Miata Mailing List: August 1994, Message #51
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   From: "Ronnie B. Kon" 
Subject: Re: Miata security
   Date: Tue, 2 Aug 1994 22:24:06 -0400

> One thing to keep in mind, RE: freezing the lock, drilling it out, cutting
> the steering wheel, etc., to get rid of the Club or whatever on the wheel:
> All of these techniques require specialized equipment that the average
> joyrider or vandal isn't going to have on him/her.  Yeah, the pros can still

A hacksaw hardly counts as specialized equipment.  You can saw through
a steering wheel in under 15 seconds I'd bet.  Probably under 5.


> OTOH, the Club doesn't do much to protect the top and rear window from
> vandals.  Anyone thought about imbedding a mesh of fine wire in the top, and
> arming it through the battery with an inverter and transformer to step up
> the voltage?  Cut through that sucker with a knife, and surprise!
> Meanwhile. the top still has a hole in it, but the stuff in the car would
> likely still be there.

Not to mention that when your top spontaneously combusts there will
not be a lot left to interest a thief.


All any alarm or security device does is raise the threshhold of
difficulty.  The Club at $75 is probably not worth it--a cheap alarm
with ignition kill is probably a better buy at $150 installed.

Personally, I put a top-of-the-line Clifford alarm in (for more than
my wife would believe anyone would pay for an alarm), but I have a
Yellow Miata, and they don't make those anymore.  And I got electric
door locks for $50 extra--now *there's* a useful feature in a
convertable.  :-)

				Ronnie