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- From: dlou@WORF.UCSD.EDU (Dennis Lou)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: What's a good one??? was Re: CLUB Story
- Message-ID: <1992Sep7.121247@worf.UCSD.Edu>
- Date: 7 Sep 92 19:12:47 GMT
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- In article <1992Sep2.092607.282@lrc.edu>, little_re@lrc.edu writes:
- |> > 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 :-).
- |>
- |>
- |> Allright, so what is the best way to deter a thief?? I've considered
- |> a Club-type device, but like someone said earlier, just cut the steering
- |> wheel. I've considered an alarm, but don't have the money right now.
- |> Is there a good, inexpensive way to make a thief look at somebody else's
- |> car??
- |>
- |> --
- |> Rich Little
- |> LITTLE_RE@LRC.EDU A hotrodder is someone who is completely
- |> Lenoir-Rhyne College baffled by people who are NOT into cars!
- |> Hickory, NC
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- LoJack sounds interesting if you live in Boston or LA (I think LA
- was the second city to use it).
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- You buy a system that they install and won't tell you where it is.
- When you car is stolen, you call LoJack, they enable the transmitter
- they mounted in your car and the police find it using a direction
- finder.
-
- I think the record for recover is 20 minutes; must have been one
- really surprised theif!
-
- I've heard other companies selling similar stuff. I think you can buy
- a system (Audiovox?) that consists of a GPS (Global Positioning Satellite)
- receiver hooked up to a voice synthesizer hooked up to your cellular phone.
- Call your car and ask it where it is!
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- --
- Dennis Lou || "But Yossarian, what if everyone thought that way?"
- dlou@ucsd.edu || "Then I'd be crazy to think any other way!"
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