Randy Charrette <rcharrette@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote: Last week I had a Viper alarm installed. Maybe it will help deter them????? ----------------------snip----------------------------- I have my van since 96 and had installed a full alarm system with remote "start" and door locks. My windows are tinted really dark also. I used to do a lot of road trips for bike contest and demos. I carry my bikes and my friends bikes (1000$-2000$ BMX bikes) in there all the time and cover them with a huge black sheet, like 8 x 8. Sometimes I even locked them all together in the van and onto the rear seat when in hotel lots. Never got anything stolen so far... Guess I have been very lucky! I also use a locking device on the stearing wheel! I guess theeves are overwhelmed with all the work to get to the stuff... I even set the alarm sound on purpose in bad neiborhoods, so they know that the little bliking light on the dash is not a fake... Yes I am a fanatic, cause I have learned from my friends mistakes! Pedro dos Santos 91 vanagon + carat int + pop-top transplant 85 ddcab project
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