Re: Car alarm installers rant

On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:22:17 -0500, ChrisB
<ChrisB@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

(...)

>No ****.  One of my police officer friends told me how sophisticated the 
>thieves were regarding the LS1 thefts in the state.  He then went on to 
>tell me how the thieves have tow trucks in the New Orleans area, and 
>seem as though they are towing vehicles for legitimate reasons. 
>Uniforms, papers, you name it.
>
>Although I can't stop someone from stealing my car, I want to make the 
>bastard work to take mine!  I already have a super stealth car alarm 
>install planned where the brain won't be where a thief would expect it 
>to be (unless he feels like disassembling the interior of the car) and I 
>am thinking of going with a non-traditional method to prevent the 
>vehicle from running, in addition to the starter interrupt!  The only 
>downside to this is I easily see my install taking close to 16 hours due 
>to the re-routing of the wires and the not so standard location of the 
>brain.  No shop around here would take on that monumental task, plus it 
>wouldn't be worth the labor they would charge anyhow!

In addition to hiding the brain, you should consider a backup battery
and a few backup sirens. A hidden alarm brain alone is useless if the
battery wire is cut or removed.