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In Article <1994Jul4.115530.11068@guvax>, viksning@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu
wrote:
>I never said that the way you park your car makes it impossible to tow 
>or steal, it just makes it a pain in the ass to tow or steal.  Some 
>cars are easier than others to break into and put in neutral.  An 
>older GM with a column shift (locking) either has to be dollied, if 
>towed from the front, or the shift linkage must be disconnected.  As 
>far as newer Japanese cars are concerned, the shift linkages are 
>sometimes easy, sometimes difficult to reach.  And for those of you 
>with Hondas with shift locks, you can stick pretty much any foreign 
>car key in the shift lock to release it.  Now, as far as I know, there 
>isn't a car made that is impossible to steal.  The only thing you can 
>do is make it difficult, but if you have a motivated person looking at 
>your car, it's gone.  And, from the gritty, junkyard type towtruck 
>guy, have a nice day.
>Pete

    Back when times were simpler, stealing a persons primary mode of
trasportation was considered a hanging offense....