Back Seat Entry?

["Al Powell" <apowell@agcom.tamu.edu>]

Dan da man sez:

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>...hood and trunk. On average cars (non-audi) the pin-sensor at the 
>hood discourages the battery and siren from being disconnected. If 
>the thief knows which model to bust into, he can go through the 
>trunk and bust out the rear seat to disconnect the battery and 
>defeat older alarms without a backup battery supply.

REALLY?  ROTFL!!  Maybe in most cars is's possible to "bust out 
the back seat", BUT I'd *almost* be willing to let a thief into the 
trunk of my 200 and see just how long it took him to bust through the 
solid sheet-metal bulkhead behind the rear seat back.  If he had room 
to swing a 10-pound hammer and didn't mind making 100+ dB of noise 
and rocking the car like it was going down a flight of steps (a bit 
conspiculus, y'know) he might manage penetration in, say, 20 minutes 
of intense labor, roughly equivalent to chopping down a 16" diameter 
oak tree.  Using any smaller tool, it could take an hour or 
more....with grit-teeth determination.

It would be FUN to watch.  Hell, after that much work, he'd have darn 
near earned it!  I doubt any theives are quite that determined.

Our motto: "Steal an Audi 5K/100/200 by entering through the trunk 
and prepare for a career: working on a chain gang.... "


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