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02-25-2021, 10:26 PM | #1 |
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You guys leave your cars unlocked?
When you guys park in your garage do you guys leave your car unlocked? Does this drain battery if the car stays unlocked for long periods? I have a dashcam plugged in always and I hope that doesnt drain it also.
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02-25-2021, 10:31 PM | #2 |
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Nope, my car stays locked and keys in my room
A few months back, one of my neighbors told me that there have been carjackings going on in our subdivision lately. He told me somehow the carjackers got into some guy's garage (in our subdivision) and almost stole all 4 of his cars. But, I think the homeowner heard the cars start or something and woke up. Ever since then, our outside lights stay on (dad's Honda is parked outside now ever since I brought the BMW ) and all the car keys stay in the house in the mudroom. |
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02-25-2021, 10:33 PM | #3 |
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I never extend an invitation to a thief, why would I leave it unlocked, I also never leave anything visible to tempt someone to break in.
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02-25-2021, 10:38 PM | #5 |
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I see. But i wonder if it would drain the battery or keep the computers on.
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02-25-2021, 10:45 PM | #7 |
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It's a well known fact that thieves actively look through cars to see the one with the lock thing popped up meaning it's unlocked. No idea why you'd make yourself an easy target. I think leaving my car unlocked for a couple days when doing headers is what killed my battery but it was old as shit anyways too. I think maybe modules wouldn't go to sleep if it wasn't locked.
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02-25-2021, 10:54 PM | #8 |
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My cars are never locked in the garage. For decades, in Maine, the garage was unlocked and the cars usually had the keys in them. My house in Maine didn't actually come with keys - I never had any until I changed all the knobs to handles, keyed alike. Florida, not so much, but I still don't lock the car when it is in the garage.
And no, whether locked or not makes no difference in power drain. These cars will go dead in a few weeks either way.
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E92 I only lock because the music keeps playing on bluetooth til I lock it or til it times out. Plus I like hearing the chirp and got a car with the alarm specifically for that reason.
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02-26-2021, 01:16 AM | #11 |
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I leave soft top cars unlocked to discourage thieves from slicing the top to break in. Everything else gets locked.
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02-26-2021, 06:28 AM | #14 |
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To me things are about habit. If leaving a car unlocked at home, imho there could be a tendency to by habit, leave it unlocked elsewhere. Or forget.
I also wondered what there is to leaving things unlocked. My wife's relatives in northern NJ, NYC Metro, never lock their house. The logic is we've lived here since 1994, never locked the house, never had a problem. But what does it accomplish? When I was in college I had friends from Vermont. They never locked their homes nor their cars, anywhere. Back then I thought it was cool. Today, what's so cool about it? It's like in Stockholm when I was there no bikes were locked, nor at a college in NorCal. Honor system only goes so far if you ask me! When you come back and find your Santa Cruz Heckler doesn't seem to be where you last left it, it's inconvenient going downtown to pick up another! |
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I think things have really changed with the smartphone, even video technology. Does one really think they can be anywhere and not be streaming in ultra 4k to the web? I know I feel violated when I travel for work and have to stay in a hotel. Last time there was a stuffed bear looking at me as I slept, front desk said to ignore it. I said what about that fiber optic cable running under the door
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02-26-2021, 07:06 AM | #17 |
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I don't have any hard data, but in my mind the difference is that locking the car puts it to "sleep" and cuts down the amperage draw of the various modules, whereas leaving it unlocked there will be some period of time before it gets to that low-power state.
You can tell that the car was "sleeping" when you open a door or trunk and you hear the fuel pump prime. So regarding the dashcam, assuming you have it powered by way of a circuit that goes to "sleep" and not powered via constant-hot, the only difference would be that the circuit is hot longer if you don't lock the car. |
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02-26-2021, 07:12 AM | #18 |
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I look them and keys are in house for all cars in garage. Only daily driver key is readily accessible and tractor key, reason being is my house guest is less likely to be curious. Plus garage is detached so man door stays locked and garage door clicker is with kept in car.
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02-26-2021, 07:21 AM | #19 |
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In winter unlocked. Regardless of whether I park home in the garage or outside. Had someone try to take it recently but Feuer has the best defensive system. A manual transmission. I don’t care what people say about them but Chicago Police Department are fantastic. They show up almost instantaneously.
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02-26-2021, 07:27 AM | #20 |
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Ya the car will go into sleep mode, locked or not.
Unless we are on vacation most of the cars stay unlocked and the same as^^ 7our of our 8 cars have a 6spd manual so the car isn't going anywhere. Even our house is unlocked most of the time. As long as you dont leave sunglasses of a GPS on the windshield, it wont get touched |
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02-26-2021, 07:40 AM | #21 |
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My neighborhood hasn't had any sort of police activity other than a suicidal person three years ago. I leave it unlocked in the garage, but having lived in Milwaukee and had my stereo stolen out of my Cutlass, I lock it if it's outside or anywhere other than home. Always have the keys in the kitchen or on me.
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