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Originally posted by Dusty78:
Easiest way to avoid car theft is get a manual transmission.

Ain’t that the truth!

Oh, no! My 2000 F-250 is parked in my yard with the keys in it...

That's why I drive a Mini-van. Nobody wants to steal them. Cops don't want to pull them over, because... "minivan". Who makes trouble in a Minivan?

Strange that Excursion didn't make the list.

Thieves probably couldn't afford the gas.

This thread does have me wondering if I could get an Excursion converted to a manual transmission. Wouldn't that be cool?

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Originally posted by Dusty78:
Easiest way to avoid car theft is get a manual transmission.

I wish my car had a manual transmission option. It doesn't.

I’d like to see how many pickup tailgates are stolen right off the truck, nothing else taken, not even the truck.

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Originally posted by OKCGene:
I’d like to see how many pickup tailgates are stolen right off the truck, nothing else taken, not even the truck.

Well sure. Everyone knows you need a tailgate to throw a good party.

I own a 1998 GMC Sonoma 4 cyl 4 speed, a 1999 Isuzu Trooper and a 2008 Ford Explorer. I didn't look at the list but I know for sure none of those are on it and they probably never were.

I wish someone would steal the Explorer. That POS is constantly sitting on my garage with its hood up. this time it is the water pump which I am only in a hurry to replace so that I can get it to the shop to have the tranny rebuilt. Just over 100k and this has already been more trouble than the 98 and 99 combined.

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Originally posted by Fenris:

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Originally posted by OKCGene:
I’d like to see how many pickup tailgates are stolen right off the truck, nothing else taken, not even the truck.

Well sure. Everyone knows you need a tailgate to throw a good party.

At least I'm #1 at something.

I have a very nice condition 95 F150 shortbed in the driveway. I should start parking my Nissan Rogue company car behind it. That way if they steal my truck, they will most likely get my company car too and I'll get a new one!

Not on the list but a funny, short story about stealing vehicles.
Owned a 1976 International Scout years ago. Basically a hunting truck. I would leave the keys in it at shopping malls with a sign in the window that said, "Please take me". No one ever did.

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Originally posted by fpuhan:

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Originally posted by Dusty78:
Easiest way to avoid car theft is get a manual transmission.

I wish my car had a manual transmission option. It doesn't.

Even the Toyota Tacoma is no longer available with a manual transmission!

It's almost impossible to buy a manual in anything other than a "sports car" or "muscle" car! And that's a shame!