Re: do you lock the doors of your jeep?
 

On Sep 26, 9:03 pm, XS11E <xs...@mailinator.com> wrote:
> Sean <guo.xiaoy...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > is it saft to leave the doors unlocked in cities like philly?
>
> Not if you want the interior to be there when you return.
>
> Note, 40 some years back a columnist in the local paper wrote he
> carefully locked his Jeep when he parked in Phoenix because some SOB
> might steal it and when he parked it in Payson, a small town north of
> here, he left the keys in the ignition because some friend might need
> to borrow it.
>
> Times have changed. Lock it, hire security, chain a vicious dog to it
> and you may have a 50% chance it won't be stripped, vandalized or
> stolen.
>
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A lot depends where you live. IIn NYC not a big market for Jeep
stuff especially lifted YJ's painted dull grey and white. My old
neighbor parked a lifted cherokee with a tool box, ax, and jack on top
for a few years that was never touched.
Now if I owned a tricked out ricer it would be gone in a sec. Someone
robbed the tires off a brand new honda accord around the corner from
my place last christmas eve. My Yj with 33's was a block away
untouched.
They left this new accord on plastic milk crates which were breaking
and the car was almost on the ground. The poor women who discovered it
Xmas morning had a helluva time finding someone to tow it(they would
need to have at least two tires to get it on a truck) on christmas
day.

Re: do you lock the doors of your jeep?
 

Sean wrote:
> is it saft to leave the doors unlocked in cities like philly?

Sure, as long as you have nothing in the Jeep that you're worried about
somebody stealing.

Locking the doors if you have a convertible top will get expensive in
the city. Thieves will pull their switchblade knife out and cut right
in. So if you have a convertible top, always leave the Jeep unlocked in
the city.

I have a hard top so I lock my doors, but I do not put anything
expensive into the Jeep anyhow. But the main reason I lock my doors is
to keep the neighbor's kids from playing in my Jeep, they always leave
sticky stuff all over the place when they do and I hate that. If a thief
wants into my Jeep he'll just smash the window.

Re: do you lock the doors of your jeep?
 

Sean wrote:
> is it saft to leave the doors unlocked in cities like philly?

Sure, as long as you have nothing in the Jeep that you're worried about
somebody stealing.

Locking the doors if you have a convertible top will get expensive in
the city. Thieves will pull their switchblade knife out and cut right
in. So if you have a convertible top, always leave the Jeep unlocked in
the city.

I have a hard top so I lock my doors, but I do not put anything
expensive into the Jeep anyhow. But the main reason I lock my doors is
to keep the neighbor's kids from playing in my Jeep, they always leave
sticky stuff all over the place when they do and I hate that. If a thief
wants into my Jeep he'll just smash the window.

Re: do you lock the doors of your jeep?
 

Sean wrote:
> is it saft to leave the doors unlocked in cities like philly?

Sure, as long as you have nothing in the Jeep that you're worried about
somebody stealing.

Locking the doors if you have a convertible top will get expensive in
the city. Thieves will pull their switchblade knife out and cut right
in. So if you have a convertible top, always leave the Jeep unlocked in
the city.

I have a hard top so I lock my doors, but I do not put anything
expensive into the Jeep anyhow. But the main reason I lock my doors is
to keep the neighbor's kids from playing in my Jeep, they always leave
sticky stuff all over the place when they do and I hate that. If a thief
wants into my Jeep he'll just smash the window.

Re: do you lock the doors of your jeep?
 

Sean wrote:
> is it saft to leave the doors unlocked in cities like philly?

Sure, as long as you have nothing in the Jeep that you're worried about
somebody stealing.

Locking the doors if you have a convertible top will get expensive in
the city. Thieves will pull their switchblade knife out and cut right
in. So if you have a convertible top, always leave the Jeep unlocked in
the city.

I have a hard top so I lock my doors, but I do not put anything
expensive into the Jeep anyhow. But the main reason I lock my doors is
to keep the neighbor's kids from playing in my Jeep, they always leave
sticky stuff all over the place when they do and I hate that. If a thief
wants into my Jeep he'll just smash the window.

Re: do you lock the doors of your jeep?
 

"XS11E" <xs11e@mailinator.com> wrote in message
news:Xns99B7B7AE3DF89xs11emailinatorcom@69.28.173. 184...
> Sean <guo.xiaoyong@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > is it saft to leave the doors unlocked in cities like philly?
>
> Not if you want the interior to be there when you return.
>
> Note, 40 some years back a columnist in the local paper wrote he
> carefully locked his Jeep when he parked in Phoenix because some SOB
> might steal it and when he parked it in Payson, a small town north of
> here, he left the keys in the ignition because some friend might need
> to borrow it.
>
> Times have changed. Lock it, hire security, chain a vicious dog to it
> and you may have a 50% chance it won't be stripped, vandalized or
> stolen.
>
Remember the story about the guy who left a Rottweiler to guard his Camaro,
and they stole the Rottweiler?

Cheers,

Earle

Re: do you lock the doors of your jeep?
 

"XS11E" <xs11e@mailinator.com> wrote in message
news:Xns99B7B7AE3DF89xs11emailinatorcom@69.28.173. 184...
> Sean <guo.xiaoyong@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > is it saft to leave the doors unlocked in cities like philly?
>
> Not if you want the interior to be there when you return.
>
> Note, 40 some years back a columnist in the local paper wrote he
> carefully locked his Jeep when he parked in Phoenix because some SOB
> might steal it and when he parked it in Payson, a small town north of
> here, he left the keys in the ignition because some friend might need
> to borrow it.
>
> Times have changed. Lock it, hire security, chain a vicious dog to it
> and you may have a 50% chance it won't be stripped, vandalized or
> stolen.
>
Remember the story about the guy who left a Rottweiler to guard his Camaro,
and they stole the Rottweiler?

Cheers,

Earle

Re: do you lock the doors of your jeep?
 

"XS11E" <xs11e@mailinator.com> wrote in message
news:Xns99B7B7AE3DF89xs11emailinatorcom@69.28.173. 184...
> Sean <guo.xiaoyong@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > is it saft to leave the doors unlocked in cities like philly?
>
> Not if you want the interior to be there when you return.
>
> Note, 40 some years back a columnist in the local paper wrote he
> carefully locked his Jeep when he parked in Phoenix because some SOB
> might steal it and when he parked it in Payson, a small town north of
> here, he left the keys in the ignition because some friend might need
> to borrow it.
>
> Times have changed. Lock it, hire security, chain a vicious dog to it
> and you may have a 50% chance it won't be stripped, vandalized or
> stolen.
>
Remember the story about the guy who left a Rottweiler to guard his Camaro,
and they stole the Rottweiler?

Cheers,

Earle

Re: do you lock the doors of your jeep?
 

"XS11E" <xs11e@mailinator.com> wrote in message
news:Xns99B7B7AE3DF89xs11emailinatorcom@69.28.173. 184...
> Sean <guo.xiaoyong@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > is it saft to leave the doors unlocked in cities like philly?
>
> Not if you want the interior to be there when you return.
>
> Note, 40 some years back a columnist in the local paper wrote he
> carefully locked his Jeep when he parked in Phoenix because some SOB
> might steal it and when he parked it in Payson, a small town north of
> here, he left the keys in the ignition because some friend might need
> to borrow it.
>
> Times have changed. Lock it, hire security, chain a vicious dog to it
> and you may have a 50% chance it won't be stripped, vandalized or
> stolen.
>
Remember the story about the guy who left a Rottweiler to guard his Camaro,
and they stole the Rottweiler?

Cheers,

Earle

Re: do you lock the doors of your jeep?
 

On Sep 26, 9:28 pm, "Earle Horton" <el_anglo_burg...@usa.com> wrote:
> "XS11E" <xs...@mailinator.com> wrote in message
>
> news:Xns99B7B7AE3DF89xs11emailinatorcom@69.28.173. 184...
>
>
>
> > Sean <guo.xiaoy...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > is it saft to leave the doors unlocked in cities like philly?
>
> > Not if you want the interior to be there when you return.
>
> > Note, 40 some years back a columnist in the local paper wrote he
> > carefully locked his Jeep when he parked in Phoenix because some SOB
> > might steal it and when he parked it in Payson, a small town north of
> > here, he left the keys in the ignition because some friend might need
> > to borrow it.
>
> > Times have changed. Lock it, hire security, chain a vicious dog to it
> > and you may have a 50% chance it won't be stripped, vandalized or
> > stolen.
>
> Remember the story about the guy who left a Rottweiler to guard his Camaro,
> and they stole the Rottweiler?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Earle- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Yes, me too. Always unlocked. Nothing in it. Well except mud!

Greg