Thieves prowling - save my sanity!

I hear it is not so in Texas. Lethal force to protect property is allowed.

 

I know what you mean. I live 15 miles outside of Portland, Oregon. I don’t use the Club around where I live. When I have to go to downtown Portland, the Club always goes on my steering wheel.

 

My wife gave up trying to turn her 2023 Tacoma's key fob off, and bought two Faraday bags instead. A good thing about turning it off is that it saves some of the internal battery's life, but having to push buttons so many times in crowded parking lots is nothing but a pain if you are in a hurry.

There are two things to keep in mind when using Faraday bags that have an additional pocket, and that is that only one of the two pockets is shielded, not both, at least the faraday bags my wife has. Better to follow the instructions from the manufacturer.

I have tried the two bags my wife bought from Amazon, and they completely block the key fob signals. Once you place the key fob in right pocket of the bag, you cannot lock/unlock the doors by touching the door handles, not even start the engine. That's why I said before that whatever you do once you have turned the engine off and placed the key fob in the Faraday bag, and then lock the door manually with the lock button on the door... to make sure that you don't forget to take the bag with you. Otherwise that only way to unlock the door when you come back is with the spare key fob.

 

I like the idea of a kill switch. I would need help in finding the right wire to splice in a kill switch. Put it somewhere kinda out of sight but easy to reach and turn on. Maybe a wire going to the starter or brake pedal. I also turn my fob off but I’m reading here that’s not fool proof. I think a kill switch would be fool proof if well hidden.

 

Alright you...

 

For me, I'm not risking my life going outside to confront someone in the driveway. No way. I'll miss my truck if it gets spanked but it's a thing I can replace.