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Re: Don't let it happen to you!

To: mdporter@rt66.com
Subject: Re: Don't let it happen to you!
From: romano@bellatrix.pcl.ox.ac.uk (Romano Kroemer)
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 10:35:08 +0100 (BST)
Cc: triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
> 
>The real message of the car thief was that the surest way to prevent
>theft was to shut off the fuel supply. The gist of his thinking was that
>any thief can disable locks, and get by the most sophisticated of
>electrical deterrent systems simply by buying one himself and figuring
>out how it works. But, a car that starts and runs long enough for the
>thief to think, "time to leave," and then quits, has him worried. That
>indicates a problem with the car that he won't want to take time to
>diagnose. A professional will abandon the car at that point.
>

.. what about a hidden cut-out switch for the ignition, taking the rotor
  with you or switching the spark plug leads around? Any ideas what thieves
  thing when the car does not start at all?

Cheers
Romano
'77 Spit
Oxford, UK

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