Making a car difficult to steal
I haven't heard of it being recovered. Probably overseas in some billionaires garage.
Tell yourself whatever you like, but anyone that's spent any amount of time as a tow truck driver can pull your car straight out without any issues, regardless of the wheels being turned. I guess you've never seen a set of wheel skates? They're basically just a big plastic wedge, couple smacks with a mallet and when you pull the car backward with the winch the wheels ride up on the plastic and the car slides straight on the pavement, the wheel doesn't have to roll at all (also something to think about for the brake locks). No need to get in front of the wheel at all, you can be tight against the parking block and it won't matter one bit. It makes a bit more noise sliding on the pavement but it's already on the hook and headed up the ramp at that point. Available on Amazon, have your own set before the end of the week! Obviously there's better ones used by professional tow truck types but you'd be surprised how well the cheap ones work. Just search "tire skates" on youtube for all your "how to's".
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09QFXQRLT/?tag=fabo03-20
With a battery powered tool you can defeat a steering wheel club in no time flat, and clubs have been easy to defeat for decades now so it's not exactly a trade secret. Stop a joyrider? Maybe. Stop a real car thief? Nope. But again, a set of wheel skates or dollies makes the club useless anyway, it just stays in place and goes for a ride with the rest of your car.
Having spent a good amount of time in my career watching tow truck drivers recover cars after accidents there's pretty much nothing you could do to your operable car, parked in a parking lot, that's going to keep a half decent tow truck operator from driving off with your car in a couple of minutes or less if they want to. All the stuff you can think to do is nothing compared to the cars that are missing wheels, suspension, on their side in a ditch sub grade, and they recover those too.
An ignition kill switch/battery disconnect and a GPS device, everything else is just a waste of money.
I haven't heard of it being recovered. Probably overseas in some billionaires garage.
Tell yourself whatever you like, but anyone that's spent any amount of time as a tow truck driver can pull your car straight out without any issues, regardless of the wheels being turned. I guess you've never seen a set of wheel skates? They're basically just a big plastic wedge, couple smacks with a mallet and when you pull the car backward with the winch the wheels ride up on the plastic and the car slides straight on the pavement, the wheel doesn't have to roll at all (also something to think about for the brake locks). No need to get in front of the wheel at all, you can be tight against the parking block and it won't matter one bit. It makes a bit more noise sliding on the pavement but it's already on the hook and headed up the ramp at that point. Available on Amazon, have your own set before the end of the week! Obviously there's better ones used by professional tow truck types but you'd be surprised how well the cheap ones work. Just search "tire skates" on youtube for all your "how to's".
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09QFXQRLT/?tag=fabo03-20
With a battery powered tool you can defeat a steering wheel club in no time flat, and clubs have been easy to defeat for decades now so it's not exactly a trade secret. Stop a joyrider? Maybe. Stop a real car thief? Nope. But again, a set of wheel skates or dollies makes the club useless anyway, it just stays in place and goes for a ride with the rest of your car.
Having spent a good amount of time in my career watching tow truck drivers recover cars after accidents there's pretty much nothing you could do to your operable car, parked in a parking lot, that's going to keep a half decent tow truck operator from driving off with your car in a couple of minutes or less if they want to. All the stuff you can think to do is nothing compared to the cars that are missing wheels, suspension, on their side in a ditch sub grade, and they recover those too.
An ignition kill switch/battery disconnect and a GPS device, everything else is just a waste of money.