My only stereo theft so far (knock on wood) occured deep underground in a parking garage downtown. We were going to see some sort of show, and there's this massive garage. The normal level I park in was full, so I had to drive down a level, which was practically deserted. I was thrilled that I was less likely to get door dinged, but the thief probably had extensive, uninterrupted access to my car.

That stereo was a then-ten year old Pioneer single-CD player that was starting to flake out, so I wasn't too pissed at it's being stolen. I was more pissed that the thief got in the car apparently by slim-jimming the passenger door in such a way that the mechanism wouldn't lock again. I had to get that fixed. The thief also made off with three CDs and the whole mounting bracket for the stereo. Again, more money to replace all the parts.

These days, with the empeg, I'll try to make an assessment of how likely it is to be stolen and bring it in in those cases. The one place where I'd like to take it with me is when I travel on business, leaving the car in airport parking. Unfortunately, my bags are already pretty tight, and I'd be just as worried about damaging the empeg in transit (or having my baggage lost with the empeg inside).