"LouiZe!" wrote:
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> would like suggestions/discussion thread on preventive "pre-emptive strike"
> measures....

LouiZe,

I asked a similar thing before buying my syncro westfalia and bringing
it home to Brooklyn.  Got some good tips, partly from searching the
archives and partly by p-mail.  You might try the archives 'round last
August.

I use a "club" for a visible deterrent.  These are de rigeur around
here.  I had a ~$400 Clifford alarm installed for more deterrence,
mainly against those who would ransack the bus looking for stuff.  The
alarm has a "dual-zone" sensor to give a warning scream if it is bumped,
before the alarm would be set to go off.  I also got a removeable
faceplate radio.

Ultimately, if someone who is smart enough and can get enough money for
it wants to steal it, they will regardless of preventative measures.  I
don't think vanagons are a big target for theft.

Good Luck.
--
Regards,
David Bogle
Brooklyn
'87 Syncro Westfalia