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Originally Posted by Lemers (Post 887300)

Insurance my friends. That's why we willingly pay thieves to help soften the blow when street thieves take our ****.

:icon18::iagree:

from my understanding of the article it seems like a lot of the proposed solutions on this thread wont prevent people stealing the car. it seems like what they're doing is tricking the key into thinking the car is nearby (hence the guy within 8 meters) the key then sends out the unlock/ignition verification which is then transmitted to a wireless transmitter which fools the car into thinking the key is right there and starts the ignition.

Locks only prevent the small time thieves. The more "professional" ones will get by locks no matter how fanscy they are.

Most thieves like the "soft target". Protect your stuff by making your car harder to steal than the next guy's.

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Originally Posted by frost (Post 887229)

I saw some news story that was warning against people using scanners in parking lots, and getting your frequency (i guess) when you lock your car with your fob as you're walking away. It gave the advice of: if you see anyone standing around in the parking lot as you're getting out of our car, hit the "lock" button on your door rather than using your fob.
I didn't pay as much attention as I probably should have because I already only use my button on the door (since my fob is generally in my pocket).

Also, as someone who has had a car stolen the old fashioned way (with the steering column ripped out), I'd more than appreciate the less damage being done to the car as possible in case it's found :icon17:

Makes me think about last summer. I was standing at night on my balcony (actually watching the car under moon light...) when a walker took some sort of device of his jacket put it close to the car when he walked by. He never looked back on the device when he put it back into his jacket and continue his journey... At that time i tought i was a bugler scanning the car for battery leaks (laptop etc...). Could it be the same thing???

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Originally Posted by Philipp (Post 887930)

That's a little weird, but any chance it was his cell phone or camera of some type? I have seen people before walk by and take a quick pic. I don't know about any sort of scanner for battery leaks, that seems like if it does exist that it is to high tech for petty thieves to have. They are more the smash and grab type only in for what they can see and carry.

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Originally Posted by CrownR426 (Post 887165)

When I used to help out at a Ford dealer my shop manager told me a story.
He was a teacher at Lincoln Tech. and Mercedes Benz came with their new lines of cars.
The Mercedes guy was boasting about how amazing their keyless entry system is and that you can't ever steal their cars. He told me all you have to do is jack up the car so that the computer thinks that you got into an accident and it'll unlock the doors because that's a safety feature most cars offer these days.

That is the same on the BMWs.

if someone really wants to steal your car, they will find a way to do it. best thing is to have insurance :)

so someone manages to steal the car by relaying the fob signal...what happens when they need to restart the car later? Do they just have that original signal stored and re-broadcast it?

If so, it seems like an intermediate fix would be to program fobs with rotating coded signals. This may deter some would-be thiefs if they know they can only start the car once. But maybe they wouldnt care if they are just taking it to a chop shop.

They aren't concerned about restarting your car when it's sitting on the chop shop floor in a million pieces.

Considering the trouble I think theives will concentrate on stealing your wheels than the entire car. Pretty soon all cars will have gps and it im sure it will be easier to trace the car ....let alone be able to get status info online in realtime.