Originally posted by unclehobart
Steering wheel locks like the Club are useless. A thief with a hacksaw can cut a link from your steering wheel in 10 seconds and just toss it aside.
I had a great lock from Britain for my Mirage. It wrapped around the gearshift and over the handbrake lever. It locked the brakes on and prevented changing gears. And it wasn't hidden under the dash, so it prevented window breaking by being visible. I haven't found one over here yet, but maybe you could track one down.
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Sounds like the taser. It will probably zap a lot of people safely, like the taser, and then kill one or two people, like the taser. Then everyone will bitch about it, nevermind that the car thief shouldn't have been theiving cars in the first place.