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The sleeping dragon in my Nissan
I think it's time to finally build my own little theft-deterrant device to guard my car. See, it got broken into again and I'm tired of replacing windows and speakers. I'm not a vindictive person. In fact, I'm a very gentle person by nature, and I have no problem turning the other cheek. However, I've only got 2 cheeks, and now that they're both bruised, it's time to hurt somebody. That's where the "Sleeping Dragon" comes in. It's not a car alarm, per se. It's more like an instant karmic balancing device. First off, car alarms make noise. The SD makes very little noise, just a low hissing, in fact. Car alarms use sirens and flashing lights to get attention and deter the thief. The SD uses tear gas to deter the thief, and to hell with getting anyone's attention.

It's quite simple and elegant, really. Nothing more than pressure switches in the seats, wired to a regular 'ole solenoid mounted on a cannister of ouchee-spray, aka tear gas. When the safety is off and the SD is armed, any weight in the seats will close a switch, which will in turn activate the solenoid, which will fill the car with tear gas. So when our friendly neighborhood thief gets into my car seeking to get something from it, like the stereo or the speakers, there will be a hissing noise from the car, followed by a screaming noise from the thief. At that point, I'm pretty sure the only thing he'll want to "get" will be "away".