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RE: Theft

To: atwittsend@verizon.net
Subject: RE: Theft
From: "Joey Hiykel" <v8sunbeamtiger@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 15:10:41 -0600
haha very creative. Have you seen the movie Gone in 60 seconds. i think 
everyone has.


>From: "Thomas Witt" <atwittsend@verizon.net>
>Reply-To: "Thomas Witt" <atwittsend@verizon.net>
>To: <tigers@autox.team.net>
>Subject: RE: Theft
>Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 14:09:27 -0800
>
>There is no theft proof car. I had a Volvo PV 544 that had the positive 
>lead
>to the coil coming off the back and encased in a steel sheath (like flex
>conduit) to the ignition switch. I found this to be quite humorous because 
>all
>the thief had to do was bring his own coil with 3 ft. of wire on each end 
>and
>clip lead it to the battery and the distributor. There are starters that 
>have
>circuits in them that need to be coded before they will turn, but a lot of
>good that will slow down a thief who can simply push start the car.
>  One can hide a cut-off switch (maybe disguised as a wiper or lights), and
>loose the wiring in a maze of harness, but again the thief only needs some
>wire from a 12 volt source (that he might provide himself) to the coil and
>fuel pump, strip the wire and away he goes. Remember he's not tracing down
>your wiring... he's bypassing it!
>  The most effective deterrent would likely lock the drivetrain, but even 
>there
>if they have a fork lift your car is still gone in seconds. Perhaps the 
>best
>deterrent to having your car stolen (over some distance) would be to slip a
>sheet of blackened cardboard in front of the radiator. :-)
>   Oh, I just though of something else. Have a smoke canister hidden on the 
>car
>that will activate if a switch or something is not thrown after the 
>ignition
>is activated. That way it is not what they expect to find (to steal you 
>car),
>but what they don't.
>Tom Witt
>

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