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In article <2up5kqINNak3@oasys.dt.navy.mil>, jwhite@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Joe White) writes:
|> In article <CrvJDC.8EG@visix.com> david@visix.com (David Charlap) writes:
|> 
|> >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.)
|> 
|> That will only stop the person looking to steal a car for a 'status
|> symbol' joy ride.  If you look at the lists of which cars are stolen
|> the most, you will find that they tend to be popular cars that don't
|> change much from year to year, ie the left front fender from the '94
|> model year will fit on the '90 model, etc.
|> 
|> It seems that most cars are stolen for the parts.  The 'Club' will
|> stop a joyrider, but is a professional car thief, wants you car, they
|> will just drag it onto the back of a flatbed towtruck, and work on the
|> removal of the 'Club' in the privacy of their chopshop.

They don't even need to work that hard.  I saw a news story once where the
professional thief (who cares nothing for the condition of the steering wheel)
will take a hacksaw to the steering wheel.  They cut through it like butter and
slide the club right out.

"The Club" claims that nobody can beat it.  According to the cop that was
interviewed, professional thieves don't even bother trying because the steering
wheel will lay down and die right before them.

Dan

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