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Thieves Break Into Cars Using Mysterious ‘Black Box’
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| 2/27/14
Posted on 02/27/2014 10:04:29 PM PST by Kartographer
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To: Kartographer
That’s why I like my bottom-of-the-line Yaris with manual everything.
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posted on
02/28/2014 6:41:01 AM PST
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(If Barack Hussein Obama entertains a thought that he does not verbalize, is it still a lie?)
To: Smokin' Joe
I remember cars with starter buttons on the floor (still have a pickup with oneand the crank behind the seat), and the lock was only something you used when you went to townif you remembered to bring the key.The funny thing is, that retro technology would probably stump most car thieves today. Most of them can't even drive a stick shift.
To: jsanders2001
I was a witness to car thieves in my neighborhood last July ... they were using a blackbox device and were able to access all cars except newer Mercedes and BMW ... I know from researching Mercedes and BMW that they are the ONLY car companies that haven’t released the codes/algorithms associated with their electronic keys... That’s both good and bad... a replacement Mercedes key is $500 at the dealer, all other electronic keys can be duplicated by a locksmith... or with a simple copying tool sold on eBay and other websites that is made in China...
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posted on
02/28/2014 7:09:33 AM PST
by
Neidermeyer
(I used to be disgusted , now I try to be amused.)
To: Smokin' Joe
I remember cars with starter buttons on the floor (still have a pickup with oneand the crank behind the seat)I had a '51 Chevy pickup with a floor starter. Some cars even had the starter underneath the gas pedal, not just next to it. You'd pump the gas a few times, then push the pedal all the way down to start the car, at the same time ensuring a full squirt of fuel and open butterflies on the carb.
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posted on
02/28/2014 7:44:14 AM PST
by
IYAS9YAS
(Has anyone seen my tagline? It was here yesterday. I seem to have misplaced it.)
To: Anitius Severinus Boethius
Maybe they should use a mechanical locking mechanism. You mean like this?
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posted on
02/28/2014 8:01:03 AM PST
by
COBOL2Java
(I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
To: Disambiguator
Most of them can't even drive a stick shift.Yep, and it has one of those, too.
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posted on
02/28/2014 9:10:49 AM PST
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
To: jsanders2001
Having looked at it from my perspective in sales (of Video Slot Machines) it just looked like it would be simpler to rob a bank than to try and ‘cheat’ a casino. LOL!
My marketing manager had a string of loose-leaf binders on his desk. He’d point to them (his background check) and say, that’s pretty much everything I’ve done since High School.
My sister-in-law applied for a secretarial job at the FBI — her background check, I’ll wager, was not much more than a phone canvas. (They called me and I had only just married her elder sister). At that point I barely knew the girl.
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posted on
02/28/2014 9:29:17 AM PST
by
Tallguy
To: from occupied ga
What a font of total misinformation There are probably other methods as well, but I can tell you for sure that I can open my car over a cell phone.
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posted on
02/28/2014 9:40:03 AM PST
by
itsahoot
(Voting for RINOs is the same as voting for any other Tyrant)
To: itsahoot
There are probably other methods as well, but I can tell you for sure that I can open my car over a cell phone.With an APP?
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posted on
02/28/2014 9:45:07 AM PST
by
from occupied ga
(Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
To: Nervous Tick
The hard part is mounting the toll reading equipment on the bike when you dont have standard handlebars because you are using a recumbent bicycle cuz you have compleetely swallowed the lure and think recumbents are the advanced bike technology of the future.....dont forget your orange pennant in the long fiberglass pole so the buses see you.
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posted on
03/01/2014 9:22:09 AM PST
by
TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig
(I am the Tea Party bully who took Mitch McConnell's milk money.)
To: HiTech RedNeck
The telematics control we had in 2003 would permit remote start, lock/unlock of doors, headlights on/off, honk horn. Could interrogate GPS on the vehicle bus as well as engine diags. No active control of steering. I'm confident things are much more sophisticated today. Active suspension, collision avoidance. I've been out of that loop for a bit.
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posted on
03/01/2014 6:41:01 PM PST
by
Myrddin
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