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From: cuhulin on 3 Feb 2010 18:52 How To Screw Up A Car Thief's Day. http://autos.aol.com/article/car-thiefs-day Something else I am thinking about buying is a lockable/unlockable steering wheel.Maybe from J.C.Whitney, if they sell one that will fit my van. I always bring my battery into my house if I am not going anywhere for a while.I have an old battery cable wire tied under the hood.I let that battery cable dangle out from under the hood when I remove my battery. cuhulin
From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 3 Feb 2010 22:57 On Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:52:43 -0600, cuhulin wrote: > How To Screw Up A Car Thief's Day. > http://autos.aol.com/article/car-thiefs-day > > Something else I am thinking about buying is a lockable/unlockable > steering wheel.Maybe from J.C.Whitney, if they sell one that will fit my > van. > > I always bring my battery into my house if I am not going anywhere for a > while.I have an old battery cable wire tied under the hood.I let that > battery cable dangle out from under the hood when I remove my battery. > cuhulin My favorite car of all time, my '85 Corolla GTS was stolen in 1991. When I got it back I put an alarm in it (I was going to the day after it got stolen!), and a pressure transducer to measure air pressure in the case of a window break, a Club (and put the lock facing IN so they can't yank the lock) and a thick aircraft-style cable sheathed in clear plastic, with a loop in it. Stick the loop in the tie-down/tow hook and lock it with a big Master lock. By the time they figure out why the hood isn't opening, it'll be too late for them... I also put in a hidden ignition kill switch, one of the ones with a cylindrical key.
From: Steve W. on 4 Feb 2010 02:17
Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/ wrote: > On Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:52:43 -0600, cuhulin wrote: > >> How To Screw Up A Car Thief's Day. >> http://autos.aol.com/article/car-thiefs-day >> >> Something else I am thinking about buying is a lockable/unlockable >> steering wheel.Maybe from J.C.Whitney, if they sell one that will fit my >> van. >> >> I always bring my battery into my house if I am not going anywhere for a >> while.I have an old battery cable wire tied under the hood.I let that >> battery cable dangle out from under the hood when I remove my battery. >> cuhulin > > My favorite car of all time, my '85 Corolla GTS was stolen in 1991. When I > got it back I put an alarm in it (I was going to the day after it got > stolen!), and a pressure transducer to measure air pressure in the case of > a window break, a Club (and put the lock facing IN so they can't yank the > lock) and a thick aircraft-style cable sheathed in clear plastic, with a > loop in it. Stick the loop in the tie-down/tow hook and lock it with a big > Master lock. By the time they figure out why the hood isn't opening, it'll > be too late for them... > > I also put in a hidden ignition kill switch, one of the ones with a > cylindrical key. > > > And if it's a vehicle worth grabbing the thief just backs up to it. Slides a fork underneath and tows it down the street to a waiting roll-back. A true thief who wants your vehicle WILL get it. For instance The Club - I open the door using a slim jim, grab my handy bolt cutters and cut the wheel to release it. OR use a Buster tool to snap the bar in half. Aircraft cable - takes about 6 seconds to cut with bolt cutters. Kill switch - About the only real item that will slow you down. The cylindrical key is a waste though. You can actually defeat them in about 10 seconds. -- Steve W. |