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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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