Jere Hawn wrote:
>
> Larry,
>
> If a crook wants in, he can get in, locks keep the honest people out.  I
> forgot to mention the best two ways in 1. use the key 2. break a window.
> Other ways use a crow bar, use a metal saw, use a chain tied to a truck and
> jerk the back door off, use a screw driver and a pair of pliers.  There are
> countless ways in.
>
> I look at the van the same way I look at the stereo installed.  I didn't use
> all the hardware to put it in, nor the safety stuff. I figure if they want
> it, they'll get it, so why make the dashboard and wiring the sacrificial
> lamb for a $200 stereo.  Don't destroy the van for a part.  And I don't
> carry the Hope Diamond around in it.

I had a break-in on my 83 westy - via breaking the driver wing window - on a
busy street in San Francisco, with my alarm on. The thief was able to take the
radio pull-out (useless) and the ashtray full of coins while the alarm was
sounding. When I got back to my van, in the rain, a waiter in the restaurant I
was parked next to said: "Hey,  get that alarm fixed - the noise is p*ssing off
my customers!"

The worst part was the loss of the keys for the H2O inlet that was sitting in
the ashtray - are those universal keys?

Dave Richoux