Measure of a Man: Engines, Ponies, Mufflers and More

I have several important men in my life that are all very disparate. In order to size them up, I have employed the relationships that each of them has with cars in order to understand them a little better.

My father is outdoorsy – a geologist by profession, although now retired. Chip a rock here. Collect a fossil there. He is a man’s man, but has never shown any fondness for machinery. Although raised to be a gentleman, engines and gears had a way of bringing out the inner savage. Some of my earliest memories involve my dad bent over some engine, cussing out the Industrial Age.

My father would regularly switch the tires on our Volkswagen camper, but I never saw him fawning over aftermarket center caps or grille work. While he would occasionally dab some Rust-o-leum onto oxidized points on the van or put H2O in the radiator, you would never see him take a Q-tip to the dashboard knobs or scrub the headlights with a toothbrush.

On the other hand, my father-in-law is a car man through & through. I wouldn’t be stunned if he knew every make, model, and year of every car that ever graced the Pennsylvania turnpike. He is happy to spend a Saturday afternoon admiring cars at an Antique Car Club Show or scouring the whitewalls on his car.

He graduated speedily from a pacifier to a pitchfork and wrench while growing up in a rural area of Pennsylvania. Learning all about animal husbandry and the ABCs of automobile mechanics was expected of young farm boys. His interest in things with gadgets, wheels, and motors seemed to stick even though any fondness for animals did not. He made the decision to leave the farm and go to college and he never looked back.

My hubby is also a teacher; just like both of our fathers, but that is the only thing they share. He doesn’t like camping out, carefully washing his cars, or collecting rocks. He loves to spend his Saturday marking papers as he sips fancy coffee drinks at Starbucks.

He keeps his car full of petrol, but would in all probability use his American Racing center caps for paper weights instead of using them to floss his ride. No offense to hard working wheel center caps. He makes it a point to vacuum-clean his car twice a year and doesn’t mind driving around with “Wash me!” on the back window for a year or more.

Our daughter’s boyfriend is just like my father in law, but a little more juiced. He got a high performance muffler kit as a gift last month and has been excited ever since beyond his tailpipe growls deeply. You can tell that our daughter is in the throes of love when you listen to her talk about how you can hear him coming from a mile away.

There’s not question that the relationships that men have with their cars can be complicated. On occasion, the car can be a reflection of a man’s masculinity, while other men act as if their vehicles were a foe that are a nuisance to be subdued or at the very least, endured.

Some name their cars, and others blaspheme them. Some handle their vehicles with TLC, while others declare bragging rights because their car or truck is beaten up or has the most mileage. Car tales are exchanged over beers, like war tales used to be told around a campfire.

This is the reason the auto industry sells billions of dollars worth of window tinting, aftermarket center caps, dash accoutrements, chrome, seat covers, wheels, car alarms, backup sensors, hoods, exhausts, and decals.

Whether the vehicle in the driveway is fuel for swearing or cooing, I’m inclined to suppose there’s some kind of mechanised mojo in there – something reminiscent to “If you build it, he will come.”

Even The Best Car Alarms Will Not Guarantee Theft Prevention

Allowing for the fact that the purchase of a high quality car alarm could be one of the more expensive investments you will make, it is obviously important to you. However, even the very best car alarms may not be able to stop a determined and highly skilled car thief. Amateurs and first time opportunity car thieves will almost certainly be scared away when the alarm is activated, but many professional car thieves will see it as a challenge and persist in their attempt to steal your car, even with one of the best car alarms fitted.

The more basic car alarms will have door switches wired up to the car’s horn, or perhaps even a loud siren. However, the better car alarms will also be equipped with sensors on the windows as well, just in case the thief bypasses the doors and breaks the window to gain entry instead. This allows the thief to help himself to any valuables left in the car or, alternatively, haul the vehicle away with a tow truck. Even the motion sensors and temperature sensors that form a part of the best car alarms, are not guaranteed to stop the thief who uses a towing vehicle to remove your car.

The absolute best car alarms will also have tilt sensing switches to recognize when the vehicle is being lifted by a tow truck, or even when it is moved using wheel sensors. All of this means that even when your vehicle is equipped with one of the best car alarms around, incorporating all the bells and whistles, an experienced and sophisticated car thief could still be able to disable the alarm.

Remote Control Alarms May Slow The Thief Down

Many of the best car alarms are activated by the use of a remote control that is an integral part of your door lock system. This remote control, with a unique code built in, can only be deactivated by using the specific remote control transmitter codes. You would expect that to ensure the safety of your car, but technologically savvy car thieves can position themselves nearby and, when the car’s alarm is deactivated by using the remote control, hold a device which can capture the code. This device will then save the code and the next time the vehicle is not in use and the alarm turned on, they will have in their possession the code with which to turn it off.

Some of the best car alarms, which can cost considerably more, use a code system that changes automatically every time the alarm button is pressed. Using a progressive algorithm assignment system each time the alarm is deactivated, the alarm receiving unit’s computer will change the code to render the code useless should it be stolen by the thief.

Not everyone’s budget will allow for the purchase of the very best car alarms, but when used as a deterrent they can keep all but the most determined and experienced car thief from driving away with one of your most prized possessions. How much you can afford for one of the best car alarms will determine how well protected you are against having your vehicle stolen.

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