I do not want to start a debate on whether or not your post was appropriate, but I for one do appreciate learning how to break into my van without damaging it.  While having a spare key stashed on the van is better then breaking into it, knowing how to get in without a key may come in handy someday.

Mark in AK

----- Original Message -----
From: JordanVw@AOL.COM
Date: Wednesday, September 6, 2006 9:45 am
Subject: apology to list....  (was "key code")
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM

> it was brought to my attention by a long time listmember that it
> wasnt in
> good form to post how to enter a vanagon without keys, to the
> whole forum.  my
> apoligies to anyone who was offended by that..    it was not meant
> to be a "how
> to break into a vanagon" post..  just merely a tip on getting into
> your van if
> you dont have any keys or if youve locked yourself out.
> this all has been posted on the vanagon list before, check the
> archives..its nothing new.. i learned about it from a past posting
> yrs ago..     hopefully
> there arent deviant folks on this list who are the types who would
> commit a
> crime..
> i had to use the aforementioned trick a few yrs ago when i locked
> myself out
> of the van (went into my locked van via the slider door to change
> clothes,then pushed the slider door lock tab down and slammed the
> slider door shut and
> realized i had left my keys in my other pants pocket which was
> still in the van)
> anyway it saved me from breaking the front vent window...
> didnt mean anything in bad taste -  matt pollard had inquired
> about to remove
> the ignition from the housing..and the easiest way to get it out
> is to drill
> that little acess hole..
> anyway, this is a closed list now..  if it was an open list like
> it used to
> be, id be worried but..  everyone here is a vanagon owner..
> point is taken though..and posting the two tips together may have
> been in
> bad form, even though it doesnt take much to figure that out..
> once again i apologise..  hopefully there arent any bad folks here
> on the
> list who would use the information in a deviant way, it was merely
> meant to be a
> informative tip if someone was ever in that situation.
>
> chris
>