Re:A surprisingly simple way to foil car thieves
by bookofjoe on Monday July 17, 2023 @01:30PM
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Off topic: My first car was a 1966 white Buick Skylark convertible that I bought for $500 cash in the summer of 1976 in Los Angeles when I was 28 years old.
Prior to that I had lived in LA from 1966 on and got around on foot and on my bicycle and city buses.
I drove that giant Buick — I mean it was HUGE, both in terms of length and width as well as weight — for about five years, the final 2-3 of which featured a caved-in non-functional driver's side door resulting from having been T-boned by a little old lady who ran a stop sign.
No worries: I'd just hop over the side or use the passenger side door.
After the crash I never worried about theft.
Also, amusingly, when I was on freeways, cars in adjacent lanes would quickly move away.
Prior to that I had lived in LA from 1966 on and got around on foot and on my bicycle and city buses.
I drove that giant Buick — I mean it was HUGE, both in terms of length and width as well as weight — for about five years, the final 2-3 of which featured a caved-in non-functional driver's side door resulting from having been T-boned by a little old lady who ran a stop sign.
No worries: I'd just hop over the side or use the passenger side door.
After the crash I never worried about theft.
Also, amusingly, when I was on freeways, cars in adjacent lanes would quickly move away.