Safety warning about GPS UNITS

[renovation]

if you have a unit in the car .and its a window mount type .not factory installed by your oem manufacture . when you leave your car remove the GPS and the Windshield dock .thief's are busting in to cars were the Windshield dock are on the dash and windshields. knowing the GPS has to be close by. they smash a window check out a glove box or center consel and be gone in under 30 sec. and in most cases your auto insurance. may only pick up the cost of the window not the GPS unit .and it can easly cost $500 - $800 for a new replacement . :(

[DarkFury]

Maybe I just need to go and buy a car safe now. :2far:

[thresher]

Sounds like the old radar detector days. I have a sticker on my windows that says "stereo head unit removed from vehicle" for that very purpose. Why have it off and in the glovebox?

[DarkFury]

Why have it off and in the glovebox?
Well honestly, with todays' vehicles with "pass through rear seating" the trunk is not always a "safe place" as well.

Some glove boxes can be locked (but not all car manufactuers put locks on them), therefore if you have a car that doesn't have a secure trunk or glovebox, then what are you to do?

Seriously, I kinda wish that car manufactuers would consider making "car safes" an option with their vehicles (since the different shapes of the rear wheel wells would require different molds in which to shape the safe. Or find some kind of way to integrate one in the center console or under the seats.

[ray]

Having optional car safes would be a great addon for new cars, but for every deterrent (the club) and for every lock (doors, glove box), thieves always find a way to beat them. It's like how computer hackers are always able to decrypt encryption when it is released.

[DarkFury]

Having optional car safes would be a great addon for new cars, but for every deterrent (the club) and for every lock (doors, glove box), thieves always find a way to beat them. It's like how computer hackers are always able to decrypt encryption when it is released.
Good old fashioned coated wrought iron bolted to the car's frame from inside the safe and locked with a tempered deadbolt should be enough safety from potential "snatch theives".

Hell, someone can ALWAYS steal the whole car and open the safe with a blowtorch... but generally a "snatch and run" theif isn't gonna take the time to do this.

You just have to keep the modestly dishonest folks honest. :D