Date:         Sat, 3 Nov 2001 21:44:23 -0600
Reply-To:     Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Subject:      Re: thefts, security
Comments: To: maxito@PACBELL.NET
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I had a brick office building, no windows, no sky lights, very heavy
front door with burglar bar grill and super strong overhead door. The
entire building was inside of a chain link fence.
They crashed a stolen truck into the building to get entry.
There aren't any secure ways to keep your possessions, if somebody wants
them they'll find a way in.
I've never had anything stolen from my Westfalia but I'm expecting it to
happen at some point in the future.
We've had three cars stolen right out of our driveway and a couple of
others that the thieves just mutilated buy cutting the seats, dash board
and kicking in the radio and instruments when they could not get past our
second ignition trip switch.
All I can say is don't leave any valuables in sight and carry hundred
dollar items into your house or just find a way not to leave/have them in
your vehicle.
Car alarm systems go off all of the time while I'm at the grocery store
parking lot and they are ignored by everybody.
The security guards at shopping malls don't chase to see If a vehicle is
being burglarized when the alarm goes off, your neighbors don't even get
out of their chairs to take a look when your home or car alarm goes off.

Stan Wilder
83 Westfalia Air Cooled

On Sat, 3 Nov 2001 14:50:47 -0800 Maximiliano Goldschwartz
<maxito@PACBELL.NET> writes:
> Anybody has experience on how to increase the vanagon's security?
> I mean make it harder for someone to break in and steal the huge
> amount of
> stuff that's in the cabinets.
>
> Extra locks?
> Alarms?
> Explosive handles?
>
> Dangerous animals inside? :)
>
>
> max
>
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