Date:         Sun, 8 Jul 2001 19:04:03 -0600
Reply-To:     MtnGal <MtnGal@SIERRATEL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         MtnGal <MtnGal@SIERRATEL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Keys locked in van HERE'S A THOUGHT
Comments: To: Jere Hawn <jbrschawn@EARTHLINK.NET>
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LOL..
Great!
 I have already removed the handles to my exercise machine to put in the
downstairs windows.. Now I have to figure out a way to put bars in the
windows of my van... Oh Lordy!
POSSIBLE REMEDY
I think that clear plastic tubing that looks like a straw (which is
invisible to on lookers)  with a split in the side and properly placed just
might FRUSTRATE THE HELL outta someone trying to get into my van....

                        MtnGal


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jere Hawn" <jbrschawn@EARTHLINK.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2001 7:45 PM
Subject: Re: Keys locked in van


> Larry,
>
> If a crook wants in, he can get in, locks keep the honest people out.  I
> forgot to mention the best two ways in 1. use the key 2. break a window.
> Other ways use a crow bar, use a metal saw, use a chain tied to a truck
and
> jerk the back door off, use a screw driver and a pair of pliers.  There
are
> countless ways in.
>
> I look at the van the same way I look at the stereo installed.  I didn't
use
> all the hardware to put it in, nor the safety stuff. I figure if they want
> it, they'll get it, so why make the dashboard and wiring the sacrificial
> lamb for a $200 stereo.  Don't destroy the van for a part.  And I don't
> carry the Hope Diamond around in it.
>
> Jere
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> From:   Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]  On Behalf
Of
> Lawrence Johnson
> Sent:   Sunday, July 08, 2001 4:50 PM
> To:     vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject:        Re: Keys locked in van
>
> Thanks Jere for publishing this on the WORLD WIDE Web. I'm sure we all
feel
> better knowing that everyone now knows how to break into our vans van.
> Sleep well everyone.
> -Larry
> '86 Syncro Westfalia
>
> <<FYI for those who have ever locked keys in the van I would like to pass
on
> an aged old trick that makes the vanagon the easiest car to get into.
>
> Use a flat rigid piece of something (like a hand saw blade) and
> .......................... down on the window lock and
> slide the window open.
>
> Jere
> 90 GL
> 88 GL>>
>