Car Thievery: How To Best Them

By Hugo Foundry

Almost every one of us have been a victim, or know a victim of vehicular break-ins. It is fair to say that they can happen at anytime and anywhere. These immoral crooks will either smash their way into the vehicle to make a grab for the goodies they can spot through the windows, or take off with the car in attempt to sale it as a whole or in pieces. The car doesn’t even have to be an expensive new model like you’d find in a car magazine – in fact, it’s more likely to be a less-well-protected older car! Pay attention to the following tricks and advice, and lower your probability of becoming another victim.

The first step you may have in mind is probably a car alarm. But know that by this day and age, an activated alarm poses no physical barrier to anyone who is already plundering his way into your vehicle. All that matters is the psychological impediment an activated alarm may hold towards a less experienced thief. You can replicate the same effect with the sticker from a popular car alarm manufacturer.

If you have a more tolerable taste for colours, you can think about a paint-based deterrent. A study has shown that the differently coloured vehicles of the same model have produce different probability of being stolen. This is no doubt due to the different resale value different colour schemes produce on each vehicle. A bright, unusual color is a safer bet than black or white, but this will only hold off criminals that plan selling the car as-is.

Don’t leave you car with expensive objects lying around inside, as they serve as mere attractions for people looking for a vehicle to break into. Lock them up in your trunk if you got one, or at least hide the small items under the seats.

Looking for the ideal place to park is an important factor. Unattended car parks are always at the mercy of these rogues, but if you have to leave you car unsupervised, pick the most well lit and exposed spot to ensure maximum pressure on any thief trying to pull his moves on your car.

Larger outfits of car thieves have been known to deploy tow trucks, and commit their crimes in public without arousing any suspicion. Whenever you park your car in public spaces, steer your frontal wheels toward the curb in addition to the emergency break. Both of these actions will make your car harder to tow.

To finish things off, it is imperative that no matter how little time you think you will take, never ever leave your car with the key still in the ignition. A few seconds is all they need for car thieves to emerge out of hiding, make a run for your car, then take off whilst laughing at your stupidity. There is no need to commit this easily avoidable mistake, and then lamenting at the fact you never got car insurance.

We definitely do not want to reward criminal’s hard work. When you have your eyes set on a used car, check online for the car history of the vehicle to ensure that it is not a stolen car.. Unique version for reprint here: Car Thievery: How To Best Them.

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