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Re:A surprisingly simple way to foil car thieves by nso on Monday July 17, 2023 @12:32PM (#36760286)
I have an old beater. It cost me 2300 USD when I bought it. Last year the ignition cylinder broke. My friend is a mechanic and he told me he could replace the cylinder for 90 USD, or buy him a beer to just install a button. I now jokingly call my car a Tesla since it starts with a button (it also requires the key)
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Re:A surprisingly simple way to foil car thieves by thatcat on Monday July 17, 2023 @12:41PM (#36760442)
Lol. I soldered in an alligator clip jumper wire for my friend to temporarily bypass the failing ignition switch and he left it like that, says he likes the sparking.
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Re:A surprisingly simple way to foil car thieves by incahoots on Monday July 17, 2023 @12:39PM (#36760417)
The button was my go-to when I got a new car, I would defeat the lock cylinder without damaging the steering column, and place a button in a obscure spot to start my cars.
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Re:A surprisingly simple way to foil car thieves by mavhc on Monday July 17, 2023 @12:39PM (#36760415)
Tesla cars don't need a button to start
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Re:A surprisingly simple way to foil car thieves by _flux on Monday July 17, 2023 @04:14PM (#36763429)
The brake pedal is _almost_ like a button.
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Re:A surprisingly simple way to foil car thieves by bookofjoe on Monday July 17, 2023 @01:30PM (#36761224)
Off topic: My first car was a 1966 white Buick Skylark convertible that I bought for $500 cash in the summer of 1976 in Los Angeles when I was 28 years old.

Prior to that I had lived in LA from 1966 on and got around on foot and on my bicycle and city buses.

I drove that giant Buick — I mean it was HUGE, both in terms of length and width as well as weight — for about five years, the final 2-3 of which featured a caved-in non-functional driver's side door resulting from having been T-boned by a little old lady who ran a stop sign.

No worries: I'd just hop over the side or use the passenger side door.

After the crash I never worried about theft.

Also, amusingly, when I was on freeways, cars in adjacent lanes would quickly move away.

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