zrk
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- First Name
- Zack
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- Apr 20, 2021
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- Chicago, IL
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- 2021 Supra - Nocturnal Black
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ain't no body got time for a garage. Street parking is life.Yeah, a flatbed can also steal a car effortlessly in minutes.
Car hobby starts with a proper garage.
You can't clone the key, at least for Supra/BMW. You can only use amplifier devices to basically rebroadcast / extend an existing keys radio range... which they can do from outside your house with a powerful enough device.Is it possible that the theif cloned this person’s key earlier in the day or a previous day? I don’t know how these things work but could this scenario be possible? It would explain the speed in which the car was taken. Gone in 60 seconds
Thanks for that information as I was not aware of how thieves do the things they do. Very good to know. I will take further steps to protect my vehicle from an easy theft.You can't clone the key, at least for Supra/BMW. You can only use amplifier devices to basically rebroadcast / extend an existing keys radio range... which they can do from outside your house with a powerful enough device.
Then they can enter the car, start it and drive off since it is the same as having the key, but once they drive off they no longer have a working key anymore, but car will continue to run until they turn it off. They typically head straight for a port/cargo container so the car can be shipped overseas.
I don't know... I've had to replace a battery for a fob on a car that has only driven 6k miles. Seems like it would have lasted forever seeing how it was never used. Possibly a fluke, though. Who knows?My understanding is the Supra’s key fobs are the newer style of BMW fob that turn off after a couple minutes of being motionless to prevent thefts. They no longer constantly try to send signals which is what these relays would intercept.
Every try to pull an A/T Supra onto a flatbed tow truck?Yeah, a flatbed can also steal a car effortlessly in minutes.
Car hobby starts with a proper garage.
Had someone ask me where I had read that and now realize “turn off” was a poor description. Technically they go into a sleep mode so probably the same as a laptop, not fully off but using minimal energy.I don't know... I've had to replace a battery for a fob on a car that has only driven 6k miles. Seems like it would have lasted forever seeing how it was never used. Possibly a fluke, though. Who knows?
Just using the motion sensor as an interrupt.Had someone ask me where I had read that and now realize “turn off” was a poor description. Technically they go into a sleep mode so probably the same as a laptop, not fully off but using minimal energy.