I kind of had the feeling this would trigger a few responses!

E57: The camera idea is a good thing and I will be looking into them but as far as lighting, my truck was parked on the street , in front of my house and directly under a 100W HPS street light. As a matter of fact all 3 vehicles were in well lit areas and all were parked on the street.. It did appear they were looking in a few parked in driveways but close to the road. The girl across the street even had an alarm on her car but no one really paid any attention to it I guess, even neighbours a block over heard it going off at 5 AM. Pretty brave individuals as a lot of people are up for work at that time especially a few of the neighbours that live on this street. If I do get an alarm it will have to have a pager of some sort and sound unique.
As for a deterrent, perhaps there is some way to connect an ignition coil of some sort under the door handle of my truck, just to give any would be thief a belt across his fingers??? [Linked Image]

A.D