I don't know a good way. But I would sure like to suggest that this thread is
responded to privately rather than on the list.

Having easy ways to break into a vanagon in the archives, and having it pop
up when someone searches either Google or the archives with "break in vanagon"
makes me a little nervous. Getting into a vehicle cleanly gives a theif plenty
of time to steal it as no one passing by is alerted by a shattered window or
anything suspicious. It looks like a guy sitting in "his" (or her to be fair)
car. And I'm tired of going to the Cop shop to fill out Police reports for my
car getting broken into. My bus has actually not been broken into, although my
Fox has twice and the hubcaps have been stolen once.

I don't know if this is a common method and/or if it would work on the
Vanagon, but they got into my Fox by smashing the window. It was pretty effective.

Incidentlally a kid pulled up in my neighborhood in an 85 Toyota with my Fox
hubcaps on his car the day after they were stolen. After a short talk he
helped me put them back on my car. As for the busted windows, I'm still picking
glass out of the inside of the car and will be forever.

My buddy in Burbank this weekend had his mostly mint 87 Toyato stolen and run
into a tree and totaled. The theives got about a 1/2 mile before totalling
the car. Some places, and this is one of them, we have to worry about educating
theives in the art of wrong doing..

And as far as the break ins to my car, I finally got smart. I park "NY style"
with the glove box open and empty and the ashtray the same way. Lst time they
stole the ashtray change. The bus empty and the cabinets are all open.

I've never minded being poor. I just hate living with poor people.

Best
Jeff
83.5 Westfalia
LA,CA

In a message dated 4/15/2004 1:32:52 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
theburnvictims@HOTMAIL.COM writes:

> i've locked my keys in my vanagon one time, and i tried to break in with a
> slim-jim, but couldnt do it. luckily i had a spare key available. does
> anyone know a good way to break in without damaging anything?
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