In the southeast, we don't get much rust.  I rely on the fact that my
Vanagon is neither a pickup or cartoonishly huge SUV as a deterrent. Works
like a charm. Can leave the keys in it.

Jim

On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 8:37 AM, Jim Akiba <syncrolist@bostig.com> wrote:

> In the Northeast, Brady and I use rust as a deterrent. Our vans are so
> likely to fall apart as the perp takes them, that they stay safe.
> Luckily the only theft either one of us had was datalogging equipment
> stolen when the van was parked in town overnight one time.
>
> That sucked but much better than the whole van being gone. For Bostigs
> pre-group 8 they can take the PATs key with them (RFID chip key) and
> it is impossible to run the engine, or you can always pop the crank
> position sensor connector off and the same thing... crank but no
> start.
>
> On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 8:43 AM, Roger Barkley <rvbarkley4347@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > On my automatic 84 Westy, I just installed a hidden switch that
> interrupted
> > the park/neutral switch in the shift console.  Use male and female spade
> > wire connectors and its just unplug and plug in.
>