Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 22:29:08 GMT From: Paul Halliday <pjghnopsamyonder.co.uk> Subject: Re: Saabs hard to steal? Not this one...
in article 23fc7vk33u7kunnpbi2bt3u48qvuv5d5iqnopsamcom, 'nuther Bob at noemailnopsammain.com wrote on 17/03/2003 21:25: > On Mon, 17 Mar 2003 20:17:24 GMT, "someguy" <someguynopsamhere.se> > wrote: > >> The classic 900 has for many years been the favourite among Swedish car >> thieves. >> Some newspapers here even claim that the car can be started with basically >> anything you put into the ignition lock. > > Actually, I know a forensic scientist who knows more than you'll ever > care to about security, locks, wear on the locks, etc. He'll tell you > that you can start 9 out of 10 older cars with a screwdriver. He's > proved that in several theft cases where the ins co. wanted to deny > claims based on no evidence of the ignition being broken out and > jumped. This problem is not unique to older Saabs. That is if car thieves are smart enough to figure out where the ignition lock is in the first place :) Here's a smile: Thieves broke into my old Hyundai S-Coupe and couldn't start it. They hotwired it perfectly, but forgot to put the clutch down (it will only start with clutch down). I went out in the morning and started it first time off the wires. I was happy enough to start it up like that for the rest of the day until I dropped it in at my local garage that evening, because if they're thick enough not to know how to start a car, no other thieving moron would. I cost me a little though. I like the Saab because it is odd - FACT: oddities fool idiots. Paul 1989 900 Turbo S http://saab.go.dyndns.org/
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