Stupid question and an Interesting Challenge

[thstone]

Originally Posted by alm001

... and he just taped it behind the dash, right next to the pickup.

I have seen this on a race car but never on a street car - especially with a start button!

The problem is that both anti-theft devices (key and immobilizer pill) have been bypassed allowing the car to be very easily stolen. All the thief (or anyone) has to do is get into the car and push the start button and away they go.....

[alm001]

Originally Posted by thstone

I have seen this on a race car but never on a street car - especially with a start button!

The problem is that both anti-theft devices (key and immobilizer pill) have been bypassed allowing the car to be very easily stolen. All the thief (or anyone) has to do is get into the car and push the start button and away they go.....

That's what hidden fuel pump cutoff switches were invented for!

[78F350]

A while back, I did a DIY for removing the 'pill' and placing it by the ignition switch: DIY: Making cheap spare keys

I plan on doing a remote start on one of my cars, but haven't gotten to it yet. The best location that I found for the 'pill', is where the pencil tip is in the picture below. Simply attach it to inside of the rubber trim that goes around the ignition switch.


That has worked fine for starting and running three of my Boxsters on Audi/VW Keys. I can not verify that it will operate the trunk and frunk, since my spare keys do not have the internal electronics, but is fully functional with the original key fob.