"HeyBub" wrote in message
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Well, don't lose the "chipped" key. Instead, have one or more non-chipped
duplicates made for $2 each. Take the original chipped key and glue it
under
the dash or somewhere close so the anti-theft mechanism can pick up the
RFID
signal when you attempt to start the car with a non-chipped key.

Hey, it only costs two bucks to TRY it.

Why would I disable a system that saved my van from being joy-riden, smashed
up or stripped by the three punks that tried hard to steal it? They stopped
only when my neighbor and I came out and scared them away. I still hear my
wife reminding me "you can't shoot kids in the back for NOT stealing your
car." (-:

I could have at least taken out one of them that night. The immobilizer
turned a potential $25K loss into a thousand dollar problem. Disabling that
system would be like de-barking a dog that had just scared away burglars.
Wouldn't be prudent.

The point is to hide the key in the van and for my wife and I to have a
chipped key each. She's often out of town so doing what a few others here
do would seem to be ideal. Stow a chipped key in the van, AWAY from the
column and have a spare, non-chipped key in the wallet. Lose the main
chipped key and I'd still have a way into the car (wallet key) and a way to
start the car (hidden chipped key). It will be interesting to see what it
takes to "blind" the immobilzer to the chipped key hidden in the van.
Probably enclosing it in HD aluminum foil would be all it takes.

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Bobby G.