Remember the old novelty-store fake vomit made of realistic-looking
rubbery stuff? Throwing down a fake puddle of oil, brake fluid and
coolant under the engine before you walked away would do the trick
for anybody who knew what a Vanagon was. You could probably even
safely leave the keys it it. You could probably leave it running.

Jim

On Jan 23, 2007, at 4:52 PM, Sudhir Desai wrote:

> just take your engine with you wherever you go. :D (/sarcasm)
> sudhir
>
> On 1/23/07, Jack R. <Jack007@comcast.net> wrote:
>> Maybe a dumb questions... but are our vans that easy to steel?
>>
>> What security items are best and easiest to install?
>> e.g Kill switch, don't repair a bad head gasket... haha!
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
>> Behalf Of
>> Mike Miller
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 11:37 AM
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Subject: Bus story
>>
>> Vanites,
>>
>> Story in today's San Francisco Chronicle about a couple who's
>> completely
>> restored westy bus was stolen.
>>
>> They put out posters, ads etc. and someone reported seeing it in
>> Berkeley.
>> They went there and found it! Called cops and the cops arrested
>> the guy who
>> got in it.
>>
>> So they got it back, felt that it was because the bus had good karma.
>>
>> Just thought you'd like to know.
>>
>> Mike
>> No it wasn't me, I didn't steal it.
>>
>