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From: viksning
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 1994 01:09
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 1994 01:09
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Hello, all! This is my first time posting to this newsgroup, but I thought I might be of some assistance. Being currently employed as a part-time tow truck driver, and having been both a repossessor and impounder of cars (parked in handicapped spaces and the like), I can tell you what's easy to steal and what ain't. (IMHO) Primarily, for someone who has access to a towtruck, a club is not much of a deterrent. If you want to keep your car from getting towed, make it as much of a pain in the ass to tow as possible. If you have a frontwheel drive car, pull it in and turn the wheels all the way, preferably towards a closeby obstruction, i.e. another car, a wall, a fence, etc. If your car is rearwheel drive, back it in, still cut the wheels and put your emergency brake on. This is still not foolproof, because cars can be drug onto flatbed trucks or dollied, but that is a pain in the ass. As far as theft is concerned, the club is very easy to pick unless it is one of those clubs which looks like a cross, with a cross-shaped key. Be back for more.
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