I have 2 travel machines. One is a Featherweight, the other is a little Europro that I got from HSN many years ago. It was a whole $100.00. The FW is straight stitch only, so if I know I will need the zig zag I take the Eurpro. Living in So. Cal the car can get extremely warm so I never leave any of my machines in the car. It just wouldn't be good for any of it. But as Lynnie said if someone does steal the machine from your car, you don't want it to be too expensive to replace. I do keep them in a case that rolls so they are easier to transport to and from the car.