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Date:   Tue, 24 Apr 2007 08:12:09 -0400
Reply-To:   jdd <johndillon@SYMPATICO.CA>
Sender:   Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:   jdd <johndillon@SYMPATICO.CA>
Subject:   Re: SMART Keys and kill switches
Comments:   To: craig cowan <phishman068@GMAIL.COM>
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I want a kill switch that operates like a remote door switch .. I could then put the switch itself someplace really well hiding and just click the switch when I leave my car ...

I bet the statistics for cars that were stolen with a club in the back seat or a kill switch that wasn't engaged is really high .. but witht the remote .. it would be so easy and effortless to engage ...

jdd ----- Original Message ----- From: "craig cowan" <phishman068@GMAIL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 7:21 AM Subject: Re: SMART Keys and kill switches

> why not put the kill switch in such a way that its activated by locking > the > drivers door? All this means to you is that you need to drive with the > door > locked. I am assuming that when someone breaks into your car to steal it, > they do not immediately lock all the doors. Therefor, if any door is > unlocked, the car is imobilized. Even if it was just set up on hte drivers > side (for those of us without central locking), all would be good. The > other > advantage of this is, if the car is unlocked for some reason (you > forgot.....it happens), the car is now imobilized. And there's nothing > suspicious about just getting out of the car or locking the door when you > get in. > > Thats how i'd do it. > > -Craig > '85GL > > On 4/23/07, Mike Rocket J Squirrel Elliott <camping.elliott@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> I think that the four ventilation levers should each need to be moved to >> just the right position to allow the fuel pump to work. In keeping with >> how Mellow Yellow's ventilation levers work, there should be no obvious >> correct position. And whatever position seemed to work last time should >> not this time. >> -- >> >> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott >> 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus >> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") >> 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano >> KG6RCR >> >> On 4/23/2007 9:43 AM David Etter wrote: >> >> > Just a thought, why not convert the cigar lighter as the kill switch. >> > Pushed in to start (closing the loop) and pulled out or removed to >> > disable. >> > On second thought, the long term reliability just isn't there >> > for using it as a starting block, however, it could be used for other >> > purposes. Hey! How about lighting cigars.... >> > >> > David (dsl82westy) >> > >> > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.463 / Virus Database: > 269.5.9/773 - Release Date: 4/22/2007 8:18 PM > >


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