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My Audi A4 has been stolen :-(

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    #32
    mossy50
    Closed Accounts Posts: 391 ✭✭mossy50


    twice for bmw


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    #33
    kirving
    Registered Users Posts: 5,921 ✭✭✭kirving


    I know that my car (Volvo) is once to lock, twice to deadlock, and there is also a 30 second that will automatically activate the deadlocks unless you set the alarm to "reduced function" mode for if/when you left a child in the car, they could open it if need be.

    I've done a little bit with the security of the CAN bus in modern cars, at quite a very low level. Now this is something that a thief can't really access from the outside of the car, but even it is very secure and would require insider knowledge to hack. I would think that in theory the keys should be nigh on impossible to hack, and the flaw is actually quite basic.


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    #34
    VeVeX
    Registered Users Posts: 1,389 ✭✭✭VeVeX


    skip to ~17:30 minutes

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKr3nXC-tB8


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    #35
    robo10
    Registered Users Posts: 118 ✭✭robo10


    For anybody who wants to know how modern BMW Audis etc are being stolen Google edilock ltd .They sell equipment that can be used to steal modern cars . They also have videos on YouTube on how the equipment works.


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    #36
    MadYaker
    Registered Users Posts: 12,170 ✭✭✭✭MadYaker


    How are they allowed to do that???


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    #37
    pippip
    Registered Users Posts: 2,249 ✭✭✭pippip


    MadYaker wrote: »
    How are they allowed to do that???

    I guess the process isn't illegal, its just actually unlawfully doing it that makes it a crime.


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    #38
    dieselbug
    Registered Users Posts: 1,104 ✭✭✭dieselbug


    MadYaker wrote: »
    How are they allowed to do that???

    AFAIK the intended market for this equipment is the emergency and security services.


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    #39
    monseiur
    Registered Users Posts: 1,222 ✭✭✭monseiur


    It's interesting to note that the car has Tipp. reg and was stolen in Tipp.
    Perhaps the OP bought it second hand and didn't get the second key from original owner or he may have had a third key.
    It's used to be, and may still be, a scam in UK that small time criminal elements would sell a car privately, usually high end models, seller would be the genuine reg. owner, everything 100% legit etc. Car would be sold privately at very reasonable price to attract buyers. Then after a month or 2 the car would disappear from the new owners driveway never to be seen again in most cases.......the thief being the original seller & his gang who had a spare key for the vehicle. Cars were mostly shipped out to Middle East
    Just a thought.

    M.


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    #40
    bazz26
    Registered Users Posts: 51,163 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    I'd doubt an A4 would be shipped to the Middle East, a high end A7 or A8 more likely alright. Probably stored up somewhere on false plates until needed for a robbery or it was probably stripped for parts and put in a crate off to the Continent. There is big money in German car parts especially in Eastern Europe.


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    #41
    mloc123
    Registered Users Posts: 9,454 ✭✭✭mloc123


    iano.p wrote: »
    I have a cousin who works for a local garage. We were in his house at a party one night and a lad pulls up in a new BMW. My cousin said laughing that you can rob them cars easy without the keys. A few bets later the car was open and car started. So it can be done quite easy.

    Sure...


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    #42
    tossy
    Registered Users Posts: 9,590 ✭✭✭tossy


    mloc123 wrote: »
    Sure...

    He opened it with the ring pull off a bulmers can and a cocktail sausage stick, his cousin is Macgyver and throws a mean party :D


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    #43
    Mintoe
    Registered Users Posts: 340 ✭✭Mintoe


    Email car details to stolen@ motorcheck.ie and they'll show car as stolen on their report if anyone checks reg ( eg dealer that might be offered car at low price)


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    #44
    Noccy_Mondy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,845 ✭✭✭Noccy_Mondy


    Had the experience of driving my mates dads 2009 s320 merc. 3.2 diesel, oh mah gurd. 0-60 in just over 4 seconds. Completely different animal to any other car I've driven.


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    #45
    Foreign Sports
    Registered Users Posts: 572 ✭✭✭Foreign Sports


    Noccy_Mondy wrote: »
    Had the experience of driving my mates dads 2009 s320 merc. 3.2 diesel, oh mah gurd. 0-60 in just over 4 seconds. Completely different animal to any other car I've driven.

    The s320 has 230hp and weighs nearly 2 tonnes. 0-60 according to parkers is 7.3 seconds.:P

    It was probably the torque that made you believe it was faster!


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    #46
    Special Circumstances
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,569 ✭✭✭Special Circumstances


    Foreign Sports wrote: »
    The s320 has 230hp and weighs nearly 2 tonnes. 0-60 according to parkers is 7.3 seconds.:P

    It was probably the torque that made you believe it was faster!

    Sounds more realistic. The amg versions don't even do sub 4s. Nice bus for eating up miles in comfort though.

    Not sure what it has to do with stolen A4 though!


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    #47
    Noccy_Mondy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,845 ✭✭✭Noccy_Mondy


    Noccy_Mondy wrote: »
    Had the experience of driving my mates dads 2009 s320 merc. 3.2 diesel, oh mah gurd. 0-60 in just over 4 seconds. Completely different animal to any other car I've driven.

    Crap that went into the wrong thread, sorry about that!

    Mods, can we clean up them last few posts. Thanks.


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    #48
    dr.fuzzenstein
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,635 ✭✭✭✭dr.fuzzenstein


    Noccy_Mondy wrote: »
    Crap that went into the wrong thread, sorry about that!

    Mods, can we clean up them last few posts. Thanks.

    You know, there is a delete option. But leave it in, its funny.


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    #49
    Noccy_Mondy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,845 ✭✭✭Noccy_Mondy


    dr.fuzzenstein wrote:
    You know, there is a delete option. But leave it in, its funny.


    Ya but I can't delete other people quoting me can I, oh the shame :P


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    #50
    9935452
    Registered Users Posts: 2,752 ✭✭✭9935452


    Noccy_Mondy wrote: »
    Had the experience of driving my mates dads 2009 s320 merc. 3.2 diesel, oh mah gurd. 0-60 in just over 4 seconds. Completely different animal to any other car I've driven.

    A small piece of advice , when you go onto a forum like this and say something like that make sure its believable. a lot of people here know their stuff
    The two fastest cars i drove were a Chevy camaro 6.2l 400hp that was doing 0-60 in 5s flat and a ferrari f430 510hp that was doing 0-60 in 3.6s.
    A 3.2litre diesel wouldnt get close


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    #51
    Tea 1000
    Registered Users Posts: 4,520 ✭✭✭Tea 1000


    Is it worth mentioning that the S320 CDI is the slowest and cheapest S-Class? :D


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    #52
    Tea 1000
    Registered Users Posts: 4,520 ✭✭✭Tea 1000


    9935452 wrote: »
    A small piece of advice , when you go onto a forum like this and say something like that make sure its believable. a lot of people here know their stuff
    The two fastest cars i drove were a Chevy camaro 6.2l 400hp that was doing 0-60 in 5s flat and a ferrari f430 510hp that was doing 0-60 in 3.6s.
    A 3.2litre diesel wouldnt get close
    It's a 3 litre.


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