USB cable to steal a car? The old GM cars of the 60’s-2000 could be stolen with a screw driver. We had to add a hot switch to the ignition coil power to prevent them from being stolen but then you had to buy a new key switch or even steering column depending on damage done by the attempted thief.
Can’t believe, well I can, that the Koreans would make them that easy to steal!
Steering wheel lock?
Install a hidden ignition switch?
“as community awareness improves”
Then we’ll be even worse off.
My daughter is negotiating today with a guy to sell her Hyundai Veloster. It’s 2017 and I don’t think it’s on the hot list
Bluetooth(R) or other coded keys might send out a code permitting the microcomputer controlled engine to start.
How about mandatory minimum 2 year jail sentences for folks who steal cars?
When I was young car theft was primarily used to supply ‘chop shops’.
I have a Kia soul, but it’s a manual 😈
They won’t steal a manual transmission vehicle.
Years ago I had a Jeep Wrangler that I had trouble insuring. I had to buy and use a steering wheel lock bar. The agent told me if my Jeep was stolen and the lock bar wasn’t in use, they would not pay. Pain in the behind though.
I have a 2012!Kia
Still have insurance
If i owned one of these cars i would do like id did with my old Supra.
Park, pop the hood, pull out the ignition fuse.
After a few times it becomes a very quick process and my car never got stolen.
Put the AI Chat bot on this to see if it has the solution.
"Insurance giants State Farm and Progressive are now refusing to insure many vehicles sold by the two Korean auto brands in those cities and others now.
Insurance giants State Farm and Progressive are now refusing to insure many vehicles sold by the two Korean auto brands in those cities and others now."
" In a statement to The Drive, Progressive confirmed that it was no longer issuing new insurance policies
to "some" Hyundai and Kia vehicles in certain cities.
"Due to the theft risk that some Hyundai and Kia vehicles present, in many cases it makes these vehicles difficult to insure, so in certain areas of the country
we have adjusted our acceptance criteria for new business (there is no change for existing customers) on some of these models," the spokesperson said.
"We’ll continue to monitor how this issue plays out and are hopeful to be able to revisit our decision as the theft risk diminishes and community awareness improves."
The way to fix this is give Black people more money.
Far be it that an insurance company to lose money!
Family from Ukraine left without car after teens stole their uninsured one and crashed
Where to start, eh?