On Wed, 1 Jan 2003, Paul Archibald wrote: > Don't they all still have that mercury switch that when the > car is tilted up, like say on the back of a tow truck the > alarm shuts down? or has that changed? Not that I've heard of. Some even have tilt switches to set the alarm off if that happens. They're not terribly useful because everyone ignores them, and the good thieves know how to bypass the starter disable features. Generally they just disconnect the key switch with a relay under the dash, the car can still be hotwired under the hood or bump-started. _ _ __ _ _ _| | | | David M. Brodbeck (N8SRE) Ypsilanti, MI / _` | | | | | | +----------------------------------------------------- | (_| | |_| | | | @ cyberspace.org \__, |\__,_|_|_| "To the optimist, the glass is half full. To the |___/ pessimist, the glass is half empty. To the engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be." |
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