On Sunday, July 24, 2016 at 9:23:35 AM UTC-10, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 7/24/2016 2:57 PM, wrote:
>
> >>> I miss the cute triangle vent windows on the 2 front ones. Best way to
> >>> funnel some air into the car while driving.
> >>>
> >>
> >> They were especially important if you were a smoker. They were
> >> eliminated mostly for cost reduction at the time, but now with climate
> >> control and cabin air filters you have pretty good air all the time.
> >
> > They were incredibly annoying if someone broke into your car through
> > that window. That happened to me and Honda did not keep them in
> > stock, almost never having to replace them, so I had to wait while
> > they organised one straight from Japan back then In a Canadian
> > winter I just had plastic and of course, no car security for about
> > four weeks.
> >
>
> Sounds like you had no security before it was broken. That is a good
> reason not to lock car doors. I've had people go into my car a few
> times, but no loss, no damage. Locked cars had a lot of damage from
> broken windows, pry marks

I like that idea. My wife makes me lock the car door although I see no need to do so since there's no way to start the engine in modern cars. The door on my car doesn't lock most times anyway. It will trigger the alarm if the door is opened which is just as effective as locking it.