Re:A surprisingly simple way to foil car thieves
by ghaff on Monday July 17, 2023 @12:32PM
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I used to have a car that had a kill switch requiring the turn signal to be turned on or some such thing. It was periodically a pain with valets or parking garages where your car might need to be moved. I'd leave a big note but it was ignored about half the time.
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Re:A surprisingly simple way to foil car thieves
by zerd on Monday July 17, 2023 @12:40PM
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A friend had a car that required that you hold a magnet at a very specific spot in the back of the arm rest to be able to start ignition. Don't think he ever tried to valet that.
Re:A surprisingly simple way to foil car thieves
by progman32 on Monday July 17, 2023 @02:07PM
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Had a valet ignore a huge, printed instruction taped over my steering wheel on how not to food my car (leave it running for at least 60 seconds). Sure enough, they flooded it really bad trying to start it over and over. Killed the battery. Never used a valet after that.