Prevent Your Car from Being Stolen

[Cuda340]

Originally Posted by JonW

How do you prevent someone backing a wrecker up to it and hauling it off?

The best way is to keep your Challenger in a locked and alarmed garage.

I wonder, however, if muscle cars like the Challenger will make the "top stolen cars" list. (I hope not). It seems that thieves go after cars that are "common" like the Honda Civic whose parts can be easily sold on the black market. Cars like the Challenger SRT will be too easy to trace unless they are shipped outside the country.

[JonW]

Originally Posted by wirewilly

Back in the 70's, my cousin had something he called an "ear piercer". Once the car was started this alarm of over 200 dcbls would go off and blow out the eardrums of the would-be thief. I wonder if someone still makes this product?

I had those in my '92 GMC dually. They were in the a/c vents, and you couldn't stand to be inside the vehicle if they were going off. Probably can't get them today, though. They might hurt the eardrums of the "alledged" thief, and that would violate his rights.

[Viper]

Originally Posted by JonW

How do you prevent someone backing a wrecker up to it and hauling it off?

Nothing would prevent that except maybe an armed car guard.

[AirfuelEddie]

I built my shop with a main entry door and NO windows. I live next to it and know all my neighbors. If their pro's and they really want it....

[Cuda340]

In reading a post on the ChargerForums website, I was pleased to discover that the security system on the Charger SRT is "state of the art." With this system, you do not have to purchase anything else and do not have to worry about "code grabber" devices. (Note: DCX, as an option, also offers an audible alarm).

The operation of the security system is described below (per the Charger post):

1. Key has a tiny computer on a chip.

2. Security module sends a message to the key "Make a code"

3. Key generates code, transmits it to security module

4. The code can only be acceptable if the chips information (NOT the code, thats fresh every time) matches the list of known key chips.

5. Security module does two things. One, it runs the code through a math problem to verify that the chip is valid, this prevents you from just using a copy, your copy would need to know not only how the chip does its math, but specific values on that chip.

6. Second, it sends the raw data to the engine computer. It runs the exact same test, and sends a message back to the security module. This prevents just swapping in a security module.