Dan Masters wrote--
> If a thief just wants A car, it's fairly easy to do. If he wants a car LIKE
> yours, it is very hard to do. If he wants YOUR car, there is very little you
> can do to stop him.
>
Have to jump in with the old urban myth. Guy buys a new Mercedes,
and being paranoid about theft, parallel-parks it between two palm
trees in his yard, chaining it front and rear to the two trees.
Anyway, he comes out one day, the car has been unchained, parked the
other way, and rechained, with a note on the steering wheel that says
"When we want it, we'll get it."
Dan is absolutely right, though. Just make your car less attractive
than the other cars, don't leave anything valuable in plain sight in
the car, and hope for the best. The difference in protection between
a $1600 alarm and a simple flashing light in the dash is probably
negligible. To an amateur thief, both cars look equally protected,
and to a prefessional contract-type thief, both cars are equally
vulnerable.
Scott
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