garage...

The train horn is also a great idea.

 

if a car thief wants a car, he'll get it. be it a POS 1980 honda, or a 2010 prototype exotic. Finding access to spare/extra keys, figuring out how to hotwire it, and last resort hitching a towtruck up to the back of it.
if you dont want your car stolen, park it in the light, keep it in well populated areas, and keep an eye on it. talk to your neighbors, tell them your concerns, come up with a i'll watch your driveway you watch mine type deal

shiznel, i hope you dont have any kids... and i hope that whoever jumps into your garage for your next car doesnt grab that shotgun before you can..

 

A business can print whatever they like on the back of a valet tickets or display signs on coat check rooms, etc. disclaiming liability, but it doesn’t make it so. It is a bailment, and the bailee has a responsibility to protect the good entrusted to them. Those signs are designed to intimidate or discourage claims.

 

I have my car in storage in my underground garage.

I bought an autolock from some auto parts store years ago. It slips over the brake pedal and prevents someone from pushing the brake. The only way to get it off is with a blow torch or a saw. Either way it will take a long time to get it off.

Best part is, if you can't press the brake pedal, you ain't going no where. And my space has no way of getting a tow truck/flat bed in there....so if someone wants it, they are going to have to work their *** off for it.

The Autolock cost me I think 10-20 bucks.

 

Good Advice about the Autolock

 

As long as the place has your keys they are 100% liable.

 

Just curious why you wouldn't be able to move the car with the autolock on? I know for cars with a foot activated parking brake it is a little harder, but for cars with a handbrake its still fairly easy to use the handbrake to stop. You'd be surprised how well you can drive like that. Then again, you don't really need to drive and stop well to steal a car. Anyway, anything that slows them down is a good thing.

 

I guess my thinking is that if someone breaks in, gets it started, they aren't going anywhere since you need to push the brake in to shift out of park.

I don't put it on the parking brake, I put it right on the brake uh, brake.

 

Most people know about the shift interlock bypass as it is visible on the shifter itself. You don't need to depress the brake pedal to shift into gear. Either way though they would need to actually get the car started and with the transponder key that makes it more unlikely that all but a pro would steal the car.

 

oh really? I had no idea of this bypass. Hopefully I never have to use it. How's it work?

 

i believe he was talking about the actual brake pedal, not the parking brake.

 

It is there if the solenoid or a fuse blows for the shift interlock. If you look at your shifter plate in the upper left area, there is a cover with a slot in it, Pop that cover off and stick a key, screwdriver, or anything that fits in that slot to release the manual lever and move the shifter. It is as simple as that. All cars that have a shift interlock has these manual bypasses since the early 90s.