Date:         Wed, 31 Aug 1994 11:23:54 -0500 (CDT)
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From:         dakhlia@wuecona.wustl.edu (Sami Dakhlia)
Subject:      Re: How to Steal VW Vans Quickly

David Schwarze said:
>
>Joachim Beek writes:
>> 
>> (They stole his non-working radio, btw; bet they got a surprise.)
>
>Hah!  Same here.  I had a nice looking Pioneer digital auto-reverse deck in
>the dash.  Biggest piece of junk I have ever owned.  Stopped working one
>day and I was just too lazy to take it out.  The person who stole my van
>was nice enough not to break any windows, but did destroy my steering
>column and rip holes in my paneling to get the 6" Craig speakers out. 
>Go figure.  I go the stealth route now.  Stereo is in the glove box,
>box speakers behind the seats.  Haven't had a problem since!

I replaced the thieves-attracting face plate with an ugly, generic one and
replaced the ergonomically shaped designer knobs <grin> with old, clunky
ones. Worked well so far.

Oh, how do you like my new .sig file? Aaaaarrgh, I know, I'm the nerdiest of
all nerds!... An excuse? Well, I have lots of work and I'm
procrastinating. --
 
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