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LancairDriver
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Posts: 1603
Registered: 2-22-2008
Location: On the Road
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Want Security? Hire me.
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Marc
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Posts: 2802
Registered: 5-15-2010
Location: San Francisco & Palm Springs
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I drive an '07 Tundra 4X4 big engine and have been all over Baja three times and on the mainland to Los Moches once and Copper Canyon two trips. The
truck has always been close by. I have paid for it being watched in certain places. So far no problemo. Just lucky I guess. In 19 years not even a
ticket. BUT my next purchase is The Club, No sense in pushing my luck. My LoJack does not function south of the border.
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Ken Cooke
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Posts: 8965
Registered: 2-9-2004
Location: Riverside, CA
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Mood: Pole Line Road postponed due to injury
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Jeeps are hot property both in USA and Mexico. Just make sure you don't leave your vehicle - stay with it at all times, or have a super-secure
parking method. When you go into a Grocery store, have a friend or family member "Watch the horses".
If someone yells at you, "I want to steal your Jeep!" you better believe they will try it when you aren't watching. I've had this happen, and it just
made me more vigilant, but not to the point of cancelling my Baja Jeeping.
Tecate Rockcrawling
My Rubicon catching some air in Tecate
My Jeep has two barriers of protection, but it can still be towed and stripped. It is worth about $12K, but you would think it was worth quadruple
that since the parts on a Rubicon can fetch some good money on the black market.
My Rubicon
All Rubicons traveled in and out of Mexico via Tecate POE and there was 0% theft
Here's the proof: http://www.justruns.com/gallery2/v/Run+Photos/072807/
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eetdrt88
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Posts: 986
Registered: 2-20-2005
Location: Az/Ca/Baja
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is my yugo safe in baja???
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Marc
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Posts: 2802
Registered: 5-15-2010
Location: San Francisco & Palm Springs
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are YOU safe in your yugo in baja???
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Ken Cooke
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Posts: 8965
Registered: 2-9-2004
Location: Riverside, CA
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The best part of traveling in a group is, the threat of theft diminishes
Jam-packed on Hwy 1
[img]http://www.justruns.com/gallery2/d/6057-4/002+Baja.JPG[/img]
Catavina looks like this behind the row of Jeeps
[img]http://www.justruns.com/gallery2/d/6063-3/005+Baja.JPG[/img]
"Who wants to tackle the (Mission Impossible) bog first?
[img]http://www.justruns.com/gallery2/d/6093-2/020+Baja.JPG[/img]
No breakdowns, just a pesky BFG AT/KO blowout (in LA Bay)
[img]http://www.justruns.com/gallery2/d/6101-2/024+Baja.JPG[/img]
Coco's Jeep Corral
[img]http://www.justruns.com/gallery2/d/6113-2/030+Baja.JPG[/img]
El Huerfanito ADOPTED by Jeeps!
[img]http://www.justruns.com/gallery2/d/6126-2/037+Baja.JPG[/img]
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rob
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Location: Pacific Coast, BCS
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Castaway and other F-XXX diesel drivers in La Paz - slightly off-topic, but if you have problems, don't fiddle around with the local Ford place - go
to the Caracol Dairy workshops (on the road to TS in the industrial center) - they run 80 F450 diesels, and are just a pleasure to deal with.
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GrOUper-GAr
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| Quote: | Originally posted by serwin
I haven't been for 15 years and I now live in Central California.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by serwin
Any feed back from this group would be appreciated.
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GO, have fun.
Me, i've never had anything stolen throughout 'the Baja' (well, 1 small tackle box in Los Barriles '05) as compared to: stereo's, wetsuit, surfboard,
bikes, skateboard, outboard, CAR, etc, ripped In San Diego...
But, then again, I'm a Low-RoLLer. (ugly '97 Ranger)
15 yr UpDaTE:
meth is in remote Baja now ... watch for dudes w/ that TWeEK in the eye.
(if you've been in SoCaL the last 30 years, you know what that looks like... Think: Pirate, without a ship)
! PrEFeRiR!A eSTaR eN baJa !
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eetdrt88
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Posts: 986
Registered: 2-20-2005
Location: Az/Ca/Baja
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dude...pirate without a ship....omg..too f'in funnyactually a pretty good description of a tweeker
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bajaguy
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Posts: 9247
Registered: 9-16-2003
Location: Carson City, NV/Ensenada - Baja Country Club
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Mood: must be 5 O'clock somewhere in Baja
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Vehicle tracker
This looks interesting:
http://trackerguardian.com/index.html
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paul r
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Posts: 160
Registered: 4-18-2004
Location: San Luis Obispo/ La Mision
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... with you in it!!???.... hell no!!!!...
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serwin
Newbie
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Hey Ken Cooke,
Cool runnings in those Jeeps. Thanks for the advise and yes, I will plan on someone staying with the Jeep at all time. I will be traveling with my
brave Girl Friend but with no other vehicles. My Baja trip has been postponed until the end of August due to a business trip to Italy (TuscanyNomad
for 10 days).
"Pirate without a ship" lolololol. Yes, I know the look.
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Bajafun777
Super Nomad
Posts: 1103
Registered: 9-13-2006
Location: Rosarito & California
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Mood: Enjoying Life with Wife In Mexico, Easy on The Easy
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I use a kill switch that is pretty hard to find, soft top so do not keep anything in it to be stolen, and I always make a point of giving a tip to
whom ever is watching the parking lots I park in. Lucky so far as Jeep always been there when I get back. Now, I did hear a rumor if you have old
election yard signs from politicians that did not win in your vehicles the locals will steal these in a blink of the eye!!! "No Hurry, No Worry, Just Fun" bajafun777
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fishabductor
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| Quote: | Originally posted by castaway$
| Quote: | Originally posted by Hook
Thefts of F-250s and F-350s (4x4) is epidemic in northern Sonora and northern Baja. One fisherman who I correspond with told me his F350 got stolen
while parked right next to the 24 hour security guard shack at a major hotel in Puerto Penasco. That same night, 3 other Ford diesels were stolen in
PP. This was about a month ago.
We have had them stolen here in sleepy San Carlos, where crime is almost non-existent outside of petty theft, of course.
Apparently the 99-06 models, with their plastic encased steering columns, are very easy to hotwire. A SlimJim to get in, breaking the plastic away to
expose wiring and it can literally be gone in less than 5 minutes. Ford finally acknowledged this and have beefed up the steering columns in the newer
Super Dutys.
The vehicles are favored by criminal interests for their ability to carry human or drugs across the border in remote areas where there is no fencing.
I use a pedal restraint and another electronic disabling that I wont reveal here but is very simple. So far, so good. My life would be hell if I lost
my diesel truck.
Slimslady, I am sure that method can be very effective in the States but how much will it cost you to get a Mexican police force to retrieve it for
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I never really see the general mexican population driving diesel trucks, we had problems last winter
and needed a diesel mechanic so we went to the dealership in La Paz and they told us that the diesels were only used for commercial purposes and that
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You cannot import a diesel from the states, but you can buy a new diesel from a dealership...That is the law. I just traded my 97 diesel for property
and the guy had to go with a onapfa sticker to license it...he can't get plates.
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Cypress
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Registered: 3-12-2006
Location: on the bayou
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No! Your jeep isn't safe in Baja, neither or you. It's a hell hole, you'll be kidnapped and held for ransom. They'll tie you to a stake and stack wood
around it. They'll...,,,,
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Marc
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 2802
Registered: 5-15-2010
Location: San Francisco & Palm Springs
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajatripper
| Quote: | | He said that he reads in the paper about Toyota trucks being more frequently stolen than other vehicles because of the particular ease of
starting a Toyota with a key from another Toyota. |
Back when I had a Pathfinder, that is the exact same thing a few of my Mexican friends told me. I thought I had escaped that curse, now that I drive a
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My mechanic says Toys '07 and after have a chip in the key that ca't be duplicated.
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