Comments on: Stupid vehicle security http://blog.amber.org/2007/04/06/stupid-vehicle-security/ Thoughts of a minor lunatic Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:55:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: chad http://blog.amber.org/2007/04/06/stupid-vehicle-security/comment-page-1/#comment-49304 chad Mon, 09 Apr 2007 20:58:44 +0000 http://blog.amber.org/2007/04/06/stupid-vehicle-security/#comment-49304 1) pancake locks (is that what it is? My monitor is crappy) are cheap. 2) It's a late 70's Ford van. This is someone who's been robbed and is just looking for a visual deterrent to keep the crackheads at bay. That door lock is a 3-second pop with no loud noise. The hinges, though easy enough, require banging, and then heavy lifting. The pancake is more time, more fiddling, more exposure. What the owner is saying is, "If you're going to rob me, take the whole van. I need the insurance money." 1) pancake locks (is that what it is? My monitor is crappy) are cheap.

2) It’s a late 70’s Ford van. This is someone who’s been robbed and is just looking for a visual deterrent to keep the crackheads at bay. That door lock is a 3-second pop with no loud noise. The hinges, though easy enough, require banging, and then heavy lifting. The pancake is more time, more fiddling, more exposure. What the owner is saying is, “If you’re going to rob me, take the whole van. I need the insurance money.”

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