As I also worry about my car being stolen, I don't let it dictate what I'm going to do with it, where I drive it (for he most part) or where I park it. If I can't enjoy the car because Im worried about parking it at a movie theatre, or a restaurant, what really is the point? I can understand the door ding thing, as I've received a few, though I try not to freak out about it. Thats the exact reason I didn't lay a $15,000 paint job on it. And forget fat chicks at Wal-Mart, as I havent gotten any dings there, there snothing worse than a college parking lot.

But to worry as much as never leaving the car alone outside of paying for gas, do you freak out about possible rock chips? Might as well just keep it in the garage and trailer it to car shows. Why even register the darn thing? Granted thats a little extreme, and some of you guys might actually drive your cars (though I sometimes wonder, like when I see a car wheeled out on little pieces of carpet - not a poke at anyone in particular, just an example). If a thief wants your car bad enough, he's going to take it, irregardles of what you do. You can have your multiple layers of defence, but in the end, a professional theif will take it anyway. You may be able to stop the joyriders, though. It just seems a shame to build a car with long haul comfort and tooooons of streetability when your afraid to actually drive it anywhere. But, I'm not much into show cars, so maybe I just don't understand.