> wrote in message
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> Car alarms don't work without the battery and with a lot of cars a
> battery cable can be snipped with bolt cutters or garden loppers
> from underneath the vehicle. Often thieves don't want the vehicle so
> they don't care to start it, they can strip all the vitals in minutes,
> or they tow it to a chop shop.


Thieves have been notorious for stealing catalytic converters where I am,
only takes them a very few minutes.

Cheri