In the past 7 years I've had vehicles broken into three times, living in Oakland and Santa Cruz. Through that time I've usually owned two vanagons and a wagon (Subaru and/or Volvo). I try to be discreet w/ high dollar items (laptop, billfold, etc) in the vans. The vans have never been broken into. The volvo was a popular target, having been relieved of its radio at least four times (only once in proximity to the vans). Suby only once, and I likely left the doors unlocked. Lost a small pair of overpowered binoculars and some change. Last few years the vans have lived in the driveway, and the wagons left to fend for themselves curbside. It sucks to be robbed. But radios, binocs, wing windows, etc. aren't really worth dwelling over- in the long run. If you're wondering, the volvo (220k and still kicking) does not currently sport a stereo. Fool me four times.... Joe On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 6:19 PM, neil n <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote: > I've got that one covered! ;) > > Seriously though. I figure one benefit to my, "ahem", aesthetics > challenged Westy, is that one might pass it over. > > That's the theory anyway. > > Neil. > > On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 5:46 PM, Loren Busch <starwagen@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Using some common sense (don't make the Westy look any > > more tempting than it already is) > > > > -- > Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" > > http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ > > > http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines > |
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