Hi,

One of my friends had a thingie on her car cover that got shut into
the trunk lock (she opened the trunk anyway since that's where she
stored it.  Maybe that would be more secure than the cable.

But S's motorcycle cover hasn't been stolen since he started using the
cable.  It's been tried (we found the cover halfway off the bike).  So
it's some deterrent.

The guy who sold the replacement to me said that they get stolen to be
shelter for illegals living in the canyons.

B(&S)
'87 Westy 'Esmerelda Blanc'
SoCal

On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 11:40:03 -0700, you wrote:

>On 11/23/04 11:51 PM, "Kim Brennan" <kimbrennan@MAC.COM> wrote:
>
>> Hmm, the cover for my vanagon is so large (and somewhat of a pain to
>> put on and take off) that' I'm surprised yours was stolen. On the other
>> paw, I have seen the wind just about take my car covers off my other
>> (non-Vanagon) vehicles....and ONCE it even was able to just about
>> remove it from one of my Vanagons. I always felt that the tie downs on
>> the bottom were more for keeping the cover ON the vehicle when windy,
>> than an anti-theft device.
>> 
>> 
>Must be something about covers for vans of any kind.  When working at FLAPS
>we used to hear about van covers being ripped off all the time.  It was rare
>we heard of a car one being stolen.  At the price of a cover and the fact
>that they are normally difficult to get off of most vans with one person we
>were always confused by the thefts.
>
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