 Distributors of a gadget sold in Albuquerque claim that their device in the past 31 years has been 100 percent successful in thwarting car thefts.
The Ravelco attaches to a key chain and plugs into a plug beneath a car’s steering wheel. Without that connection made, the engine won’t start, and when the connection is broken the engine stops.
“There’s [sic] nearly a hundred thousand combinations on how this is wired,” says Chris Brahs of High Desert Ravelco. “There’s not an alarm manufacturer that can state with evidence that they have a 31-year reputation with four million sold worldwide with zero defeats.”
Despite the Albuquerque metro area’s ranking of seventh worst city in the nation for car thefts, the Ravelco is just beginning to become popular here. One of the city’s customers of the gadget is police officer Weston Richardson.
“No one likes a thief,” he says, noting that the Ravelco’s $400 price tag is a small price to pay to protect his $50,000 souped up set of wheels.
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