On Wed, Aug 04, 2010 at 04:24:39PM -0400, Richard Pieri wrote:
> On Aug 4, 2010, at 3:51 PM, Derek Martin wrote:
> > 
> > FWIW, I also tend to disbelive Richard's suggestion that The Club
> > actually makes your care more likely to be stolen...  I can't find any
> 
> Just to be clear, that is not what I wrote.  This is what I wrote:
> "Here's something to ponder: if you put a Club on your wheel then
> your car is *more* likely to be stolen by a professional car thief
> than if you did not."

Your artical notwithstanding, I think the most that you can say is
that based on some anecdotal evidence, the club will make it more
likely that *certain* professional car theives are more likely to
steal it, if it happens to be around while they're trying.  That does
not necessarily translate into "if you put a Club on your wheel then
your car is *more* likely to be stolen by a professional car thief
than if you did not."  I'm guessing that many more cars are stolen by
pros than by joyriders, and that leads me back to my actuary
argument...

> A Club will deter joyriders from taking your car, much as a U-lock
> will deter joyriders from swiping your bicycle.  The pro, on the
> other hand, won't blink twice at either.  He'll pull out a hacksaw
> or bottle jack and take your ride before you know it.

This I agree with.  The point being that if the pro picks your car,
he's probably going to steal it regardless of what you did to try to
stop him.  If he's determined, he can always just tow it.

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