JeffNJ
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- Jeff
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- 2024 Wrangler JLU Sport S Sarge Green
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If somebody tries to carjack me by violence, I'm letting them have it and putting in an insurance claim. There is no way that I'm getting shot or stabbed for my Jeep.You could get the locked console lid open with your bare hands. Kill switch is easier, very inexpensive and easy to hide. I set mine up as an anti car jacking device too. L.A. may be bad, but it is everywhere.
Rule #1: If you have a soft top, DON'T lock your doors. People will just cut your top to get in.I think my thought process on this is that I might want to soft top it in the summertime and would hate to have someone cut open the soft top, unlock the doors from the inside, and then unbolt (or whatever you wanna call it) and steal them.
The obvious question here is,"who hurt you?" And my answer to that is EVERYBODY. I've had so many experiences with theft/vandalism of my things that I've learned to accept my lot in life and am now trying to move forward by being proactive against it.
you're absolutely delusional... none of this has actually happened. Must get your news off 4chan and the like eh?Vehicle (and anything attached to the vehicle) thefts and catalytic converter thefts are epidemic level in the Denver area. The police aren't allowed to pursue stolen vehicles at any speed unless it's an armed carjacking. It's ridiculous...
I have multiple levels of security, including a club dual hook and hood/interior alarms, locking gas cap, etc. I think maybe the push start and manual trans might help. Most of the vehicles I see recovered on nextdoor appears they use the same type of tool to rip out the ignition.
Some guy a few weeks ago parked his BMW in the garage, his daughter parked behind him in the driveway and when they were sleeping a tow truck came, drug her car into the street, broke into the garage and drug the BMW out, hooked it up and stole it. So yeah, if they want it they will get it. Also multiple reports of getting shot at if you try to stop them.
Good list. My buddy has a boot, as in a wheel lock. Sometimes he uses it on his trailer, sometimes he uses it on his jeep. Nothing's going nowhere with a boot on a shoe, that's for sure.
@Jerpy : if you go this route, as you may know, there are two locking gas cap types: one that matches your vehicle key (more expensive) and one that has its own key.
I have both. I had to give up on the matching key one as it wasn't making a good seal and my emissions light was going on and opted for the non-matching key one, which works fine.
I hope you don't have the same problem but maybe this situation is common in the matching key cap.
For sure, just watch some of those repo videos - man they're fast.....easy enough to jack the vehicle up and put a roller under the booted wheel to roll/tow the vehicle away; i've seen it done.
The MOPAR key matched one for a gasoline fed 3.6L ICE engine.which gas cap did you use?
i got the Mopar keyed fuel cap for my Diesel (right after the wheel locks) and it's worked fine (so far).
and like others said; it's not so much about what someone might take out, but rather what they might put in. additionally, as i learned when my first J**p was stolen, it's also actually a deterrent to the casual thief that might want to steal it if they're planning on driving it away, as they won't be able to put fuel in it without also dealing with the locking cap.
but bottom line; if someone wants it bad enough, they're taking it. you're just trying to make yours not the easiest target.