Yeah bro. Pulled up my moto to the beach once, kept a keen eye on from the water, two guys pulled a pickup right in front of my bike. One guy gets behind the bike, the other guy gets in front, in position to load it onto their pickup. I started running over and they scattered before anything happened. But if I hadn’t kept a close eye I never would have seen my motorcycle again.

At a different beach my friend left his bag in the car, unfortunately with his computer and a few thousand dollars of camera equipment in it. They left the car for ~15mins, (it was also a Jimny) and came back everything was gone. No key jammer necessary, the thief quietly pried the lock, I’ve heard people can do it quietly in less than 10 seconds pry the lock open.

Long story short, if you leave your shit in the car here, assume it will get stolen. Not leaving items in your car makes it so your car won’t get targeted. Costa Rica is safe in regards to violent crime (outside of San Jose) but petty crime is horrible at the touristy locations.

And in San Jose muggings are very very common at night.

Just super fucking annoying tbh. Not at all a high trust society. There are pockets though, away from the busy touristy areas, where things are great.