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From: earlw@pesnta.UUCP (Earl Wallace)
Newsgroups: net.auto,net.consumers
Subject: Re: Protecting Car Stereos (and everything else...)
Message-ID: <2788@pesnta.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 22-Jun-85 12:54:57 EDT
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Posted: Sat Jun 22 12:54:57 1985
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Organization: Perkin-Elmer Data Systems Group / Customer Service
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Summary: 

My experience with car alarms has been that they prevent the owner from 
getting into the car (the alarm goes off all the time..).  When the
weather is cold and dry, the "sound detectors" really get sensitive and just
the act of inserting the key in the slot will cause the alarm to scream.

The crooks don't seem to have any problems getting into alarmed autos and
displaying a sticker on the window telling about the alarm system gives the
crooks the extra edge they need in determining how to bypass your alarm system.

Best alarm I know of is to place a small (50-100 kiloton) thermonuclear 
device triggered by disconnecting the car antenna, a set of Saturn V
rocket engines and a sticker reading:

	"If you decide to steal my car or any of its contents, please
	 don't take my expensive and hard to replace $9,000 stereo
	 unit (located just to the right of that small thermonuclear
	 device)"

The crook will try to steal your stereo; when the antenna is disconnected,
the Saturn V rockets will ignite thrusting the car and its passenger to
the Moon where the nuclear explosion will occur.  This may not save your
Car, but it does get rid of one crook (or more). 

Of course, you may be the one that gets burned in the end :-)