Hello,
First all, I have read some of the other posts and your responses. So you are worried about the "ride" itself? Read on...........
May I suggest renting a garage somewhere else to store your jeep, sometimes you only have to venture out into a nearby (safer) neighborhood. You'd be suprised and what is available to rent. Especially if you are a student living near or on a college campus. Nearby families sometimes like to have an extra $30.00 or $40.00 each month. Choosing the garage is very important, use common sense, man. Don't rent something next to a vacant lot or in the woods where even the homeowner is not around.
If you cannot find a garage within walking distance or rollerblading or bicycling distance (yes, effort would be involved there) then consider buying a "beater" as your daily driver and keep the jeep in a garage further away.
Now wait a minute!!!!!!!
Before you shoot me down, I realize that you are a student and that your jeep is your daily driver and that buying a "beater" would cost money that you probably have a need for elsewhere (I'm talking $100.00 -$400.00, OR LESS (you've spent more on dates! or jeep upgrades!) They are out there, trust me, I got my "beater", a 1977 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser station wagon that took me through four years of college (87-91) for one dollar. I kept my 1972 Pontiac Convertible in a rented garage, away from the crack neighborhood that the college was located in and never had a problem).
Some people's egos won't allow them to be seen in some crappy little rabbit-like import or beat-up station wagon, well what can I say.... Those are the type of people that theives prey on................... constantly.
Some alarm systems cost a good deal of money and often are ignored when they sound off. If you took that same amount and bought a "beater" installed a kill switch in your jeep and rented a garage, I think you would be ahead of the game. You never know, they might even let you work on your jeep in the garage!!!
Remeber.......... out of sight, out of mind.
Most thieves are bascaily lazy and a good way to come out ahead of them is to make more of an effort securing your posessions that most thieves would exert in trying to steal them. It sounds like you have spent a lot of time and money on your vehicle, it would be a shame to let some d!ckless piece of sh!t
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Whatever you decide, I hope it works for you and you are able to keep what is yours.........
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