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Date:         Sun, 8 Jul 2001 19:04:03 -0600
Reply-To:     MtnGal <MtnGal@SIERRATEL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         MtnGal <MtnGal@SIERRATEL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Keys locked in van HERE'S A THOUGHT
Comments: To: Jere Hawn <jbrschawn@EARTHLINK.NET>
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LOL.. Great! I have already removed the handles to my exercise machine to put in the downstairs windows.. Now I have to figure out a way to put bars in the windows of my van... Oh Lordy! POSSIBLE REMEDY I think that clear plastic tubing that looks like a straw (which is invisible to on lookers) with a split in the side and properly placed just might FRUSTRATE THE HELL outta someone trying to get into my van....

MtnGal

----- Original Message ----- From: "Jere Hawn" <jbrschawn@EARTHLINK.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2001 7:45 PM Subject: Re: Keys locked in van

> Larry, > > If a crook wants in, he can get in, locks keep the honest people out. I > forgot to mention the best two ways in 1. use the key 2. break a window. > Other ways use a crow bar, use a metal saw, use a chain tied to a truck and > jerk the back door off, use a screw driver and a pair of pliers. There are > countless ways in. > > I look at the van the same way I look at the stereo installed. I didn't use > all the hardware to put it in, nor the safety stuff. I figure if they want > it, they'll get it, so why make the dashboard and wiring the sacrificial > lamb for a $200 stereo. Don't destroy the van for a part. And I don't > carry the Hope Diamond around in it. > > Jere > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of > Lawrence Johnson > Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2001 4:50 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: Keys locked in van > > Thanks Jere for publishing this on the WORLD WIDE Web. I'm sure we all feel > better knowing that everyone now knows how to break into our vans van. > Sleep well everyone. > -Larry > '86 Syncro Westfalia > > <<FYI for those who have ever locked keys in the van I would like to pass on > an aged old trick that makes the vanagon the easiest car to get into. > > Use a flat rigid piece of something (like a hand saw blade) and > .......................... down on the window lock and > slide the window open. > > Jere > 90 GL > 88 GL>> >


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