phreakcore said
A couple things about the parking lot that I think is good for people planning to leave their car in the lot and walk to camp. First, even though it says "NO CAMPING" on the website and map people still do. I saw a few people posted up in the front of the parking lot fence in the far right corner of Kindle rd who had tents and tarps up. Some people have their vans/buses in there too. I even seen people selling merch. Plus have you ever walked through the rows of cars in the middle of the night. Its trippy as fuck and randomness is everywhere. point is that there is a little community of people who set up in the parking lot and "camp" or just crash/hang in their cars in between events and yes you don't have a wristband to park. If your gonna park your car and walk your best bet might be to park in between cars close and somewhat close to the main road to where it would be harder for someone to break in your car. plus they would be seen and then its bad news bears for them. 

Granted I only stayed for one day/one night before unfortunately having to make the 8 hour drive home, I slept in the car in the lot. I plan on being there for much longer this year and will probably choose the same sleep-in-the-car option that included keeping all my shit locked up in the car for the day. Had no problems and I can definitely confirm, there was definitely some hanging going on and a small community just chilling in the lot around 4am. Had a blast.

I never had an issue, but the best bet is to know your surroundings. I have to assume that most people getting their shit jacked is by people camped fairly close in proximity to them.

Honestly, I pack up all extreme valuables and will put in my car, but leave the majority of my stuff out. I'm not going to take the time to pack and unpack all my shit when leaving and returning to my campsite. I leave all my chairs, coolers, camping geer, etc out 95% of the time. A couple years back I got a bottle of vodka swiped on the last day (after having my liquor cooler packed to the gills and left out all weekend). I wrote it off a gathering tax. Hopefully some ninja got drunk off it.