Will a kill switch be theasiest remedy?
The news article kind of sounds like an advertisement for that particular security system. There are multiple add on security systems for vehicles already. There is one where they run wires though a receptable and the plug is the key. Each one is different so there is no single method to bypass the system. It would take hours to disconnect the receptacle and sort out which wires connect together.
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Any car can be stolen in secondsā¦with a tow truck. Every day I drive around in my work truck, and I see lots of unmarked tow trucks, and some marked with the name or acronym of companies which do nothing but repossess vehicles on behalf of banks and ābuy here, pay hereā dealers. These people can grab a car within less than a minute, and I have seen it happen more than once.
Personally, I would NEVER buy a car with push-to-start, nor any other remote communication devices onboard. I want something which offers the level of technology, and convenience features, found in a mid-1990ās economy car.
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Push to start isnāt inherently theft-prone. My Corolla is configured push to start. But best if possession of a unique-to-the-owner physical object (like a key) is required to start and operate the vehicle. Most tech businesses in this area hand out a small electronic security gadget to their employees that allows the employees to work from home and still access the corporate computer system. It displays a 6-8 digit number that changes every few minutes. The employee must enter that number to access the corporate computers. The corporate computers know what that number is at that particular time. I presume every employeeās gadget displays different numbers.
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Anyway. Just install a IID (ignition interlock system), or as we have discussed on here before, a remote kill switch (toggle) for the starter, I am pretty sure this was discussed over the stolen Kiaās I think it wasā¦ Maybe George made a thread about thisā¦
Kill power to the vehicle, makes it hard to steal a vehicle that doesnāt start and I donāt think a thief is gonna take the time to do a no crank no start diagnostic in order to steal your carā¦
Bespoke, home brewā¦
IIRC I was never able to identify a product available in the USA which didnāt involve a recurring fee.
Just like the in the video I posted (#3 post) a toggle switch has NO recurring feeā¦
Somehow I donāt think you are understanding the push button start in the OPā¦ It picks up your key fob signal and then, not using a hard key of any kind, you are able to just push a start button on the dash, console or wherever the OEMās installed it to start your vehicleā¦
This is not like a remote start you can have cause your ignition lock cylinder or switch etc went bad and you are to cheap to repair itā¦ Yes lots of race cars and hot rods use push button start to start there vehicle, but anybody can hop in and start them without a fobā¦
Done correctly Yesā¦
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Thanks for the clarification. However my custom method provides the same function, except it uses a key instead of a fob. The fob method requires a specific physical fob to start the car. My method requires a specific physical key.
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Vehicles with mechanical ignitions are more frequently stolen.
Below is a list of top ten vehicles stolen for 2021, most frequent model year and number of thefts shown.
These Are The 10 Top Most Stolen Vehicles In Each State | Carscoops
It must be pretty easy. I recall you saying you routinely have to start the engines of customerās cars in your shop, even drive them from one area to another, during the repair process, cars that you donāt have any keys for. You presumably have the advantage of the doors being open.
On occasion when a vehicle blocked a driveway, that was 25 years ago when vehicles lacked immobilizers.
Thievesā open windows with a rock.
My 52 Plymouth was push to start. The starter died and it was 4 days to payday. I was young and broke and they did not hand out credit cards to people like me back then ,so for 4 days I pushed the car down the street with the key on, jumped in and popped it into gear,
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LOL. I saw āpush to startā in the thread title and was thinking āduhā¦ā - activate the ignition, push it to get it going an pop the clutch. Iām not āoldtimerā enough to have been in a '52 Plymouth. But I did once have a '64 Fordā¦among a few other vehicles than sometimes required the old bump start.
My first car memory was a āpush to startā '55 Studebaker. My dad had added a push button because the ignition lock had worn out. 4-year old me got in and pushed the button when the car was sitting in the driveway. Dad came running, QUICK!
I seem to remember you were having problems with your 1992 Corolla ignition switch a few years ago and rather than replacing it, you installed one of these . . .
The āstartā position on the Corolla was getting iffy. The main objective of the āstartā rewiring job was to install a relay so the" 'start" position contact didnāt have to handle the entire starter motor solenoid current. The push-button was a whim. I start the Corolla using the push button, but it is wired up so that it can still be started the normal way, with the key in the āstartā position,. The relay installation solved the iffy āstartā position problem.
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The easiest push-to-start car ever was the old VW bug. You could roll it fast enough even just sitting in the drivers seat and pushing with your left leg.
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When traveling from Manhattan to NJ, the Lincoln Tunnel has a fairly long downhill stretch. My brother used to shut-off his '64 Bugās engine, and would coast down that downhill stretch. Just before the uphill stretch began, he would push the clutch pedal, engage 3rd gear, and then let-up on the clutch.
I think that he probably saved about 3 cents worth of gas by doing this.
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But they were the sweetest 3Ā¢ he ever made.
When I did that in my 1961 Volvo 544, a friend called me the cheapest SOB hever met.
As a registered tree hugger and Greenie, I did ito savexpensive fuel and reduce air pollution.