My ex wife is VP of hers. That's scary afYeah, I agree. Home Owners Associations can be SCARY!
Mark...
Reminder - use multiple locks on yer 80's. (Club, clamp, pedal-lock)
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Honestly if they are that regular about it, post up with a paintball gun, and light them up when they try and get in next time. If you want to be super mean about it, you can pop the paint balls in the freezer for a bit. F those guys.
FIFYI honestly would not be living like that.
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OP let go of victim mentality, there is no solution for trying to stop the thieves if you’re not trying to end them. There are no consequences to them trying and almost none for them succeeding. Sell your truck and buy POS they won’t bother with.
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I would disguise it with a large wig.
Well hell... we got three pages of ranting about car thieves and Portland out of a topic from a guy with two posts.
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Grin. Thanks for all the feedback! (Sorry about the meager two posts - seasonal lurker, rarely doing anything to the rig that hasn't already been posted).
I guess I was mostly hoping to warn folks to be wise about their environment, kinda like adding 2FA on yer bank accounts. I can remove the three locks from the rig in the time it takes my passenger to hop in and click their seat-belt. It was a PITA the first few weeks, but becomes second-nature. I do have access to a secure parking situation that I use when I don't need it as my daily.
Definitely planning to get an alarm down the road, but I'm still recovering from an unplanned layoff, so most of the Cruiser investments these days are just "keep the lights on".
I'm not going to defend or denounce Portland - but I will say it's become a very frustrating place (that still has great food, some old friends, access to rivers, mountains, ocean, and usually there's a job to be found). Folks tend to live where they live cuz it's where they live? And growing up under the moss - I can't really move someplace dry and warm or my skin would fall off. British Colombia is kinda tempting, but I would have to change flags....
I guess I was mostly hoping to warn folks to be wise about their environment, kinda like adding 2FA on yer bank accounts. I can remove the three locks from the rig in the time it takes my passenger to hop in and click their seat-belt. It was a PITA the first few weeks, but becomes second-nature. I do have access to a secure parking situation that I use when I don't need it as my daily.
Definitely planning to get an alarm down the road, but I'm still recovering from an unplanned layoff, so most of the Cruiser investments these days are just "keep the lights on".
I'm not going to defend or denounce Portland - but I will say it's become a very frustrating place (that still has great food, some old friends, access to rivers, mountains, ocean, and usually there's a job to be found). Folks tend to live where they live cuz it's where they live? And growing up under the moss - I can't really move someplace dry and warm or my skin would fall off. British Colombia is kinda tempting, but I would have to change flags....
If you're on the young side we could really use an injection of youth in SE Alaska. Climate is sorta like Portland fall/winter all year. Portland has more warm and dry in one year than Juneau does in 10.
Plus, you wouldn't need any of that hardware to secure your 80. Just lock the doors to keep bears out and you're good.
This is the problem with Portland. You should be mad as hell about what has happened to the place and get better politicians, prosecutors etc.stop electing these simps that destroyed or allowed the destruction of a beautiful place.
Oh no... the whole Northwest is just a lawless hellscape. All of downtown Portland is just a demilitarized zone ever since the BLM protests. No one should even come for a visit, it's WAY too dangerous.
Seriously, I suspect some here should pay a little less attention to their social-media news feeds and spend a little more time considering WHY things happen. The area's population exploded over the last few decades. It finally slowed down a bit around 2020, but from 1990 to 2020 the metro area nearly doubled in population - that's to say nothing of the surrounding suburbs which have grown even more. Housing and infrastructure haven't kept up, because that's what happens when a city grows that fast - no matter who the politicians are. Things get rough, the area becomes less attractive and the growth slows. I don't care if you treat every hardened criminal like they were framed, or shoot every single person who shoplifts a pack of gum, crime WILL happen in a city that has seen that kind of growth. It's a great place that has more people than it can handle. That's it.
None of this is to defend car thieves (they absolutely suck), or the politicians (the party in power are terrible and might even be as bad as the other party). The fact is, an 80 is an attractive target for a car thief: high resale value for a car old enough to have minimal security.
@Tinnedfish I wish I had a better solution for you, but you might stash a couple of airtags deep into some hard to reach areas. At least if they do get it, you'll have a location. It's not difficult to scan for them (which is why I suggest multiples in hard to reach spots), but at least it'll slow them down.
