Vanagon EuroVan
Previous messageNext messagePrevious in topicNext in topicPrevious by same authorNext by same authorPrevious page (May 2011, week 1)Back to main VANAGON pageJoin or leave VANAGON (or change settings)ReplyPost a new messageSearchProportional fontNon-proportional font
Date:         Tue, 3 May 2011 09:11:34 -0700
Reply-To:     Andree <andreehurley@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Andree <andreehurley@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: break-ins was Re: Alarm choices: was Today somebody got into
              my van
In-Reply-To:  <20110503081315.BRSLN.314362.imail@eastrmwml38>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii

I've had mine broken into twice - once in the Hollywood hills the day after I bought it (shattered the wing window and stole an empty toolbox) and once at a fishing access spot - a bunch of stuff was stolen including my fire department turnouts when I was a volunteer.

I am very paranoid about it!

I've thought about putting a flashing red light on the dash but I often leave it in the shade with my dog for shorter periods of time.

Andree

________________________________ From: Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Sent: Tue, May 3, 2011 5:13:15 AM Subject: Re: break-ins was Re: Alarm choices: was Today somebody got into my van

---- Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU> wrote: > I'm curious about the need for alarms. I mean, how many of us have ever > actually had our vanagons broken into, in how many years of traveling in > them?

I have never had my Vanagon broken into, in two years of owning it and traveling around the U.S. Further, in 50 years of driving and owning cars, I've never had a vehicle broken into. On the other hand, my older brother has had a half dozen or so break-ins of various vehicles, including mostly vans but sedans as well. He and I both have at times carried and locked in our vehicles our traveling kits of various make-up. FWIW, I lived for many years in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas, a location that has been cited as having the highest frequency of vehicular theft and vehicular burglary in the U.S.

So far as a given system of protection having "worked" as evidenced by the vehicle not having been broken into while the system was in place, that falls into the same category as the old joke about elephants painting a part of their anatomy red to hide in apple trees working. I've never seen an elephant hiding in an apple tree, so it must work.

mcneely


Back to: Top of message | Previous page | Main VANAGON page

Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!


Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com


The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.

Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.