Tesla Stolen in 30 Secs

[outrun]

I had a lot of questions from admiral when reinsuring the FF about the key type. Turns out they are insisting on a tracker subscription for the newer Ferrari keyless system as obviously, it’s rubbish. I’m glad mine has an actual key, I can handle pushing a wee button to open it.

 

[FIFTY]

My boss uses a steering wheel lock on his X3 M40i (another easy target for theft). He said the insurance company gives him a discount... Its a bit old school as others have said you would think in this age manufacturers would not leave such blatant security vulnerabilities on their cars

 

[azapa]

Not really, it's a constant battle of creative minds. Just depends who's on the ascendant at any one time.

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Can't agree on this one C. This particular hack is way too easy. Lack of basic security forethought at the factory!

 

[midlifecrisis]

Just bought shares in Krook-lok...

 

[MrPea]

If Maserati had that sort of technology in there cars thieves still wouldn't touch them due to the initial boom from the exhaust, it would wake the dead.

Loud pipes saves lives as us old bikers used to say.

Unfortunately, we have verifiable evidence on this forum that having one if the loudest exhaust systems out there didn't prevent the car being nicked, almost certainly with the engine running.

 

[Wack61]

You guys are missing the point of the lesson here. If Maserati had that sort of technology in there cars thieves still wouldn't touch them due to the initial boom from the exhaust, it would wake the dead.

Loud pipes saves lives as us old bikers used to say.

Serves the sanctimonious Tesla owner right for allowing his car to be involuntarily recycled.

Many cars with loud exhausts have been stolen ,RS4 RS6 , Golf R my key is in a faraday pouch and overnight it's parked with a disklok on and cars in front of it.
As with all thieves they have plenty of opportunity , make it harder and they'll find another victim.

I am however utterly astounded it's easier to steal a car in 2019 than it was in 1979.

I'm really surprised insurance companies aren't pushing the manufacturers into retro fitting something to stop it .

 

[jayblue]

Diskloks on all the vehicles on my drive and a faraday bag for the keyless one too. Been there and done it with having a car stolen in the night and don't particularly want to repeat the experience.

Security on modern cars is a joke, even non keyless stuff with push button start is easily defeated in under a minute (I know as the guys who nicked one of my previous cars woke me up before they had even gained access to the vehicle, so I was able to watch them steal it! All done in around 1 minute)

 

[lifes2short]

there's only one true ant-theft device that actually works and that's the trunk monkey, got mine on order, will give you guys some feedback on arrival

 

[Felonious Crud]

An old mate used to put a screwdriver sharp end up under the driver's seat of his car as an invisible deterrent. He came back to his car once to find it broken into an a fair amount of blood on the seat. He's still not sure he wouldn't rather have had it nicked.

Another old mate, ex-Road Rat and the hardest ******* I've ever known, had his bike taken from his garage in Feltham, despite locks on the bike and the garage doors, plus a door alarm. Didn't even hear them take it, which was probably a good outcome for the thief in more ways than one. My point is, lock it up all you like but if someone's really determined they'll still take it. The best you can do is make it just a bit harder than pinching someone else's car. Our challenge is that the cars we drive are a bit more rare and desirable.

 

[Gazcw]

The simple solution for any EV owner is to leave it flat overnight! Simples.

 

[midlifecrisis]

The simple solution for any EV owner is to leave it flat overnight! Simples.

I suppose the equivalent for petrol is to have a close to empty tank

 

[lifes2short]

think they should make these legal in the UK

 

[lifes2short]

An old mate used to put a screwdriver sharp end up under the driver's seat of his car as an invisible deterrent.

, must of been a right pain in the 4rse

 

[Gazcw]

I suppose the equivalent for petrol is to have a close to empty tank

I do actually run my station/airport car close to empty most of the time.

 

[jw38]

Depends where you are too. I wouldn’t want to be woken up by a gun toting American car thief pointing his AR at my face screaming at me for the keys to my car...

Don’t get me started on biometric security!

Very interesting that you paint with such a broad brush. The only time I've been robbed was when I lived in Littleport while stationed at RAF Lakenheath. I was robbed at knifepoint at about 6PM while visiting a shop to buy pint of milk. You're watching too much TV.

 

[jarhead3121]

You guys are missing the point of the lesson here. If Maserati had that sort of technology in there cars thieves still wouldn't touch them due to the initial boom from the exhaust, it would wake the dead.

Loud pipes saves lives as us old bikers used to say.

Serves the sanctimonious Tesla owner right for allowing his car to be involuntarily recycled.

EXACTLY what I was thinking.. no way you start my car without me knowing.. LOL.

 

[Felonious Crud]

Very interesting that you paint with such a broad brush. The only time I've been robbed was when I lived in Littleport while stationed at RAF Lakenheath. I was robbed at knifepoint at about 6PM while visiting a shop to buy pint of milk. You're watching too much TV.

Lakenheath... the wild east!

The only times I've felt unsafe were at the wrong end of a very dodgy night in Stoke Newington, and once or twice in Johannesburg.

 

[jw38]

Lakenheath... the wild east!

The only times I've felt unsafe were at the wrong end of a very dodgy night in Stoke Newington, and once or twice in Johannesburg.

My 3 years at Lakenheath were the most enjoyable of the 20 years I spent in the Air Force! I'm in agreement with you with regard to Johannesburg. I've been there three times and that was three times to many!

 

[Felonious Crud]

My 3 years at Lakenheath were the most enjoyable of the 20 years I spent in the Air Force! I'm in agreement with you with regard to Johannesburg. I've been there three times and that was three times to many!

 

[lifes2short]

if I can be serious for once, what's wrong with the good old fashioned well hidden simple cut off switch cutting feed to either fuel pump or coil, remember fitting them to all my old motors many moons ago, that would seriously confuse these scum thieving fookers with all their high tech gadgetry, there comes a point when you have too much ridiculous technology that's simply not required, cant see the point of keyless entry, just a gimmick and seems it's just made the thieves jobs even easier, they must be laughing all the way to the container ships