Miata Mailing List: December 1994, Message #154
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   From: mikef@mer-mail.ctron.com (Michael Friedman)
Subject: Re: Ignition Kill
   Date: Tue, 6 Dec 1994 09:12:00 -0500


 > From: buck@claude.ma30.bull.com (Kenneth J. Buck)
 > > >      Two weeks later, I woke up to find my car missing.  It was one block
 > > >      away in the middle of the street, doors open, dome light on, cops on
 > > >      scene, etc... No damage except for the punched out door lock on the
 > > >      driver's side, and some steering column dis-array.
 > > >...more stuff deleted... 
 > > This is somewhat amazing.  It sounds too coincidental to have your kill 
 > > switch installed and two weeks later have it stolen.  Are we to 
 > > understand that it ran for two blocks until the kill switch took affect?  
 > 
 > my assumption would be: couldn't start it, so pushed it a ways down the
 > road where they could experiment some more (in perhaps a more isolated
 > location).

I would imagine that by killing the fuel pump only, there was enough
residual fuel pressure in the system to start the car and drive a block
before it ran dry.  I know this would work with a carburated car, I'm
not sure about an injected one...

Mike