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Date:         Tue, 26 Jan 1999 23:06:40 -0500
Reply-To:     David Bogle <bogle@BWAY.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         David Bogle <bogle@BWAY.NET>
Subject:      Re: Vanagon in Rough Neighborhood -precautions?
Comments: To: LouiZe! <loudesign@MINDSPRING.COM>
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"LouiZe!" wrote: ... > would like suggestions/discussion thread on preventive "pre-emptive strike" > measures....

LouiZe,

I asked a similar thing before buying my syncro westfalia and bringing it home to Brooklyn. Got some good tips, partly from searching the archives and partly by p-mail. You might try the archives 'round last August.

I use a "club" for a visible deterrent. These are de rigeur around here. I had a ~$400 Clifford alarm installed for more deterrence, mainly against those who would ransack the bus looking for stuff. The alarm has a "dual-zone" sensor to give a warning scream if it is bumped, before the alarm would be set to go off. I also got a removeable faceplate radio.

Ultimately, if someone who is smart enough and can get enough money for it wants to steal it, they will regardless of preventative measures. I don't think vanagons are a big target for theft.

Good Luck. -- Regards, David Bogle Brooklyn '87 Syncro Westfalia


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