This has got me thinking. Maybe will put my ancient big yellow disk lock thing on my car now since it sits about 6 days of the week now.
there is a lot of this about at the moment, friend had rs4 stolen about a month back and one of the audi garages i do work for said in my area at least three they know of had gone an s3, a6 and a tt all high power stuff,all were nicked with keys after break ins, but it is easy to get hold of new key programmed with your code unfortunately.if you do want to guard against it cover up the chassis number on your windscreen with tape or something as they need this to get copy keys made
really feel for you its not nice when it happens you keep looking out and expecting it to be there, will keep eyes peeled and pass on details
Is it that easy for them to get a copy key??
picture the scene you work in a dealers in say spain and a bloke walks in hes lost the keys to his nice new audi and is stuck on holiday he has the chassis number and reg he also has a passport and drivers licence. so you order a new key and code it for him so the nice man can continue on his holiday. meanwhile he posts the key to his mate who comes round your house and drives off in your car. all you need is chassis number and reg and some false id(not hard for criminals to get), difficult in this country but not impossible but relatively straight forward in Europe.
i also mentioned my mate who had his rs4 stolen. police reckon he was followed home from work in liverpool then broke into his house.really secure upvc back door. opened in less the 2 mins with blowtorch. they found his car in scotland by accident after a drugs bust after two months he got it back and it cost the insurance company 10k to put it right (wheels tyres bit of bodywork)
yes its all scary but if you drive anything out of the ordinary then always look for suspicious people following you of showing an interest in your car. but personally if someone was that determined to get my car i would let them as a car can be replaced but if after you try to stop them you end up hurt it not worth it
This has got me thinking. Maybe will put my ancient big yellow disk lock thing on my car now since it sits about 6 days of the week now.
Its not that easy at all, cause when a new key is coded for your car on audi's you have to code it with the ecu, speedo & existing keys if have, you cant walk into a stealer & ask for a spare key at all, no matter what ID you have, all the codes are matched to the car, they cant match without the car linked to germany now aswell, you have to have your car with the new key, if you match a new key without the existing keys then the existing keys are useless until coded again back at the stealers with the new key aswell, so no you can only code with the car not seperately.
Even pro key guys still need your car they cant match without the car.
As the codes are always changed when locked its never the same so even remote signal readers are almost impossible to steal a car with like in the newer Gone In 60 Seconds
This is why car keys are stolen from houses, carjackings or even lorry lifted now
Won't stop it going on the back of a truck though!
Is it that easy for them to get a copy key??
It's been found, but I'll leave the details to Doc.
It's been found, but I'll leave the details to Doc.
So where did it end up ?
Bro, I wish I hadn't seen these pictures.
I'd rather she hadn't been found, really feeling your pain.