What a feeling when you come out the next morning or a few minutes later and
your car is stolen. I had the same experience a few weeks ago and I can
defined tell you that except for the loss of the car the inconvenience of
replacing all the stuff inside that is of sentimental value.
May be you idea of doing it is not so bad after all.
Leon Scriven
66' Spitfire
-----Original Message-----
From: Pete & Aprille Chadwell [mailto:dynamic@transport.com]
Sent: Friday, August 13, 1999 3:03 PM
To: Triumphs e-mail list
Subject: Re: Theft Proofing
Due to the apparent ineffectiveness of car alarms, I've always thought it
might be MORE useful to rig up a motion sensor system that would be
situated in the driver's footbox, and this motion sensor, when activated,
would transmit a signal to a receiver-type device that could be either
carried on your person, and this device would then discretely notify you
that something is going on. I'm assuming that the equipment necessary is
available, and that someone with the appropriate knowledge (unlike myself)
could fairly easily assemble such a system that would work.
I had a Datsun B210 stolen from in front of my apartment when I lived up in
Kent, Washington. It would have been a tremendous help if I could have
been awakened the minute that the #$*!! bastards opened the door. You
might think I'm nuts to have been that "concerned" about a B210 (4-door, no
less!) but that was a TERIFFIC car! To this day, 5 years later, I'm STILL
heartbroken over it! I would not have tried to stop the little $#*&@'s,
but I sure as Hell would've called the cops right then and there, and
therefore would have stood a better chance of recovering the car.
My vindictive (and humorous) side would like to rig up this "remote alarm"
so that it would pull the trigger on a pre-mounted, pre-aimed, pre-loaded
high-powered rifle. The rifle would be aimed right into the driver's
windshield from within a room in the apartment (or wherever) and the minute
someone stuck their feet into the footwell, KaBLAM! Yes, I'd end up in
jail, yes, it'd make an awful mess inside the car, but look on the bright
side... the world would be less one car theif, and THAT's not a bad thing!
I wonder if they'd prosecute me for a "hate" crime? After all, I'm
DEFINITELY prejudiced against car theives. ALL criminals, actually!
Pete Chadwell
1973 TR6
And hey... I would never ACTUALLY DO the thing with the rifle... it's just
a pipe dream!! Can you blame me?
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