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Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech Path: sparky!uunet!munnari.oz.au!uniwa!scott From: scott@psy.uwa.oz.au (Scott Fisher) Subject: Re: CLUB Story Message-ID: <1992Sep2.014850.27650@uniwa.uwa.edu.au> Sender: news@uniwa.uwa.edu.au (USENET News System) Nntp-Posting-Host: wapsy.psy.uwa.oz.au Organization: University of Western Australia Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 01:48:50 GMT Lines: 32 ingram@sequent.com (Bill Ingram) writes: > John, the chief of police for the Portland Or. police department > did tell me to get a Club after the recent thieft and recovery of > my 1978 "beater" Toyota Corolla Wagon w/411k miles on it. > The kids used a blank key to unlock the door and start the car. > The plastic steering wheel has a metal internal frame in it. > When recovered, the blank key was still in the ignition! > The police chief said that 99% of all Japanese cars older than 1980 > that are stolen are recovered, and that the club would stop close > to 100% of these from being stolen in the first place. > Logic? > Bill One thing I suppose in favour of CLUB like devices is that many offer a $500-1000 rebate/payment of excess etc if your car is stolen with one fitted. If you really don't want your car (stolen by driving away), make sure it's locked, has a club on the wheel, a high quality alarm that disables the car, is is not parked in a bad place and you have the lead from the coil in your back pocket, and is filthy dirty with mud and other crud all over it :-). That's about all you can do. _______________________________________________________________________________ Scott Fisher [scott@psy.uwa.oz.au] PH: Aus [61] Perth (09) Local (380 3272). _--_|\ N Department of Psychology / \ W + E University of Western Australia. Perth --> *_.--._/ S Nedlands, 6009. PERTH, W.A. v Joy is a Jaguar XJ-6 with a flat battery, a blown oil seal and an unsympathetic wife, 9km outside of a small remote town, 3:15am on a cold wet winters morning. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------