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To: marktwain
I drove a Hundai Elantra I rented this summer, in Wisconsin.

A Hundai/Kia, in Wisconsin, in the summer??? I didn't think there were any left! You are lucky you didn't car jacked. Most Hundai/Kia's on the road today have a design mistake that allows them to be stolen with a USB cable, which the company refused to fix or recall. We have had thousands of them stolen each year. I personally know several people who have been the victims of this, and I have personally seen these "Kia Boys" thieves driving erratically swerving back and forth with their friends sitting on the car's open window sills. We recently had a pregnant mother killed by one of these monsters driving a stolen Kia at 113 miles per hour down a suburban street. I will never buy a Hundai/Kia because of the social cost of their bad engineering and their despicable refusal to fix it.

Kia Boys Documentary (A Story of Teenage Car Theft)

38 posted on 11/16/2023 3:47:50 PM PST by Ronaldus Magnus (I grieve and lament over all the abominations practiced by our society.)
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To: Ronaldus Magnus

Now put that together with “porch pirates” and the rash of thefts out of Amazon delivery trucks...

Sounds like a match made in Heaven (for the thieves).


42 posted on 11/16/2023 4:37:34 PM PST by grey_whiskers ( The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: Ronaldus Magnus
We have had thousands of them stolen each year. I personally know several people who have been the victims of this, and I have personally seen these "Kia Boys" thieves driving erratically swerving back and forth with their friends sitting on the car's open window sills.

So criminals figure out how to bypass keys and steal cars, and the victims are at fault!

Blaming the car company for what thieves do is real social engineering!

47 posted on 11/16/2023 6:44:48 PM PST by marktwain
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To: Ronaldus Magnus

“Most Hundai/Kia’s on the road today have a design mistake that allows them to be stolen with a USB cable, which the company refused to fix or recall.”

WRONG! It is Hyundai, not Hundai.

And they are providing a free software upgrade to all affected vehicles.


48 posted on 11/16/2023 6:45:55 PM PST by TexasGator
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To: Ronaldus Magnus

“and their despicable refusal to fix it.”

They fixed it.


50 posted on 11/16/2023 6:49:18 PM PST by TexasGator
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