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"The thefts are reportedly easy to pull off because many 2015-2019 Hyundai and Kia vehicles lack electronic immobilizers" <-- Being the unfortunate owner of an
by dusted 4y ago
"The thefts are reportedly easy to pull off because many 2015-2019 Hyundai and Kia vehicles lack electronic immobilizers" <-- Being the unfortunate owner of an even older suzuki ignis (secondary car, don't judge), who have has a key break and lost just the damn immobilizer chip from inside the key.. (meaning I had to spend over $100 for a replacement for a security system for a car nobody would steal anyway) I'm making a mental note that a 2015 Kia is a reasonable next car.
I'd pay a premium for a car with no digital electronics in the critical path (meaning I can repeair everything with a bag of diodes, resistors and capacitors)
- shortcake27 4y ago> …for a car nobody would steal anyway) I'm making a mental note that a 2015 Kia is a reasonable next car. But people are stealing the Kia’s. In bulk. That’s the issue discussed in the article. This contradicts your own reasoning about what people would want to steal. I’d rather spend $100 on the extremely rare occasion I lose or break a key than own a car that’s trivial to steal. Each to their own though.
- dusted 4y agoTo be honest, I don't even lock my car anyway.. If people are stealing cars in bulk in a society, what that society has is not a problem with insufficient locks. But I get your point.. If I was in a place like that and couldn't get out, I'd have no choice but to learn to love the security system, even if it is an additional risk of making trouble for me.