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Reading through it seems like people are misinterpreting this. By my reading the car has an anti-theft device that was triggered by the installation of seats.
by PJDK 6y ago
Reading through it seems like people are misinterpreting this.
By my reading the car has an anti-theft device that was triggered by the installation of seats. There is a remote system to override the anti-theft device, but that doesn't work because it requires mobile reception.
It's kind of funny, but this doesn't really tell you anything about the dangers of "smart cars" or anything.
- cm2187 6y agoSo what happens if someone tries to steal a car in a cark park?
- tlb 6y agoThey can joyride around inside the parking garage as long as they like.
- gruez 6y agoOr disable/jam the antenna and joyride indefinitely
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- LeonM 6y ago> They can joyride around inside the parking garage as long as they like. No, the car will be disabled due to the anti-theft system. The anti theft system doesn't need connectivity to work. It does need connectivity to be disabled remotely by Ferrari. However, that is never needed during normal operation. The owner of the Ferrari modified the car (after market seats, apparently), causing the anti-theft function to immobilize the car as a safety measure.
- drawkbox 6y agoSo Ferris Bueller could have never happened. Also, Ferrari's are useless in the apocalypse. I mean one benefit of the apocalypse is that maybe you could drive a Ferrari. Nope, they disable themselves when the grid goes down.
- rasz 6y agoMost movie Ferraris are ok, because they either never were real like Modena replica in Ferris or Corvette dressed up as Daytona in Miami Vice, or were gutted by production company with all safeties disabled. The last thing you want during a shoot is a non working car when your burning >$250,000 a day.
- mannykannot 6y agoIt tells us that the people who are designing these things are not considering some of the most basic issues.
- gambiting 6y agoI think preventing your car from being stolen is an extremely basic issue - it's a risk that exists at the back of your mind constantly when you drive an expensive vehicle, so yeah, I'm glad the car does this. The situation in here is more like "haha, ok, we just need to tow this thing out of the garage and try again" - no big deal.
- callamdelaney 6y agoI agree with gambiting. Yeah, it sucks, but just tow your car outside and turn it on again. These things exist for a reason. If it had really been stolen, and there was the work around of 'oh, there's no signal so we'll let the car start and drive off' - then a thief could permanently jam that signal, or remove the electronic device responsible for receiving that signal. E.g, it's not perfect but it is secure.
- danparsonson 6y ago> ...just toe your car outside... Hehe I wouldn't normally pick up on typos but this a great one - "tow" your car outside, unless maybe you're planning to kick it out there :-)
- callamdelaney 6y agoThanks, fixed!
- jessaustin 6y agoDon't know about the mass of this particular car, but I once started an Integra with a dead battery by "skateboarding" it: pushing with the driver's door open and then scooting in to throw it into third once I had enough momentum.
- dehrmann 6y agoTIL the first thing car thieves do is replace the seats.
- spaceisballer 6y agoIt is kind of funny that people never thought of that. For the 2020 Census there was a big push to have our interviewing app always connected. Thankfully we did a lot of pushing back, people who live in metro areas have no idea how bad cell coverage can be. And when we have to count the entire US you can’t always be connected. Just seems to me like they made that bad assumption.
- josephorjoe 6y agoand one would think even people who live in metros areas would have noticed that you have little or no cell service when you are underground (on trains or vehicles going through tunnels)-- or when you are deep inside some giant old office building or museum -- or in the middle of a nice sized park.
- LargeWu 6y agoI live in a major US city and there are still areas within city limits where I can't reliably get cell coverage.
- covercash 6y ago> the car has an anti-theft device that was triggered by the installation of seats. There is a remote system to override the anti-theft device, but that doesn't work because it requires mobile reception. I’ve been following the thread on Reddit and there’s an added piece you’re missing. The mechanic triggered the anti-theft device so the car went into an initial lock down, that can be disabled remotely by Ferrari. The mechanic contacts Ferrari who can’t override the anti-theft because the car is without signal. At this stage the anti-theft mechanism is also attempting to contact Ferrari, probably with location data to help recover the car, still thinking it has been stolen. But due to the fact that it can’t get a signal out, it assumes the worst and enters full lock down mode that requires some sort of fix that can only be performed by Ferrari themselves.
- temp667 6y agoAll as it should be. Reality - if they had just pulled it outside they could have had it fixed in no time.