Cinch pins or locks?

Popsie wrote:

docj wrote:
When we had a Chevy Malibu as a toad we used an unchipped key for towing and knew that no one could start the car and drive off. So we used hitch pins without locks. With our new CR-V we need to used a chipped key in order to comply with the directions for towing, so now we use locks.

We have an unchipped key (half the price of a chipped key - really the same key, but they don't program the car for it). We use the chipped key to go through the drill to ready the transmission, then turn off engine, put it in park, pull the chipped key, insert the unchipped key and turn it to the towing position - then lock the doors with the chipped key.

I think you might be asking for trouble with the CRV by turning the key off and putting the transmission in Park to change the key. When you put the blank key back in and move the shift lever from PARK to Neutral, you have to go by REVERSE to get back to Neutral. According to the CRV's owner manual you should only go to neutral from DRIVE and never shift from reverse to NEUTRAL. Now weather if it matters when the engine is not running when you do this, I don't know, but myself as a CRV owner, I am not willing to take that chance. Take a look in you owners manual index under "towing behind a MH" and go to that page and read it your self.
Now back to the locks question, I use a set of locks, 3, all keyed alike so you only need one key for all locks, keep one on each key ring. Here is what I use
LOCKS