Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2013 22:19:23 -0500
Reply-To: Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Stolen Westy Syncro in Seattle--install an alarm-Fun with
alarms!
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On my last motor home, the factory installed alarm used an interior motion
sensor and also sensed the change in battery voltage. It was also passively
armed. So you're in a camping spot sleeping and something electoral changes
such as the battery charger or the heater turns on. Lights and horn blaring.
Of course you get out of bed to deal with it so now the motion sensor sees
you and you get more lights and a siren. The current motor home did not get
that option!
Dennis
-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Don Hanson
Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2013 8:47 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Stolen Westy Syncro in Seattle--install an alarm
I don't see much attention ever being paid to alarms going off.
Except by the red-faced owner of the vehicle (or maybe he is actually a
thief, have YOU ever asked anyone in a vehicle with the alarm
sounding if indeed it is HIS vehicle? Prolly not. I musta seen
hundreds of Alarming vehicles, but I have never seen anyone being asked
about ownership.
A switch, besides the ignition, that makes some sense...maybe a
dog? One of my pals who owned a Westie Loaf in New York City, he
painted his cargo carrier with a big logo of a cobra and signed it
"Ernie's Reptile Farm"...his van never got messed with... I have
signs on all my windows, small ones people stick to gates...."Beware of
Dog"...Usually the dog is indeed inside and it's only fair to not have him
surprise a mom with groceries in arm who opens her car next door in a
supermarket lot...but it also does cause people to wonder and perhaps choose
an easier vehicle to enter.
On Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 5:31 PM, Al Knoll <anasasi@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for the pointer, Stuart.
>
> A way to enhance the theft alarm and not annoy the neighbors is to put
> the annunciator, that 150dbA screamin meemie INSIDE the car. Pretty
> sure most folks couldn't stand the "heat" long enough to light the
> fires. And it likely won't annoy the neighbors if a passerby wants to
> just "test" the alarm system. A hidden, positive disconnect for the
> ECU / Start signal is also handy too. Just ignore the rear fan blower
> and insure that it has to be on to start the car. Heck, Leroy, looks
> like an ordinary fan blower thing to me.
>
> Pensionerd.
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 12:10 PM, Stuart MacMillan
<stuartmacm@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> All of the Vanagon Westies stolen recently in Seattle have been
>> recovered nearby. All stolen by petty thieves apparently looking for
>> things inside to sell, or just for joyriding.
>>
>> These rigs aren't stolen for resale or parts, so any kind of theft
>> deterrent is a good idea--alarm, disable switch, battery shut-off,
>> etc.
>>
>> Here is the alarm I installed in a weekend, and it includes an
>> ignition disconnect and power door locks:
>>
>> http://www.a1electric.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Co
>> de=AEOS
>> &Product_Code=W01F-740T
>>
>> I also added a switch for the alarm siren so I could turn it off in
>> campgrounds (keep from accidentally setting it off as I first did).
>>
>> I added a power window kit too:
>>
>> http://www.a1electric.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Co
>> de=AEOS
>> &Product_Code=3300-0030-0147
>>
>> Both kits are quality products and installation is well documented
>> and straightforward for the moderately skilled. Only "special" tools
>> needed are a step drill bit and a 2" hole saw for access to the door
>> lock rod.
>>
>> Best mods I've made in 40 years of VW ownership. I love being able to
>> adjust the windows while driving, it's my air conditioning!
>>
>> Stuart
>> '85 Westy
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
>> Behalf Of OlRivrRat
>> Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2013 9:51 AM
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Subject: Re: Stolen Westy Syncro in Seattle
>>
>> It appears as though this 1 has been found
>>
>> http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1556155
>>
>>
>> On 27 Oct , 2013, at 2:39 PM, MICHAEL H wrote:
>>
>> > ... just horrible ... my condolences, Loren. with cameras being so
>> > cheap and almost everywhere - have you and/or the police asked
>> > around just in case ? mike, single cent theorist
>> >
>> >
>> > ________________________________
>> > From: Loren Busch <starwagen@GMAIL.COM>
>> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> > Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2013 2:22 PM
>> > Subject: Stolen Westy Syncro in Seattle
>> >
>> >
>> > https://spokane.craigslist.org/cto/4152046232.html
>>
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