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Date:         Mon, 7 Jul 97 16:00:07 EDT
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         jag@cs.rochester.edu
Subject:      Re: Box for luggage rack

> > Martin, > > This seems like a great idea! My only concern would be securing the bags > against theft. Do you use any deterents? >

2m above ground! (Deters shorter, non-agile thiefs ;-)

Seriously, no I haven't found a good way. If I leave the Westy unattended in a city I take them off and throw them inside. You could use a cable lock through the D-rings on the bags, and lock them to the rack, but anyone with a knife can just slice the vinyl bag open anyway.

/Martin -- Martin Jagersand email: jag@cs.rochester.edu Computer Science Department jag@cs.chalmers.se University of Rochester

Slow down and visit the VW diesel Westy page: WWW: http://www.cs.rochester.edu/u/jag/vw -------------------------------------------------------------------


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