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Top Ten Reasons why you shouldn't leave your car unattended:
- With the price of fuel, leaving your car unattended is expensive.
- Your insurance rates may rise.
- The thieves have your keys - which likely include other keys and your house keys.
- Your insurance company will not likely make you completely whole after a loss.
- Your car, if found, will rarely be left in the same condition it was in before it was stolen.
- Your car will be driven by someone who is not likely to treat it very nicely.
- When your car is stolen you are very likely to become a victim of identity theft.
- If your car is stolen, how will you get to work?
- There are thieves driving around every morning looking for cars that are left warming up.
- Car manufacturers don't recommend warming up your car anymore.