The old saying is that God created man, Sam Colt made them equal... it needs to be updated to include women. I hate seeing someone live in fear due to their diminutive size.
Keith
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It happened- someone tried to steal my car
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someone tried to steal stuff from your car, not the actual car. Change the thread title.
thesmokingman
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Million dollar zips, *sugar* they're almost all million dollar zips here in socal are all going thru increased crime. It wasn't enough to deal with porch pirates, car thefts, and the typical, a unique mob type in this area are the gangs of teens on e-bikes who think they are Hell's Angels on a wrath, whom rove these neighborhoods... lmao.
It's supposed to be one of the safest places in the country. The area in NY we live in looks more dangerous and is a more affluent zip code.
This is what comes up for PA:
According to NeighborhoodScout's analysis of FBI crime statistics, is safer than 87% of the cities and towns in the US of all population sizes.
In Pennsylvania, only on the order of 15% of the communities have a lower crime rate. Your chance of becoming a victim of crime in the community is 1 in 247. The US average across communities from the largest to the smallest is 1 in 43.
vs where we are in NY
The neighbors in the neighborhood in are wealthy, making it among the 15% highest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 96.9%
The A+ grade means the rate of crime is much lower than the average US city. is in the 99th percentile for safety, meaning 1% of cities are safer and 99% of cities are more dangerous.
Your chance of being a victim of crime in may be as high as 1 in 81 in the north neighborhoods, or as low as 1 in 278 in the southeast part of the city.
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When I spoke to my neighbors and the cops, I was told there has been an increase in car thefts, hence why I thought the above.
thesmokingman
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You're lucky it was a Tesla and not a Hyundai/Kia, or the thread title would really have been different lol.
I have two other cars on the street which haven't been messed with as far as I know, a WRX and a Challenger. Those have no cameras. I hope nobody has tried to get into them.
pepperoni
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Attempted car theft doesn’t sound unreasonable to me. I know Teslas require a certain tech savvy to steal, but clearly this person didn’t know about sentry mode so probably didn’t know much else about Teslas either. Maybe they were hoping the keys were left in the car.
thesmokingman
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But they have immobilizers built in unlike the Hyundai/Kia, so you're a few steps up in that regard so keep'em locked.
Here's a rando local news... local news, it's national news but its so prevalent its all over local news.
Police warn Kia, Hyundai owners to stop leaving USB plugs inside after rash of thefts
The numbers are staggering – in Detroit alone in July, about 150 Kias and Hyundais were stolen – and in August so far, 28.
It's so bad that insurance can be affected.
Progressive Reportedly Won't Insure Some Kias And Hyundais Because They're Too Easy To Steal - The Autopian
Kia and Hyundai owners have gotten their cars stolen for over a year. Now, owners find that at least one insurance company won't insure their cars.
www.theautopian.com
Yes, the gun lobby sure has done a terrific job of hyping fear and arming the US citizenry to the teeth. What could go wrong? /s
When the government/state/city cares more about the criminals than the victims/law abiding citizens,
actually the opposite. Gun control group/lobby/Gov. sold way more guns than during the gun friendly Gov.
Oh I'm aware. "Be afraid of criminals" "Be afraid of your government, they are coming for your guns". Its all about fear and paranoia but we're way off track and some butthurt gun enthusiast(s) will surely report this to a mod and it'll get moved soon.
BTW big 2A supporter here but we've jumped the shark in terms of sensibility IMO.
I really don't want to derail this thread, but bottom line is that gun people will side with gun and anti gun people will side with anti gun, so Tesla people will need to stay Tesla.
I can't give my opinion one way or the other with guns based on my job and since my identity is so obvious.
You'd be amazed at what you catch once you set up cameras! Very famous Tesla owner's security footage.
I'm pretty active in my neighborhood. The thing I've been told more than once by our Police is not to think too rationally/logically about what some people who are involved in petty crime do. They're often just not thinking too much about the totality of their actions or the implications. You need to keep yourself safe but that's what I've been told.
How dare you!
roblab
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And everyone knows Tesla owners are rich and leave valuables in their cars.
roblab
Active Member
Yes, there must be somewhere. There are usually known areas that are considered safer than others, and the local police would be able to share that information, which is something people should check on before moving into an area. Our little town of 3500 is known to be crime free, so much so that we have no police, and police from the nearest town don't bother coming up here.
Sometimes its better to leave car unlocked with nothing in it .. that way you dont get the cost of smashed window/door repair. Not saying this is a good idea, but I think its the logic that some people use.
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