gerald: if you must overnight on the street,park near apartment buildings-
MIKE
----- Original Message -----
From: Gerald Masar <azsun99@EARTHLINK.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 8:04 PM
Subject: Re: Alarm system, was Bus story

> Okay, here's my story and question.
> Asleep, stealth camping on a residential street (I know, broke my number
one rule), in
> San Diego last year. Woke up, someone is walking around the van with one
of those
> powerful cop maglites, trying to see in, which he couldn't. I assume it
was a cop, but
> didn't hear the fast idle of his car. Thought my black lab was going to
bark, but all
> he did was a low growl.
> If I had the alarm that is in my other Westy, one that goes through a
series of really
> irritating, loud noises, lights flashing, etc., and triggered it from
inside, waking
> up the whole neighborhood, would he have backed off, thinking "uh oh! now
they will
> blame me, I think I have a more important call at Dunkin Donuts"?
> As it was, after that I couldn't sleep and was leaving the next day, so I
waited about
> 15 minutes after he left, got dressed, slipped through the curtains into
the front and
> headed out.
> What would you do (other than don't park in front of houses)?
>
> Jerry
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "mordo" <helmut.blong@GMAIL.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 7:19 PM
> Subject: Alarm system, was Bus story
>
>
> > >
> > > "Or an alarm that alerted you wihout alerting everyone else within a
> > > two-mile radius?  Surely there are some innovations out there?"
> >
> >
> > Preventing theft is pretty difficult. A determined thief will take a
car,
> > alarm or no, because they know most folks don't pay attention to alarms
> > anymore.
> >
> > As the real objective must be to recover the stolen vehicle before it
gets
> > chopped and sold off, LoJack or other similar GPS locating system is
> > probably the best thing going.
> >
> >
> > --
> > mordo
> > 1990 Carat
> >