How to secure your Thing

[oasis]

The Wolfburg West shift lock is nice and not too expensive. Here is my assortment of security -- none of it that great but collectively requires time. I have a battery cutoff similar to citroen thanks to the previous owner.

Double lock at storage area -- can't take it with me but there's a CCTV camera overhead as well.

The classic -- my dad would say it's enough to keep the honest people out.

The cable goes around the bumper and a five-inch pipe (or the pipe portion of a fence if at home). I have a 25-foot cable I take with me if it has to be parked alone for any period of time like at the train station when I use Thing to commute. Just another layer of annoyance.

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Now: 2003 New Beetle Turbo S / 1990 Single Cab Transporter / 2014 Tiguan R-Line 4motion / 2013 Tiguan S / 2002 Golf GLS TDI
Past: 1974 Thing Acapulco / 2009 Eos Komfort / 1997 Jetta GT / 2002 Cabrio GLX / 2002 Passat GLS / 1971 Super Beetle / 1993 EuroVan MV Westfalia / 1981 Pickup LX / 1985 Vanagon / 1986 Jetta GLI

[hobie16]

The steering wheel bar can be overcome by taking a hacksaw to the steering wheel.
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[oasis]

[strelnik]

[HMVWNAB]

[mlwmerk]

When I was in the Army in Korea in 1963-1965 and driving Three Quarter Ton Trucks w/o ignition key locks - we used to carry a heavy duty chain and lock.

One wrap around the clutch pedal and around the steering wheel would successfully deter thefts. Also the fact that barbed wire and chain link fences were everywhere and every one was armed also helped.

It wasn't so much the Koreans we wanted to deter but our fellow sticky fingered US GIs. It was a major PIA to lose a Govmt vehicle.

[JBall8019]

Is it easy to get the shifter lock keyed like the ignition key?
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John

[Semper_Dad]

[sxuxrxf]

Even if it were possible to match the ignition key, it wouldn't matter.
The shift lock works like the ignition...both keys must be inserted into their mechanisms in order to start the engine and shift. The shift lock key is only removable in the "locked" position. You can see in the picture above that there is a key ring on the key. It's a detachable unit so you can clip it to your main key chain when you lock up the car and walk away.
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[wbrown45]

They must have changed them since I had my Wolfsburg West version from the late 80's. On mine you could take the key out in the locked, or unlocked position.
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