I'll echo... great jobs guys, its good to get the bad guys and recover the car.
I love the HRPT but it is a haven for car thieves. I will be long haulin this year and I worry about my car all of the time.
I will/do have fuel shutoff on the car, alarm system (who pays attention to those?) I guess they could flatbed the car but they for sure won't drive it away.
I wonder did he have any type of alarm system or fuel cutoff on the car?? Just curious.
Layers, upon layers upon layers
Anti-theft and theft recovery.
I for one am more convinced than ever that the real threat comes from rogue scumbag snatch-n-grab repo tow trucks.
Rollbacks perhaps, but they take more time and make more racket.
Maybe - on rarer occasions - trailers with winches.
Then the occasional old timer with a dent puller and a screwdriver - but not for any sort of decently inhibited car.
That's why all the Revelcos, column guards, kill switches, fuel cutoffs, safety chips, clubs, alarms are meaningless if they snatch-n-grab.
They just slow down the semi-pro players.
And slowing down is not a bad thing anyway.
Because if you let technology be your friend, a decent alarm with a silent notification (not a ya-ya-ya thing) to your iPhone, the GPS motion / virtual fence text to your cell phone, and the LoJack motion alarm to your iPhone will get you in motion - quickly.
All of our TR's qualify for LoJack's Collector Car model, which has not only the early warning, but the high-tech lithium/ion battery that is self powered.
Lojack does not currently offer that L-Ion battery for the new car installations - or so they tell me.
Once they get it - It then shifts to theft recovery - which means at least three layers in my book.
GPS; LoJack, and another hidden tracking methodology if they find or disable the first two.
Sadly, that all adds up to thousands of dollars - but so does a theft loss.
However - were I going on any road tours or to meets (where I think they prowl) , I would also incorporate my Denver boot which fits neatly, not lightly - in a black plastic tub / case in the trunk - or at the least - just yank a damned wheel off at night. Three pumps of the jack, 5 nuts - viola'
Aluminum jack, a decent extension 1/2" drive ratchet, and a single good jackstand all from Harbor Freight for under 100 bucks; which I carry anyway on long hauls.
During the day, you can stash the heavy hardware in the hotel room and bring it out for when the nightime predators are on the prowl.
Crazy maybe - but it adds one more layer and makes life just a little harder for the low lifes.