Modern Car Theft

aVdub

He might have saved you a lot of money and grief tbh.

blicky_1

I guess this is more of a risk with 'keyless entry' not 'keyless start' as my BMW does not have it (you have to press a button on the remote to unlock first then to start it's keyless)

The wife's last car (Fiesta ST) had the full keyless entry & start with the button to unlock/lock on the door handle, with this I could go out the front door and unlock/start the car if she had left her handbag next to the front door (car parked directly in front of the door so close enough to register) was never happy with this so glad it's gone!

Drd

That surprises me. On our Audi, and on our Jaguar, if I'm standing by the driver's door and my wife tries to open any other door she fails, and it drives her up the wall that the system is so pernickety ( and that I'm sometimes deliberately slow).

Bl4ckGryph0n

It just demonstrates that some manufacturers implement this correctly. Same for our vehicle.. I have to be right next to it. I haven't had a chance to try it with my software defined radio yet

Drd

You can always smash a window if you want realism

BigPro

I would have thought that you would need to have the key in the car for the engine to run. Once you drive away from the key, it is obvious that the car may have been stolen and so the engine should stop running, brakes activate and car come to a complete stop. This could be improved by the alarm sounding as well.

wongataa

This can't happen as it could be dangerous.

Dony

Not if the car deactivated at the 1st gear change.

imightbewrong

There must be some great chances for major annoyance with these keys.  E.g.

- You take your wife to the station
- You have forgotten your key, but don't realise as she has hers in her handbag
- You park up and see her off on her way to [far away place]
- Oh no - your key is miles away at home and you are now stuck in the carpark

So many things that can't happen with the button system.

Also why is it called keyless at all? - you still need a key

IronGiant

It's not a mechanical key, it's more like a fob...

Digitally, it's a key, but you never have to insert it...

                                                                                                                                               

key
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noun
noun: key; plural noun: keys
1.
a small piece of shaped metal with incisions cut to fit the wards of a particular lock, which is inserted into a lock and turned to open or close it.
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