PSA: Lock your fucking cars

Kinja'd!!! "Wheelerguy" (wheelerguy)
06/26/2018 at 13:00 • Filed to: PSA, SniffPetrol

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Because what if you didn’t? Oh sweet heavens, what if your car isn’t locked?


DISCUSSION (19)


Kinja'd!!! functionoverfashion > Wheelerguy
06/26/2018 at 13:02

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Lol my truck has the key in it


Kinja'd!!! atfsgeoff > Wheelerguy
06/26/2018 at 13:04

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I never lock my cars. I leave nothing in the cabin worth more than the cost of replacing a broken window.


Kinja'd!!! KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > Wheelerguy
06/26/2018 at 13:08

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Do you want bears? because this is how you get bears

http://abc7ny.com/pets-animals/video-deputy-breaks-window-to-free-bear-trapped-in-car/3630997/

Lock your cars.


Kinja'd!!! benjrblant > functionoverfashion
06/26/2018 at 13:08

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What’s your address again?


Kinja'd!!! LOREM IPSUM > Wheelerguy
06/26/2018 at 13:09

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My lock actuators get fucky when it’s warm out, so I check all the doors before walking away every time I park.

Carproof for my vehicle showed a few theft from vehicle claims, so I'm guessing the PO wasn't as obsessive.


Kinja'd!!! GoodIdeaAtTheTime > atfsgeoff
06/26/2018 at 13:14

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I do the same. Sadly I still have to replace windows occasionally . Always try the door handles first!


Kinja'd!!! fintail > Wheelerguy
06/26/2018 at 13:17

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Fintail is never locked, prior owner lost the key, I’ve never had one made.  There’s nothing in it of much value, and I’d rather not lose a window.


Kinja'd!!! functionoverfashion > benjrblant
06/26/2018 at 13:18

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Kinja'd!!! facw > LOREM IPSUM
06/26/2018 at 13:27

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My mom recently had her car robbed at the airport because the power lock for one of the rear doors doesn’t always work. I’d like to fix it for her, but I’m pretty ill-equipped to diagnose exactly what is wrong.


Kinja'd!!! LOREM IPSUM > facw
06/26/2018 at 13:29

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Nissan/Infiniti, by chance?


Kinja'd!!! thejustache > Wheelerguy
06/26/2018 at 13:47

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I commute daily on a motorcycle from 1978 with no steering lock or any deterrents of any kind, and the ignition wires out in plain sight. That article made me feel nothing...


Kinja'd!!! facw > LOREM IPSUM
06/26/2018 at 13:51

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Old Volvo S80


Kinja'd!!! I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > Wheelerguy
06/26/2018 at 13:52

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Look, I drive a beater that was made the same year as me. The locks lock. And they unlock. But if it sits locked for more than an hour or so, it doesn’t unlock. I’m just gonna take my chances. What are they gonna do, steal the radio that doesn’t work? Take out the seats with torn upholstery? Ooh, I’m so scared! Let me make an insurance claim!


Kinja'd!!! LOREM IPSUM > facw
06/26/2018 at 13:54

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In that case, I can be of no help unfortunately.


Kinja'd!!! Future Heap Owner > Wheelerguy
06/26/2018 at 14:55

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Oh god, the linked article could be an excerpt of my thoughts whenever I’m on a road trip. It was the worst in Hawai’ i when we had a ton of shit in a soft-top Wrangler. I went back to double-check it was locked at least three different times (it always was).


Kinja'd!!! StndIbnz, Drives a MSRT8 > Wheelerguy
06/26/2018 at 15:50

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My nicer cars, I lock. My XJ with a 5 speed? Haven’t locked that up since I bought it. Nothing good to steal inside, and I figure having a manual is a really good theft deterrent .


Kinja'd!!! Snowrydr01 > Wheelerguy
06/26/2018 at 15:58

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Nope.  Old jeep owner here.  Locked doors equal slashed windows.  feel free to take my change its all yours.  If i actually have something valuable in the car i will lock it but on the day to day i do not.


Kinja'd!!! jkm7680 > Wheelerguy
06/26/2018 at 16:55

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When I lived in Mississippi, nobody locked anything. Cars, houses. Nobody messed with anything either, even in the Wal Mart parking lot my friends would leave their keys in their trucks and leave their toolboxes unlocked. Never heard of anything being stolen. 

I’m not that brave though, haha. 


Kinja'd!!! TheTurbochargedSquirrel > Wheelerguy
06/26/2018 at 19:41

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I wonder how many times he locked his car in the process of writing that post.