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Date:         Wed, 18 Jun 1997 09:38:09 -0600
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         "Lon J. Thompson" <lthompso@csn.net>
Subject:      Re: preventing theft/Reply

Hello,

Being from Colorado, I use a large caliber German Shepard who was raised with this vanagon. NOBODY gets in "his" van without me (includes mechanics!). No problems for 6 years now :)

Lon T. '86 Syncro GL

Lebron,Nathan wrote: > > Well, being from the Bronx, we tend to put "protected by 357 Magnum" > sticker on the window. However, it usually doesn't work. So, a friend in > Brooklyn with VW who uses the cigarette lighter as the cut-off switch. > He simply takes the lighter when he parks the car. Another friend had a > removable steering wheel. It is supposedly designed so that even if the > wheel is not present, the thief can't put a wrench around the column and > drive off. > > Nate El Great > 85 VanagonGL > > ---------- > From: vanagon[SMTP:vanagon@lenti.med.umn.edu] > Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 1997 2:26 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list > Subject: preventing theft > > After reading a few stories of car and van theft on the VW USENET > groups, I'm wondering what people on the list are doing to minimize > the risk of theft. I realize that a determined thief will get your > vehicle, no matter what. But how to best deter the small time > hotwire and smash 'n grab variety? > > Alarms, hidden cutoff switches, steering wheel locks, or just > "fuggedaboudit?" I know we're not driving Testarossas here, but I'd > like to hang on to the vehicles I have. > > Ideas? Experiences? I've been fortunate not to have been a victim > of any vehicle related crime, so statistics would say I'm due. :-( > > -Karl > Karl F. Bloss - blosskf@ttown.apci.com > '87 Vanagon GL "Beverley" > http://www.enter.net/~bloss/vw/


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