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Re: Auto alarms

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From: David Charlap
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 1994 23:46
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Vivek Khera <khera@norval.clark.net> wrote:
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>Personal experience:  I came out of a restaurant at lunch one day to
>find the car *next* to mine broken into.  My little red blinky light
>was still blinking...  Of course, there's no proof that the blinky
>light or the alarm was the deterrant, but I think it was.

If that's the case, maybe I can just get a warning decal and a blinky
light, and forget the expensive alarm.

Personally, I think the best theft protectin is to park next to
someone whose car is more expensive than yours.  I routinely park my 3
year old Geo Prizm next to Cadillacs, Porsches, Audis, etc.  The way I
see it, a thief isn't going to bother with my car (which has a club on
the wheel), when he can go after the more expensive car next to me
(which usually doesn't have anything on the wheel.)

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From: david@visix.com (David Charlap)
Subject: Re: Auto alarms
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