City kids do not leave keys in vehicles. . . It’s different out here...

[Jstpssng]

City kids could always hotwire a vehicle.

Hot wiring’s one thing. You still need to get the steering wheel unlocked.
I have gotten into the habit locking my trucks at night because there generally is a gun (or more) in each of them. Not that I’m overly concerned but why take a chance?

 

[4570Man]

Hot wiring’s one thing. You still need to get the steering wheel unlocked.
I have gotten into the habit locking my trucks at night because there generally is a gun (or more) in each of them. Not that I’m overly concerned but why take a chance?

They bust the key cylinder out and turn the gear behind it with a screwdriver which will unlock the steering and start the vehicle. I guess that only works on a pre chipped key vehicle.

 

[mred2]

My parents did not even have a lock on the front door of the house until 1970.

 

[jigs_n_fixtures]

Just put a push button for start, up under the dash.

Switch under the dash, and put a well marked big red dummy switch on the dash. It is enough to confuse and deter most of them.

Not really worried about it though. There are only three routes out of town, that you could make it out hauling a tractor on a trailer. Town is only about 2000 people, the whole county is only 4000. And, every body in town knows that the little TYM lives at my house. Including the Highway Patrol and Sheriffs Deputies. I plow the church next to the Courthouse/Sheriffs Office/Jail, so they have all seen it with me on it and know me well enough to say high and exchange waves. And, if the County guys haven’t made it to the Courthouse when I get done, I plow their parking area.

Part of why we have such a low crime rate is that everybody still knows each other, and it is a long drive out of here to anywhere you can blend in and not be noticed. And, people watch out for each other still. hard to be a criminal in this environment.

Not sure of when I last locked my house. Probably 4-years back when I went out of town for three weeks. The Neigbors all know me, and I know them. I had a girl freind who would come stay for a week every month. First time she left and went to the store, in my van, the neighbors called me to say there was a woman at my house, who had just drove up in my Van. I invited them over to meet her. She lives in Phoenix, and was shocked when I told her that everybody called me to let me know there was a strange woman driving my van, and going in and out of my house.

 

[Doughknob]

We only lock our house at night while we're all sleeping. Only out of paranoia, no one's ever been on my property at night (to my knowledge).

Tractors and small stuff get the keys left in them. All road-going vehicles get left unlocked, but the keys do come inside. Easy to find and use if someone wanted to try.

I have friends who live in the city come over to hang out or play outside, and they step out of their cars and then lock them with a beep as they walk towards me or the house. I can't help but ask "what the heck is wrong with you" each time. They usually just shrug and leave them locked.

Same here

 

[KilroyJC]

A lot of folks would not even know how to start it, much less put it in gear and drive it.

I have a ‘63 Willys with factory theft prevention devices.

Three-on-the-tree and a manual choke!

 

[KilroyJC]

It doesn’t matter with a lot of equipment anyways, as they all take the same key. The key to my 2015 Kubota fits my father’s 2008.
At least two of those keys were originally bought for my 1983(?) LT275.

Apparently the new keyless ignitions are making it easier to steal your vehicle again anyhow.

Yes, because people are lazy and leave the fob in the thingy we used to call an ashtray

 

[KilroyJC]

We only lock our house at night while we're all sleeping. Only out of paranoia, no one's ever been on my property at night (to my knowledge).

Tractors and small stuff get the keys left in them. All road-going vehicles get left unlocked, but the keys do come inside. Easy to find and use if someone wanted to try.

I have friends who live in the city come over to hang out or play outside, and they step out of their cars and then lock them with a beep as they walk towards me or the house. I can't help but ask "what the heck is wrong with you" each time. They usually just shrug and leave them locked.

We moved 752 miles from urban sprawl & decay to The Great Smoky Mountains, only to find that the house across the street is druggies. . .

-sigh-

 

[Jstpssng]

Yes, because people are lazy and leave the fob in the thingy we used to call an ashtray

Not even that, which would be the same as leaving the key there.

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[Joel/ak]

Many times I don't lock the doors to my house. My shepherd will let us know if someone is around.

At the property, all equipment has the keys in them.