Vehicle Weblog » Practical Tips http://vehicleweblog.com Vehicle and Automotive Weblog Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:08:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Where to park http://vehicleweblog.com/where-to-park/ http://vehicleweblog.com/where-to-park/#comments Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:20:03 +0000 admin http://vehicleweblog.com/?p=11 Car theft is an increasingly popular crime. Car burglars used to be divided into two categories: joyriders, that stole your car to drive it around for a few hours, and scrappers, who stripped your car of all valuable parts to sell it on the black market. Nowadays, with counterfeiting becoming more and more elaborate, cars are often stolen to be re-sold with fake documentation, or to be taken to less developed countries (like South America or Eastern Europe), where control is less strict and they can easily be sold.

There are steps you can take to reduce the risk of having your car stolen. Asides from the obvious ones (car alarm, pitbull in the back seat), there are easy, cheap ways to do this, and they all relate to where your car is parked.

- If you own a garage space, use it. Locking your car inside the garage and then locking the garage door provides a lot more security than simply parking on the street.

- If you have no other option but to park on the street, do so in an area that is well lit and where a lot of people can see your car.

Just by parking in the right place, your car will be a lot less likely to be stolen, so never underestimate this.

]]> http://vehicleweblog.com/where-to-park/feed/ 0 Car Theft http://vehicleweblog.com/car-theft/ http://vehicleweblog.com/car-theft/#comments Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:21:20 +0000 admin http://vehicleweblog.com/?p=13 Having your car stolen can be one of the most traumatic experiences in your life – it never happens in a good time. Either when you’re going back to the supermarket’s parking lot with a bunch of groceries or when you’re really late for an appointment, realizing your car isn’t where you left it is something that will really mess with your day. Getting your car back in one piece may prove to be a matter of chance, so not having it stolen in the first place is always the best way to go about this problem.

Fortunately, there are some easy, simple and cheap steps you can take to avoid ever having to file a stolen vehicle report.

- Always make sure the doors are locked. Statistics say that 50% stolen vehicles were left unlocked, so make no excuses.

- Never have personal items inside the car that can be visible from the outside. If you own a GPS navigation system, make sure you put the GPS AND the holder away and if it’s a suction holder, make sure the suction mark isn’t visible.

If you take these simple steps, the likelihood of having your car stolen drops dramatically.

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