My concern about wiring up the star is that you're more likely to get a dent kicked in your car. I was so pi$$ed off when someone broke mine that I probably would have killed the guy who stole it, plus the fact that I had to drive home with the obviously absent star made things ten times worse.

I think the forum challenge is to design an easy to remove star. The old Rolls Royce mascot's mounted to a heavy column which just slots in the hole