But I still get email notifications, which I routinely route straight to the trash. My favorite posts are the ones that are "Be alert! Our car got broken into!" and when you go look, what happened was they left their car unlocked with stuff visible inside it.
Friend, if it's not locked, it didn't get "broken into", by definition.
In my opinion there are two approaches to automotive security. Either leave nothing of value in the car, at least visibly, and lock the doors. Alternatively (and this works best if you have a detachable faceplate stereo) leave literally nothing of value in the car and leave the doors unlocked.
That's what I did when I parked the Porsche and Fiero on the street back when I lived in Atlanta. There were a few times when I came out to find my car's door ajar and the windows on the car on either side broken out.
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