Date:         Thu, 4 Nov 2004 22:55:40 -0600
Reply-To:     Al and Sue Brase <albeeee@MCHSI.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Al and Sue Brase <albeeee@MCHSI.COM>
Subject:      Re: Ignition Kill Switch
Comments: To: Sam Walters <sam.cooks@VERIZON.NET>
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You could just move to here where nobody steals Vw Vanagons. (BTW, I
happen to have a house for sale!)
Keys to all my cars are on the dash! (Well, not the 911, it's on the floor.)
Having said that, I agree that under the seat or dash would be most
effective. anything else would get noticed or you'd stop doing it
sometime before the Carat got stolen.
I also figure that darn near all car thieves are young punks that don't
know how to drive sticks. that makes me a bit safer. And even most
Vanagon people would not get my diesel Vanagon started- timing's so
retarded it won't even start HOT without pulling out the knob.
Al Brase

Sam Walters wrote:

> Wouldn't under the van be too obvious.  If someone watches you regularly
> leave the van and/or return to drive it away, he or she will see you
> turn it on and off each time. Wouldn't seem to be too hard to figure out
> what you were doing. While it would be more protection than no kill
> switch, it would only work against a "random" thief.  Many thefts aren't
> random.  It would better be hidden inside under the seat or dash so that
> you activation / deactivation of the switch would not be seen.
>
> --
> Sam Walters
> Baltimore, MD
>
> 89 Syncro GL
> 85 Westy Weekender
> 84 Vanagon, original owner, soon to be retired, just too many problems
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