Best way to stop a thief from towing your Jeep?

[Bmeister]

Towing is quick and you need to be quicker.

As for doing something to your Jeep to deny getting it started, that is easy. Take a single wire that if broken your Jeep will not start. Put a single switch on it and turn off when you leave.

The towing thing you might try this: What I like about it, is it shoots a .50 Cal, if that does not work you can beat them to death with it as it weights about 6 lb with a full mag.

Amen. The sooner we force the true dregs of society, the politicians (OUR employees lest we forget), into action to decriminalize law abiding citizens when defending against crime with effective tools, the sooner crime will recede. Look at Oakland County, MI in the very early 90s when car-jacking got way out of control. When people got fed up and started shooting/killing the car-jackers, that spree ended quickly.

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[JSFoster75]

My strategy is pretty easy, I live in a low crime part of the state and never thought about it.

 

[AZ_Gunslinger]

You have most of the parking bases covered. I would also add a tracking device hidden in the Jeep. Apple Air Tag? No experience with them but I hear they work good.

I looked into the AirTags. They're great as long as you have an Apple device - there's an Android app but lacks much of the functionality of the iOS app. Also, the AirTag pings off of other Apple devices to give you a specific location, which works fine in a metro area but if the vehicle is taken anywhere remote that capability drops, ultimately to zero.

I'm leaning toward the GPSit device. It's about $190 on Amazon, including the first year of service, then $100/year thereafter. It's wired into the Jeep's electrical system so no batteries to replace or go dead and updates every 10 seconds.

 

[dcmdon]

I looked into the AirTags. They're great as long as you have an Apple device - there's an Android app but lacks much of the functionality of the iOS app. Also, the AirTag pings off of other Apple devices to give you a specific location, which works fine in a metro area but if the vehicle is taken anywhere remote that capability drops, ultimately to zero.

I'm leaning toward the GPSit device. It's about $190 on Amazon, including the first year of service, then $100/year thereafter. It's wired into the Jeep's electrical system so no batteries to replace or go dead and updates every 10 seconds.

You are pretty massively understating the function of the AirTag and its usefulness, without ever having actually used it.

I'd bet you dinner that 75% of the people in this forum have apple devices. And yes, you need to have an iPhone for it to work well.

You don't need to be in an urban area for an AirTag to work. I had the one in my dog's collar ping off another hiker we never even saw in the White mountains. If the Jeep is in the middle of a wilderness area, you won't see it.

But you will see it along the entire drive to the wilderness area. It only takes one iPhone to ping off and you will get a location. Considering that there are 120 MILLION iPhones in use in the US it won't be long before one is around.

Shoot, there's a decent chance that one of the thieves will have an iPhone.

Also, for $25 and no monitoring fee, there's no reason not to get one in addition to your fancy expensive GPS unit. You might as well. $25!

One other thing. You can set geofences with an AirTag, so it will notify you if the vehicle moves. Long before its out in the wilderness away from those 120,000,000 iPhones.

 

[dcmdon]

Amen. The sooner we force the true dregs of society, the politicians (OUR employees lest we forget), into action to decriminalize law abiding citizens when defending against crime with effective tools, the sooner crime will recede. Look at Oakland County, MI in the very early 90s when car-jacking got way out of control. When people got fed up and started shooting/killing the car-jackers, that spree ended quickly.

All states allow you to use deadly physical force to defend yourself.

 

[Beasty]

FBI crime statistics in 2022 proved that a minimum of 21 Wranglers were stolen weekly across the country…

oh wow, do you have a link for this? Id be interesting in reading about this

 

[Bmeister]

All states allow you to use deadly physical force to defend yourself.

If a law enforcement officer does it on or off duty, no problem if it's justified. However, if a citizen (in many states) uses a lethal force in a defense situation, they can be arrested first (they sure will in the greater Chicago area) and then get released after the facts get sorted; it depends where you are, the circumstances, and the zealousness of the DA. However, It will cost the citizen a small fortune in legal fees if they exercise a lethal defense. It's a lousy system, IMHO.

 

[Whaler27]

It is - and there are numerous instances in hotel parking lots. In this current time period the news tends not to report problems like these

It's a mess out there. Along with the OPs comments, I try to find a very well lit area in a very good part of town. No hotels in seedy areas. I don't need my Jeep stolen and I don't need to be assaulted

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In a high property crime area like Oregon‘s Willamette Valley, a declining proportion of property crime is being reported to police, because Oregonians expect nothing will happen. Reporting tends to be motivated only by insurance process requirements, but there is unlikely to be prosecution, recovery, restitution, or punishment — so theft is much better way to make a living than it used to be.

I try to get a first floor room that’s close to an exterior door, with a window facing my vehicle. Some of the older hotels actually have room doors opening six feet from the closest parking spot. I‘m a shallow sleeper, and I don’t sleep much, so that’s enough for me. Also, I would not recommend this for everybody, but some folks carry a large bear spray canister. It’s hard to load and tow a vehicle after being hosed down with CS, and that’s a lot less likely to result in victim incarceration than confronting the thief with a gun.(Which is a generally terrible plan for any civilian.)

 

[GATORB8]

If a law enforcement officer does it on or off duty, no problem if it's justified. However, if a citizen (in many states) uses a lethal force in a defense situation, they can be arrested first (they sure will in the greater Chicago area) and then get released after the facts get sorted; it depends where you are, the circumstances, and the zealousness of the DA. However, It will cost the citizen a small fortune in legal fees if they exercise a lethal defense. It's a lousy system, IMHO.

You'd also likely get popped for a weapons charge in Chicago. Although they may not be enforcing the semi-auto ban on possession, could be exposed to being charged with that as well until it's overturned.

 

[Headbarcode]

Insomnia and always having a 12g handy is my strategy.

And before anyone labels me uncaring, you can rest assured, I'll always wait until the Jeeps not in the background.

 

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[NMPirate]

We travel a lot and often park in hotel and motel lots. Is there anything that you do to make ulyour jeep harder to tow away?

I park between two vehicles, nose in first. Turn the wheels to full lock one direction, put the transfer case in 4low. This makes it very difficult to get it out of the parking spot and difficult to tow. Not saying these obstacles can’t be worked around, just saying it make the process way more difficult.

What strategies do you use to make your Jeep harder to be stolen?

Ted, no matter how you protect it to keep it in your possession, keep doing it! That beast has taken you guys from north to south, east to west, and every corner of this great country. I have really enjoyed the videos on YT of the adventures. I can't wait to get out and do the same!

 

[dcmdon]

If a law enforcement officer does it on or off duty, no problem if it's justified. However, if a citizen (in many states) uses a lethal force in a defense situation, they can be arrested first (they sure will in the greater Chicago area) and then get released after the facts get sorted; it depends where you are, the circumstances, and the zealousness of the DA. However, It will cost the citizen a small fortune in legal fees if they exercise a lethal defense. It's a lousy system, IMHO.

Sorry, but you are absolutely wrong.
Arrests are rare. Its not nearly as bad as some people make it out to be.

Part of the reason for this is that in the absolute worst states you have not been able to get a carry license. So defensive shootings in places like CA, NY, and NJ are exceedingly rare. This will change with the Bruen decision.

I have lived in two of the worst gun rights states in the country and it is very very rare for people to even be arrested if it is a "good shoot".

By good shoot I mean.
1) they owned the gun legally and were licensed to carry it.
2) the threat was imminent. (One recent example of someone being arrested in CT, the person was being threatened in their yard, they went inside, got a gun, went back outside and shot the offender. A reasonable person would have gone inside, retrieved a gun, called 911 and stayed inside)
3) they weren't involved in committing some other crime when the need for self defense comes up.

 

[wibornz]

Ted, no matter how you protect it to keep it in your possession, keep doing it! That beast has taken you guys from north to south, east to west, and every corner of this great country. I have really enjoyed the videos on YT of the adventures. I can't wait to get out and do the same!

Well we are taking the Jeep into Mexico next week to wheel on the Baja Peninsula for four days. The extra insurance is kind of pricey. It was $140 for the trip.

 

[NMPirate]

Well we are taking the Jeep into Mexico next week to wheel on the Baja Peninsula for four days. The extra insurance is kind of pricey. It was $140 for the trip.

Go get'um boss! Have a good time and be safe. Load up pics and videos when you can.

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