The kill switch idea isn’t well thought out, especially w/a hybrid, there’s security systems & other dash cam electronics etc running in the background. You kill that it presents other problems altogether.
Also vehicle theft can happen anywhere, near home, at home or while traveling. The idiots spewing this bullshit to move haven’t had this experience happen to them yet but trust, America can be a shit hole at any given time & place / their number just hasn’t come up yet…
also garaging as a suggestion: no shit, we’d all love to garage our rigs. Some are too tall, some of us don’t have a garage. That’s a fking no brainer.
I actually had a smash & grab happen to me while at church. Parked away from other vehicles to avoid door dings. That was a mistake. Also leave nothing in the rig. A Rivian R1T was also broken into that same day/time they took a $10 diaper bag and they smashed the infotainment console along with several chips in the front acoustic glass couldn’t break that window but managed to get in through the rear windows. That dude’s Rivian was probably $15k damage. For a diaper bag.
What you can do: steering wheel lock, OB2 lock, wheel locks, spare tire lock, redundancy locks for anything in the bed under a tonneau, security motion lights outside, security camera if you can swing it. Obviously leave nothing in the vehicle. You’ll be paranoid making sure things are locked every night, you won’t need reminding of that.
you can also disconnect the tail gate switch on the driver console: thieves can break the glass, hit the tailgate button, lower you tailgate and literally disconnect it and walk off with it without triggering the alarm. IDK what a tailgate goes for at a fencing operation but it’s super expensive to get one at a dealership SMH
and the CAN bus attacks are pro level scanner type shit, but like I said, OBD2 lock, steering wheel to seat belt lock, slow these fkers down or make them rethink it entirely. A kill switch makes sense on an old rig like my dodge, I have one, and those are the vehicles most thieves are after — easier to steal, they drive then into business fronts, load up atms and drive off, abandon the vehicle within hours
EDIT: also get a faraday bag for the key fog you have laying out for daily use. Always put the fob in the faraday bag. Or tin can etc. put your extra fobs in a metal safe.
Also vehicle theft can happen anywhere, near home, at home or while traveling. The idiots spewing this bullshit to move haven’t had this experience happen to them yet but trust, America can be a shit hole at any given time & place / their number just hasn’t come up yet…
also garaging as a suggestion: no shit, we’d all love to garage our rigs. Some are too tall, some of us don’t have a garage. That’s a fking no brainer.
I actually had a smash & grab happen to me while at church. Parked away from other vehicles to avoid door dings. That was a mistake. Also leave nothing in the rig. A Rivian R1T was also broken into that same day/time they took a $10 diaper bag and they smashed the infotainment console along with several chips in the front acoustic glass couldn’t break that window but managed to get in through the rear windows. That dude’s Rivian was probably $15k damage. For a diaper bag.
What you can do: steering wheel lock, OB2 lock, wheel locks, spare tire lock, redundancy locks for anything in the bed under a tonneau, security motion lights outside, security camera if you can swing it. Obviously leave nothing in the vehicle. You’ll be paranoid making sure things are locked every night, you won’t need reminding of that.
you can also disconnect the tail gate switch on the driver console: thieves can break the glass, hit the tailgate button, lower you tailgate and literally disconnect it and walk off with it without triggering the alarm. IDK what a tailgate goes for at a fencing operation but it’s super expensive to get one at a dealership SMH
and the CAN bus attacks are pro level scanner type shit, but like I said, OBD2 lock, steering wheel to seat belt lock, slow these fkers down or make them rethink it entirely. A kill switch makes sense on an old rig like my dodge, I have one, and those are the vehicles most thieves are after — easier to steal, they drive then into business fronts, load up atms and drive off, abandon the vehicle within hours
EDIT: also get a faraday bag for the key fog you have laying out for daily use. Always put the fob in the faraday bag. Or tin can etc. put your extra fobs in a metal safe.
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