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- From: tbigham@shearson.com (Tim Bigham)
- Subject: Re: alarm system recommendati
- Message-ID: <1992Aug21.152123.8296@shearson.com>
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- Organization: Lehman Brothers, NY
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- Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 15:21:23 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug21.051635.2470@mr.med.ge.com> hinz@picard.med.ge.com (David Hinz Mfg 4-6987) writes:
- >Jeff Masterman (jeff.masterman@cutting.hou.tx.us) wrote:
- >
- >: Buy a "Club" I don't want to have to listen to yet another false
- >: Auto-alarm. (G)...but seriously the HPD says the Club is better anyway.
- >: It goes across the steering wheel and prevents it from being turned.
- >
- >It only stops the wheel from turning if the crook doesn't hacksaw thru the
- >steering wheel. I agree that it would probably stop joyriders, but if someone
- >is taking your car to a chop-shop, they won't hesitate to hack the steering
- >wheel.
- >
- A common method used to disable the club is to quick-freeze
- the metal by spraying it with a refrigerant and then breaking
- the brittle metal by hitting it with a hammer. The New York
- Times recently ran a series of articles about car theft in
- Newark, N.J. in which kids between the ages of 9 and 17 described
- how quickly the club can be rendered ineffective using the
- above method.
-
- The most effective use for the Club is preventing Son or Daughter
- from driving Dad's new Porsche when he's on vacation.
-
- --
- Timothy J. Bigham | All opinions expressed above are my own
- Lehman Brothers, Inc. | and should not be construed as those of
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