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  1. Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!infonode!ingr!b30news!andy
  3. From: andy@b30.ingr.com (Andrew Brezinski)
  4. Subject: Re: CLUB Story
  5. Message-ID: <1992Sep2.195225.5958@b30.ingr.com>
  6. Organization: Intergraph
  7. References: <1992Aug31.134505.1@dac.mdcbbs.com> <1992Sep1.025939.26928@uniwa.uwa.edu.au> <Sep01.151047.78227@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU>
  8. Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 19:52:25 GMT
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  11. In article <Sep01.151047.78227@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> johnc@yuma.acns.colostate.edu (John Cooley) writes:
  12. >
  13. >Despite advertisements to the contrary, "police departments"  (whatever that
  14. >might mean) do NOT endorse the CLUB or similar devices.  Regardless of the
  15. >quality of the lock, professional thieves don't even bother with it.  They
  16. >simply cut the plastic rim of the steering wheel and remove the device.
  17. >
  18. >If your CLUB-equipped car hasn't been stolen, it's simply because nobody
  19. >wanted it badly enough yet.  By the time they go to the trouble of breaking
  20. >in, the CLUB is no deterrent.
  21. >
  22. >   John Cooley
  23.  
  24. Just one data point, 
  25.  
  26. The dealer that sold my dad his last car also sold him on the idea of the
  27. CLUB.
  28.  
  29. It seems that they (the dealer) were having a problem with cars being
  30. stolen (about two a month, rural NW Ohio).  Since they started putting CLUBs
  31. in their cars, thefts were virtually eliminated.
  32.  
  33. Andy Brezinski
  34. Intergraph Corporation
  35. Huntsville, AL 35894-0001
  36.  
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