> another because you can't reach the bolts. No device is perfect, but this one
> will slow 'em down. The only downside I can see is that a thief stupid
Sometimes novelty is the best approach. In 1965 a friend of mine bought
an E-Type in Germany. A few months later he moved back to the US and
brought the E-Type with him. He had only been living here a few weeks
before someone tried to steal his car. What saved him was the fact that
cars sold in Germany at the time were required to have locking steering
wheels. The thief broke a window getting in (it was a convertible, BTW)
but gave up when he (or she) discovered that the steering wheel couldn't
be turned.
I doubt any car thief worth his salt would be deterred by a locking
steering wheel today, but it was enough to throw the crook off then.
While I did have my snake taken by a joyrider once, by far the most
serious security problems I've had in the nearly 28 years I've own the
car is vandalism. A few years ago I mentally totted up the number of
times this has happened and was surprised that it came to at least six.
Admittedly some incidence were minor like having the rear view mirror
kick off or the paint "keyed", but a couple of incidences involved
fairly serious body damage. One time someone kicked in one of my side
curtains. This was obviously not a break-in attempt since it's
impossible to lock a Cobra (except for the trunk). I suppose I should
have felt a bit paranoid about this but in nearly every case the
perpetrator had to be someone I'd never met or even seen. Either that
or I have secret enemies following me all over the country.
Unfortunately no security system can protect you from vandalism, except
perhaps paranoia.
Roland
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