Re: Protecting your D look!!!

["Steve Rubano" <srubano@xxxx>]

All this talk about protecting your D from a thief comes down to 
this: ANYTHING you put on your car will only stop or delay an average 
thief/joy rider. If a professional were to do it, then they know all 
the tricks of bypassing/removing every solution everyone has posted 
here in a matter of seconds. How do I know? Anyway...the Lo-Jack 
(although not 100%) is very good if you notice your car gone within 
an hour of it being stolen...after that the "Pro" has already found 
it and strapped it to a stray dog or something. The Brake lock 
someone else mentioned is also very good, but someone who has access 
to a tow truck can easily strap on dolly wheels under the car to take 
it. 

All this other talk about "Clubs and lock on devices" just simply 
don't work..they are very easily removed...yes easily even by an 
inexperienced joy rider. I don't care if they clame the thing is made 
from the same steel as an Big Rig Earth Mover front Plow (I actually 
saw an antitheft unit advertise it like that)...it can still be 
easily removed within minutes. Like I said all the talk about Anti 
Teft deterents are great for detering joy riders and the average 
crack head from taking your car, but not from someone who knows what 
they are doing and has the proper "tools".

It is very rare that a Delroean will get stolen anyway since it's not 
easy to blend in. It's a car that easily remembered by anyone (even 
kids in a neighboring car) going down an interstate, a highway, back 
road, etc..It would have to be flat beded and covered as one list 
member mentioned...but I don't see the Delorean being on the top of 
any thiefs list with all of the Audi's, Toyota's and Nissan's, etc.. 
out there...so not to worry and lets get back into some Tech/advice 
talk here...:) 
And no I am not a crook.. V V
--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxx, "Sacha Prins" <sprins@xxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Nov 2000 08:00:32 -0500, DMC Joe wrote:
> 
> > [...]
> > 
> > The free solution that requires no modification is to simply lift 
the reset
> > switch (plunger) at the inertia switch when you leave your car. 
> 
> That's what I always do. I thought that switch was installed by a 
previous
> owner as an anti theft device. But as I understand now is standard 
in every
> DeLorean?
> 
> Sacha