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In article <1994Jun29.200905.10975@guvax> viksning@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu writes:
}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.

Why couldn't the repo-man, impounder, or thief simply lift the front
end, put the car into neutral (after slim-jimming or smashing the
window), release the brake, and tow it on its drive wheels?


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Matthew T. Russotto	russotto@eng.umd.edu
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