As above.

 

watching it now

 

I'd be sleeping in the fucker if I had one.

 

ive had my m5 done twice but they were unable to start it due to having a second immobiliser fitted its a joke

 

Not jus BM owners. Any car that uses a keyless entry/start is at risk.

 

i get so annoyed with the rude cow, they make out that bmw are bad for not telling everyone it could happen,i wouldnt either, least they seem to be trying to stop it
nothing is ever totally secure
remember those guys who were going to EU dealers getting keys made then driving them off in the UK
it isnt like the 80/90 with fords until everyone has a key programmer and they are disappearing from every other road

 

Watching that now.. just see the cctv of the yobs stealing the white 1series off the driveway..

The Kia picanto on now is full on dodgy... piece of shit, its a Kia lol.. worth less than my empty packet of crisps

 

they also said the device costs 6k which is alot of shit.try under 100.
also dont mention the fact the alarm has a fault and doesnt pick up the window getting smashed and hand going in to obd port.
Surely it wouldnt be hard for bmw to add or move sensors in the car so at least the alarm goes off.

 

yup had a few customers cars stolen like this! so we now supply/fit an inhibitor plug to disable the cars OBD port problem solved

 

Yep the way they are stealing new Fords too

As for the dodgy Kia the smajed up and slavage cars in the same yard would have walking away

 

Hey that sounds good..Where can I get one and how do they work?

 

Old news!

 

All modern obd ports, require 2 main lines of communication for the ecu a power and an earth. a simple discrete switch, or removing the fuse for the power, will render the obd port usless

 

missed it whens it on again

 

Should be on Iplayer by tomorrow I would have thought

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19562487

 

Cool I'll have to watch it

 

Just watched it on iplayer, shocking as my neighbour has a BMW X1 and 3 Series convertible.

 

The Idea of a real key (physical one) has been around so long because......... it works.

Digital security much newer, and still tends to have floors in it! It has the potential to be better, but physical security is essential.

The only real defense is a tracker otherwise you low loader it, then connect the device directly to the wires bypassing the obd port away from the place it was nicked! (you don't care if the alarm goes off then! push start = push steal.

The cars made up to this time required a real key as well as a transponder. Both had to work.

 

Real key cars were stoeln alot aswel and in just the same time frame.. cossies etc had a rate of lasting 3 days back in the late 80's IIRC.

 

friend of mine had heis keys swapped on a test drive of two guys who where interested in building it. Gave him a generic looking M5 key and came back during the night a took it with the real key.

They'll always find a way to steal what they cant have.

 

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/t...+footage&mid=0

Thread on piston heads from the owner of the white 1m from a few months ago. Good to see BMW have finally pulled their finger out.

 

was a interesting watch

 

What about any new ford with keyless stop and go?

 

Thats shocking.

 

Trackers are no better ! Cars still get nicked and you can buy jammers for little money ! Best still is a little switch hidden away and connected to an eartf on Ecu or coil pack but if they still won't it thell still take it