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In article <2uq64g$bf5@spork.acs.umbc.edu>, banz@umbc.edu (Robert Banz) writes:
> In article <2upt10$3qi@mojo.eng.umd.edu>,
> Michael J. Finn <mfinn@eng.umd.edu> wrote:
> >In article <KHERA.94Jun28114036@norval.clark.net> khera@norval.clark.net (Vivek Khera) writes:
> >
> >Anyone would be foolish to view the Club as a theft-proofing. Even the 
> >manufacturer admits this. What it should be viewed as is a deterrent, 
> >like if car a and car b are equally desirable to Mr. Re-allocator, the 
> >one that doesn't have the club will likely get ripped, assuming neither 
> >has an alarm or other obvious device. How often this actually proves 
> >useful is another matter, but for the minimal investment and the 
> >deductible coverage to $2000, it's at least something to consider.
> 
> So, the theory should go: [ this is _SUPPOSED_ to be funny...]
> 
> 	The club in your car is only useful if the car next to yours
> is clubless.  Therefore, the theif will take the other guys car.
> 
> which would follow:
> 	Those who use clubs are bad, since they just make it
> worse on everyone else...
> 

I have two cops for neighbors, one Baltimore City, one Anne Arundel.
Both use clubs. None of the vehicles are on 'hot' lists. 

I'm inclined to agree with the deterrant idea, then theft-proofing.
I've also known a guy with an early-model Cutlass...seems he caught
a towing company in the act of putting his car on a roll-back truck.
They claimed it was a mistake. The company is out of business, since
they made too many mistakes and got caught at it! So the determined
thief will get your car, club or not, if the parts are needed. They
can use a tow truck.
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David A. Titzer
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