Mike C

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Just been wondering, seeing as there have been a few posts regarding theft and stuff recently, how many of you would do what I did earlier on today.

I'd been doing a bit of work on my Escort, which currently has no engine or anything really, virtually just a rolling shell. It lives in my garage at home, and I pushed the front half of it out earlier to make it easier to work on half on the drive. Then I popped out for about an hour and left the car where it was, 3/4 outside the garage, the back 1/4 still in, garage door open, full of quite valuable car parts (several panels, new morettes, various stereo itmes such as a couple of new amps, subs, loads of speakers, in-car DVD player and screens, couple of stainless exhausts, couple of wiring looms, all my tools etc etc etc, you get the idea) and thought nothing of it.

How many of you would feel comfortable doing that? Or would you feel you had to put everything back and lock the whole place up?

Just out of interest.

Cossy Mike

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Never, I would always put everything back in. If I wheeled my mountain bike out of the garage just to pull my car out I would chain it up just for the 5 minutes.

Ebonycossie4x4

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i would do it and it would be fine due to the area i live in and the fact that i live in a road of old nosey neighbours.

rs1072

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lock it all away

Mike C

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Yeah, you see it just seems like too much faffing around to put it all back and lock up. Obviously if I'd have thought some of my stuff may get nicked I'd go through the trouble, but as I wouldn't expect anything to be nicked, it doesn't seem worth the effort.

95 fiesta si

well when i lived in wolverhampton, i didnt even like leaving the car on the driveway with a shit hot clifford alarm on it let alone anything else, cause i lived in a fairly rought part full of thieving chavs, then i moved to a nice quite part of Telford and got a garage and carport and i often leave the garage door open with all my stuff in it cause i feel safe where i live. the only thing i find in there now is the neighbours cat, lol

TrevCos

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We live in a nice area but I would never do that unless there was someone else at home.

95 fiesta si

oh, forgot to mention that, normally someones at home if i leave all my stuff out. if were all out for the day i lock it all up, even though i think it would be safe, you just never know

fraser9764

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i will leave tools etc out on the drive but ill make a bit of an effort to put them under the van or out of sight, although i have left a full snap on box of tools in the back of the pickup on the drive before overnight, purely because i was to knakered to move it
and i dont live in the best of areas...

smitsturbo

i live in a rural village about 10 miles from the closest town & ive left all sorts of stuff lying outside... but im getting more & more weary & protective nowadays
i think it depends on the place you live

alistairolsen

In Glasgow? Even inside my own garden, behind the hedge Ill lock everything up.

Up north, naa.

Mike C

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Hmm, a nice mixed response then! Glad to know I'm not the only one who wouldn't feel the need to lock everything up.

BM08

i live in a good area but i still wouldnt turn my back on expensive items left on the driveway etc, only if someone was home i might, but apart from that no, you cant trust anyone!

Matt Evans

i always put stuff away, even though we live on a nice quiet road, theres always a chance some theiving scrote will be ambling past.

wirralphil

I'd be happy leaving the garage open, brother wouldn't as their is 4k's worth of fishing equipment And to make it worse he's still shit at it

Edit to add we live in a close with a couple a nosey neighbour and a retired engineer who is always in the garage.

nuttynil

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i live in a small village 6 miles from town gravesend kent would not leave anything out front of garage to many do as you likeys {pikeys } come around and i know they are what u call opportunists theifs ,or they will remember what u got and whats about .

Rick Astley

I live in a nice area where the average age is 60 ish! I reckon my neighbours are nosey enough to spot someone being suspicious but wether or not they'd actually do something about it I don't know and then add to that the possibility the police may not even show I always try and remember to lock everything away. At the end of the day if it isn't locked it isn't insured.

A couple of times I have forgotten though but that is only because my girlfriend is either moaning at me or I'm just having a bad day.

n13los

dont even like leaving the bonnet up while i go to the shed to get a tool, not because of theft more the jealous people and little shits that might do some damage for no reason. and the pikey's mite rob my engine!!

dojj

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i make sure my old dear keeps her beady eye out on the tools if i have to nip out or back to the garage if i'm working out front

didn't stop them from nicking a whole rear axle from the front garden though

scoobypete

i no its not too good but a few times ive started the scoob and then gone in house for 10-15 mins while it warms up and never thought twice ,but i do live on a shooting estate and it feels safe