Ghost, Disklok, strangers getting inside the house to take the car-keys...
What kind of neighborhood do you guys leave in? It sounds to me like a wilder version of the wild-wild-west... You should move to Eastern Europe - we feel a bit safer here.
Car theft isn’t that unusual in the UK - even in what are considered to be neighbourhoods where crime rates are low. In fact it’s likely to be the good neighbourhoods where many of the desirable cars are, which means there’s plenty of choice for would be perpetrators.
Keyless (Kessy) car thefts is an area of specific concern for some owners and potential owners, as keyless cars they’re considered to be easy targets for professional car thieves with that steal cars to order - intercepting the signal from the car’s key fob using signal boosting relay equipment. However, based on what I’ve read on the VW Golf R forum, theft of members keyless cars on that forum are quite rare; the majority of thefts have been as a result of the owner’s home being broken into and the car keys stolen. My car has keyless entry / keyless start, but I’ve permanently disabled the keyless entry functionality in the car’s settings and I use my key fob to lock and unlock my car.
IMHO taking a few sensible precautions does reduce the risk of an owner’s pride and joy being stolen. Good home security is as important - if not more important - as it is to protect the actual car, as it makes it more difficult for would be perpetrators to gain access to an owner’s home and steal their car keys.
I always garage my car; IMHO out of sight is out of mind if there are perpetrators looking for a potential free car. Fortunately I live in an area where car crime doesn’t seem to be an issue, and I’m hoping it stays that way
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