You are obviously visiting dumbasses,
If a thief opens your bonnet, forget terminals and battery, your car will be gone in under a minute.
Btw, the same terminals old corolla used are the ones toyota installed on your vehicle, same red plastic cap on them too, I find them to be garbage, but thats another discussion.
Its not about usa or eu, its your own complacency, just like the guys on split ac thread say, kya karein yahan vacuum pump nahi jaante log,
Same people pay higher bills because of that just to save some money in install or are clueless with life skills.
Then wonder why their systems died after a few years