Okay kids, now I'm not about to launch off into a long enumeration of all the stupid mistakes that you could make while trying to steal a car. There are as many stupid mistakes as there are stupid people. I'm just going to hit a few quick points that even your accompished car thieves wouldn't know about.

!!!DISCLAIMER!!! I do not advocate criminal activity. I do not advocate breaking the lawz. I do not advocate anything. I do not not intend to suggest anything. Any suggested meaning you may derive from the following words are entirely generated by the ramblings of your own mind and are entirely YOUR RESPONSIBILITY.

That said, lets talk about Vehicle Bait.

In an effort to draw auto thieves out in the open and collect evidence needed to convict them in court, the Austin Police Department's Auto Theft Interdiction Program (ATIP) occasionally plant bait vehicles in strategic spots throughout the city. This trend should be consitant to police departments around the country. The ATIP equips these vehicles with tracking equipment so that when stolen, the vehicles can be quickly located and the offenders arrested. The vehicles are chosen to present a tempting target for local auto thieves. The ATIP selects bait vehicals according to top ten types of cars stolen in Austin. Those cars are:

1. Chevy/GM Pickup Truck
2. Chevy/GM Suburban
3. Oldsmoblie Cutlass
4. Buick LeSabre
5. Ford Pickup Truck
6. Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale
7. Cadillac Deville
8. Buick Regency 88
9. Chevy Camaro
10. Honda Accord

The ATIP also relys on various companies around town to do VIN checks on cars that pass through their facilities. These run customer's VINs through an ATIP computer to see if it matches a stolen vehical report. Currently, the companies in Austin that participate in this program are:

• Genie Car Wash, 1311 S. Lamar Blvd.
• Genie Car Wash, 7320 Burnet Rd.
• Genie Car Wash, 1021 W. William Cannon Dr.
• Genie Car Wash, 6318 Marbry's Ridge Cove
• Genie Lube Express, 1111 W. William Cannon Dr.
• Genie Lube Express, 1401 S. Lamar Blvd.
• Genie Lube Express, 8509 Burnet Rd.
• Genie Lube Express, 10111 N. Lamar Blvd.
• Genie Lube Express, 8602 Brodie Ln.
• Genie Lube Express, 1401 S. Lamar Blvd.
• Genie Lube Express, 1900 Kenneyfort Trail, Round Rock
• Quick Lube, 2826 Bee Caves Rd.
• Quick Lube, 8725 Burnet Rd.
• Quick Lube, 12212-B FM 620 N.
• Quick Lube, 3401 N. Lamar Blvd.
• Quick Lube, 10300 N. Lamar Blvd.
• Quick Lube, 6300 Manchaca Rd.
• Quick Lube, 3704 Spicewood Springs Rd.
• Quick Lube, 4505 Spicewood Springs Rd, Suite 106

What all of this means is that if a person is going to steal a car in Austin Texas, they will have a much better chance of not getting caught if they avoid the above stated ten types of cars and they learn to change their own oil.