XPost: alt.autos.toyota   
   From: crwlrjeff@yahoo.com   
      
   "Brian Gordon"  wrote in message   
   news:kttqjn$rje$1@reader1.panix.com...   
   > In article ,   
   > SMH   wrote:   
   >>   
   >>It's been a while since I bought a new car in the United States (late   
   >>1980s,   
   >>I am guessing), so perhaps things have changed.   
   >>   
   >>I just got a 2013 Toyota Corolla L and know that I need certain things:   
   >> [...]   
   >>* Security against auto theft   
   >>  I was asking someone what they did for protecting the car against theft   
   >>  in Miami, and they said "insurance."  In other words, they said there   
   >>  is nothing that can be done to stop a thief.  "Once they get your   
   >>  car, it will be dismantled for parts before you can report the   
   >>  theft after directly witnessing it."  Opinions?   
   >   
   > Many people opt for a car alarm.  Before you do, ask yourself what YOU do   
   > when   
   > you hear a car alarm going off.  Run towards the sound yelling "stop   
   > thief" or   
   > feel annoyed and ignore it?   
   >   
   > If you ignore it, consider that most others do, too.  What do you get for   
   > your   
   > money besides a way to annoy people with false alarms?   
   >   
   > --   
      
      
   Good point Brian. But an advantage of a good car alarm is that it will   
   disable the ignition and starter circuits, and with any luck at all the   
   people that are breaking in will not take the car if they can't get it   
   started.   
      
   And if the bad guys trip the alarm at the OP's house, which is in Florida,   
   he can simply walk outside with his 9 and go all Zimmerman on the guys   
   taking his stuff.   
      
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