The times are a changing...  We never had problems with crime until the last
few months.  We have lived here in very rural southern New Jersey (redneck
central) for over 25 years with no problems.  However within the last few
months we have had my parents house broken into (now installed an alarm
system) and I just had a Jetta that I was trying to sell almost stolen ( the
thieves actually put tags on it and were trying to hot wire it when something
scared them off.  Dumb thieves were trying to hot wire the car - an
automatic-  with the shifter in the "drive" position.)
I have a rear lot where I moved the Jetta so that I need not worry about it
getting broken into (this is where I put my customer's vehicles when they
come here to get worked on) but I just hate the thought of this kind of
thievery going on in my neighborhood.
I have always thought the same as Jim, that if I just left the van unlocked
that thieves wouldn't get anything important and wouldn't brake anything
getting in.  Now I am concerned about someone actually stealing my van ('91
Carat Vanagon).  I mean the Jetta they tried to steal was pretty beat up and
I was only trying to sell it for $600 so why shouldn't they try to steal my
way nicer Carat?  I am seriously thinking about adding a kill switch.  Either
that or just putting the automatic shifter lever in the "drive" position
every night :)
Ken Wilford
Van-Again
John 3:16