Read your policy, most companies don't cover rebuilt title even if agent put full coverage on the car in error/without knowing. Only 2 out of 33 insurance companies I represent cover rebuilt cars.

 

I park my car right under a security camera at work and its always garaged at home. I dont really drive to much on the weekend, but in the end if they want it they will get it. Just have the car insured and be as safe as you can.

 

CAR ALARM if its a major problem in your city. I have a starter and alarm pager unit. Also you can add a tilt and/or prox. sensor to it.

 

How safe *are our cars?

 

An alarm won't work since I've moved back to my old neighborhood right under the flight path of Houston's Hobby airport. Jet noise sets off so many false alarms everyone ignores them and your neighbors will offer to bash your car into oblivion if you don't disconnect it. Instead, I've used a main battery disconnect switch for years.


(that silver post is just an adapter for side-terminal batteries)

The clamp goes on your negative battery terminal and your existing cable clamp connects to the post. Rotate the green **** about a half turn to disconnect the battery, or if you're really paranoid, unscrew it and take it with you. The wire with the knot in it is the jumper you connect between the clamps contains a 20A fuse, providing power for your ECC, radio presets, etc., and your interior lights when you open the door to pop the hood. Any attempt to crank the engine will pop the fuse, rendering everything inert.

It's simple, cheap, easily installed, and although it can be jumped, no thief is going to go under your hood looking for such a device. He may break your window, but your car isn't going anywhere unless he has several minutes to go under your hood and figure out what's wrong, plus a flashlight, and a set of jumper cables with him. You may not need it every day, but it's a great help if you have to park in some pretty sketchy locations. For $15 - $25 from Amazon or most auto parts stores, it's not rocket science, but it is extremely effective.

 

You can turn your siren off on some aftermarket alarms. Meaning that you can have a silent alarm that sets off your pager unit. Also it will show if a door has been open(through the door pins). You can even get an audio sensor that detects the frequency of glass breaking. However, your into an investment here probably about $1000 for a "fool proof" system (granted with enough time or expertise no system is foolproof). Your 15 to 25 system is a better value, but only to keep your vechicle. Most Lexus have a the "chip" in the key to do this from the factory.

 

With a North or South wind, and Hobby's runway 17/35 aligned with my house, jets pass overhead about every ten to fifteen minutes during the day, about every minute between 6:30 - 9am and 4:30 - 6:30pm on weekdays. That's too many false alarms, whatever the system. With multiple frequencies generated by most jet engines, glass breakage detectors are strictly off the options list. That doesn't leave much. My best defense is living so deep in the subdivision that the local crackheads will have to walk a mile passing a lot of other driveways before they get to mine. Safety lies not in being better armed, but being a less attractive prospect than what's in those other driveways they'll have to pass up first.

 

LOL. Im surprised it took this long for someone to say something