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There is no place I would leave the keys in the ignition, especially with the car running.

Don't do it.

I've taken sooooo many stolen vehicle reports from this exact situation. I don't care if it's 5am and -30*F - someone WILL disappear your car sooner or later. Shut your s*** off and lock it up.

I wouldnt do that anywhere at all

You know I used to do that back in the day. I just wouldn’t do it now, but not because of increased risk. I think the risk has stayed the same. It’s me that has changed.

Probably, but no one would.

This is an affluent town surrounded by a few towns that do not share our economic stability. Camden NJ is also a very short trip down the highway to us. Feel free to google that warzone if you arent familiar with it.

We are a low crime area, but 95% of the crime in this town are outsiders coming in to steal. Generally, “diverse youths” or meth addicts. The other 5% is usually HS kids possessing drugs while doing dumb shit in their vehicles, and drunk Italians hitting their wives.

It might depend on whether I’m driving the stick or automatic transmission.

Actives, Alpes Maritimes, 1989. I am taking a morning walk to the sea shore. Some guy in his 30's arrives on my drzam bike at the time, a brand new BMW R100 GS Paris Dakar, kicks its stand down, and without even removing his helmet, heads to one of those tobacco newspaper kiosks on the wide sidewalk, maybe 10 meters away. Looking at the bike from a short distance, I notice the keys are still. Before can even formulate the thought in my mind: "must be a tourist; what an idiot!", some teen jumps on the bike, takes it off stand, starts it and puts it in gear in one movement, and disappears with it!

In the winter, yes. But not during tourist season.

Not only would I not do it for the fact that it’s an irresponsible and stupid thing to do (I don’t even leave my car unlocked when I just go into the gas station for 2 minutes), I wouldn’t do it because your insurance company generally CAN deny your vehicle theft claim for reasons of negligence…i.e. had you not left your keys in the vehicle, it would likely not have been stolen in that moment.

I have to go through Camden periodically when I go to my company’s home office in Moorestown.

Maybe but I would never leave my truck running in public.

This is why I love you.
Sounds just like my town.

I’ve been in anxiety mode since my home was burglarized with my sister and I in it and I was six years old. My door is always locked. When I went to neighbor to talk outside I would lock my door. Cars always locked and I feel bad when I see dogs in cars even with window open. Oh yeah our car was stolen locked and with that do dad on steering wheel on it. And people say “not in my neighborhood” please don’t get me started.

I do sometimes leave my car running but I lock the doors. I’m not sure if my big headed baby girl would welcome a car thief or not and I’m not willing to risk it.

Come to think of it, I often see other people leave their car running and unlocked often at a convenience store. Probably has more to do with Texas heat than anything else. I do hate getting my car cooled off and having to get out for five minutes and it’s 150 degrees inside again.

I used to live in a town where my car wasn't safe in an underground garage withing a gated coproperty, with common and individual garage doors (for a total of 3 barriers).

Imagine my surprise an, frankly, delight, when I immigrated to Boston Metrowest, and realized most peop’e would not bother locking their cars and houses doors.

This is why we love remote start on our car! Both in the summer and in the winter!

*Antibes

Please clueless autocrapper, leaves the city names alone!

*keys are still on...

Okay, that one is on me.

*dream
Auto-crapper definitely a useless nuisance...

Why would you burn gas just because you are too lazy to park?

Nope! Wouldn’t do that

Easily. Many do.

Definitely not in my town.