On 27 Oct 2006 at 21:01, Lou Metelko wrote:
> Don't waste the money on a Lo-Jack or any other type of alarm system.
I have to agree with this. Lo-jack is good if your insurance company
gives you a discount for having it. It might be good for retrieving
a classic car like a TR, but for ordinary cars it doesn't make much
sense. Some thieves steal a car then park it somewhere for a few
days and wait, just in case the police show up following a Lo-jack
signal. Yes, you get the car back but they don't get caught. So the
police counter that with a different trick - when they find the car
they just watch it instead of taking it, hoping that the thieves show
up to get it. In other words your car is bait, and the risk to the
car is greater than if they just retrieved it first. Finally, for
most cars, if they thieves don't park it and wait they'll probably
trash it right away, cut it up for the parts. The point is, if the
police don't find it within the first day or so, maybe because you
didn't notice it was gone right away or because they just couldn't
find it immediately, you probably don't want it back!
As for a steering wheel clamp, those things will stop a joy-rider but
not a thief. It takes only seconds simply to cut a plug out of the
steering wheel with a hacksaw to remove the clamp.
--
Jim Muller
jimmuller@rcn.com
'80 Spitfire, '70 GT6+
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