>a Smart thief once broke into my van by breaking the
>passenger side triangle window. that little glass
>triangle/wing window makes very little sound when
>broken and all he has to do is reach in and roll down
>the window and unlock/open door. having power windows
>could deter this, but what if he can reach and pull up
>the lock with something...power locks could deter
>this. But all this could only cause more expensive
>windows to be broken.
>
>As far as theft deterence: I took a dremel to the
>faceplate on my JVC tapedeck and "defaced" it, in
>other words i made it look nice and ugly. Also i
>painted words: "Sparkomatic" on it. This is a  very
>ugly, great sounding JVC deck. I never remove the
>faceplate, why should i?:)

I engrave my name into expensive or stealable items eg cameras, car
stereo components etc. I have contemplated PAINTING such items too,
with say a broad wraparound purple stripe that can't be scratched off
or removed with solvents. A big fat engraving of your name doesn't
hurt. But all this might destroy resalability for you.

I have thought of putting crap-brand logos on headunits, but if the
thief knows about stereos he will recognize it despite this.