Re: Car alarm installers rant

In article <voOdnX06H48Kz4rVnZ2dnUVZ_judnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, ChrisB
<ChrisB@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>ruens wrote:
>> 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.
>
>Oh, I am definitely going with a battery backup!  Every alarm I ever 
>installed had one, so this will be no exception.
>
>I am also going to use a couple of pain generators inside the cabin, as 
>Matt suggested!  That delayed trigger is also a good idea.
>
>Of all the ironies, a friend of mine who works as an installer at Best 
>Buy has been telling me what I should do!  He said that they, Best Buy, 
>don't do starter disables because they were forced to pay too many tow 
>charges, yet he told me that I need to disrupt the starter AND something 
>else (fuel pump and/or ECU) because the starter disable would not stop a 
>thief from push starting my car!  I just find it ironic that he is 
>making suggestions of how to protect my vehicle yet he doesn't install 
>those protection features as a "professional" installer.

I would not ever disable the starter. It gives the thief
something to do. Creates a larger noise and time delay. Just disable the
fuel
or ignition.

greg