Lawrence Lile wrote:
>
> I'd like to re-open the topic of practical car theft prevention schemes.
> This is a hot topic for me, as I had a nice, fancy, almost new and one month
> old car stolen right out of my driveway this weekend.  Burns me up.
>
> Without devolving into the underseat-knives-on-solenoids or high voltage
> steering wheels silliness, I'd like to figure out how I'll modify my next
> car so it can't be stolen, without spending big bucks,


Sorry to hear your car was stolen by the
forces of evil. Makes me very angry too.

I think the number one protection is that
you build a CUSTOM system that simply disables
the engine. No engine, no steal. :o)

Number two priority is to make lights flash
and horns etc when someone tampers, or gets
inside, this will reduce chances of them hanging
around and trying to defeat the security system.

Doing it yourself is best, ie custom, as the
good thieves have probably studied most of the
popular alarms and know which wire to connect
to what and how to defeat it. You need to put
your car in the "too hard" category, and on
that note a flashing led on the dash and some
"warning alarm fitted" stickers on the windows
will probably help a lot too.
-Roman

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