Date:         Fri, 21 Jan 2011 15:56:34 -0500
Reply-To:     Karl Ploessl <karl.ploessl@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Karl Ploessl <karl.ploessl@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: first time buyer
Comments: To: Mike South <msouth@gmail.com>
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it's Friday:
we had a grad student here in Philly ( he moved from a "safe" town
somewhere America to scary Philadelphia) and he "graffitied" (is this
a word?) his new car so it wouldn't be vandalized :-)

On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 2:46 PM, Mike South <msouth@gmail.com> wrote:
>

> That does bring up an interesting idea, though.  There was a guy in
> Make magazine (or maybe just on the blog?) who did a write-up on how
> to make your care look like a business' car so you could park in
> loading zones with your lights flashing and not get a ticket because
> it looked like it was supposed to be there.
>
> How hard would it be to make a car look rusty, scratched, and just
> generally in bad condition (without actually damaging it, I mean) in
> order to discourage thievery?
>
> mike
>