Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2005 15:41:39 -0600
Reply-To: Aaron Pearson <Aaron.Pearson@GXT.COM>
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From: Aaron Pearson <Aaron.Pearson@GXT.COM>
Subject: Re: serious vanagon security issues
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i drove a jeep wrangler soft top when i lived in new orleans. my
apartment was in the irish channel, which some may recognize as a fairly
"dodgy" uptown neighborhood. i had no garage, and parked on the street.
i had a motion-sensor alarm, so if the top was down and you stuck your
hand in it, it would go off. i kept it completely empty, and left the
doors unlocked, but that didn't stop people from slashing my windows
twice (they probably didn't bother to try the door handle). nothing was
ever stolen, since there was nothing to steal. once, i came home late
on a saturday, and my wallet fell out of my pocket. the car sat by the
curb all night (until i rolled out of bed at noon the next day), with
the top down and my wallet sitting in the middle of the drivers seat.
aaron
'87 syncro gl
-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
Of Donald Baxter
Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 3:26 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: serious vanagon security issues
I found a man sleeping in my Vanagon parked in front of my house in
Atlanta-Midtown. I frequently found the glove box rifled through and I
had long since given up on the concept of locking a car in Atlanta.
I resolved my security issues by moving to a small city in Iowa. I
still have lock cylinders in my Van that have toothpick wood jammed in
them from my cross the street neighbor's kid so it no longer easily
locks from the outside. Fortunately, I don't have much need to lock my
Vanagon here.
I just don't think one can have a target like this parked on the street
in any large city now. Think of it as income redistribution for the
21st Century.
<sigh>
On 8/4/05, Ben S <phlogiston420@gmail.com> wrote:
> well i have always been the first to say that car alarms are annoying
> and useless, but i have just changed my mind. last week, i went away
> on a business trip after completing preperations for a mid week
> vacation to socal and yosemite (all new fuel lines, new wiring and
> high rpm oil pres sensor, new oil pressure gauge, bilstiens all
> around, the latter job performed by buslab in berkeley). as usual, i
> left my van on the street by my house in a decent area of oakland and
> stashed the faceplate for my alpine deep in a hidden rear pocket of my
> seat cover, behind some maps.
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Donald Baxter
316 Ridgeview Avenue
University Heights, Iowa 52246
www.onanov.com
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