One they target you for ot.philip964 wrote:It's sort of part of the family now. Odometer broke 12 years ago at 289,000 miles. If I get the dents repaired, I figure the engine will finally give up. But yeah I figured I was invisible to crooks in the car.The Annoyed Man wrote:I hadn't thought of that, although I haven't used my actual GPS for a couple of years at least..... I use the GPS app in my phone, and I don't leave my phone in my car. If they steal my GPS, it's because they're already in my house. But it might be useful to set "home" in the app in both my wife's and my phones to the local cop shop address.baldeagle wrote:To combat this sort of thing I have the Home on my GPS set to the local PD station, and I've drilled it in to my wife, if you even think you are being followed, drive straight to the police station.
But the part that really bothers me is that philip964 drives a "27 year old beat up car" (besides the fact that is just sad). I myself drive a 12 year old car that is losing its luster. The paint is not as deep and rich as it used to be. The clear-coat on the door trim on one side is starting ti bubble up. The word "Pathfinder" on one side of the luggage rack looks like it has been bead-blasted....and it is pretty faded on the other side. It's an old body style. It doesn't have 22" rims, etc., etc. Other than an air of general age, it is an unremarkable car......and the interior is beginning to show it too.
I've kept the car because I like it, and I intend to drive it until the doors fall off. But one of the things I had kind of counted on as a preventative to breaking and entering is that it looks so unremarkable as to not attract anyone's attention. Perhaps that is no longer the case and I need to make sure I'm not being followed from the bank? Praise God for the remote deposit banking app in my phone. I rarely ever have to go there anymore.
evitcetorp os ton si egalomacr evitcetopr ,snosaer eh