The method exploits keyless entry, a once-luxury feature now found in entry-level cars.
I speak with Ted Harrington, co-founder of Independent Security Evaluators, a company that pioneered car hacking.
Very basically:
Amplify the proximity radius, and now the key and car are talking when they shouldn’t be. Thief goes in, off he drives.
Keep your key fob in a Faraday Cage (no signals can get in or go out)… do this by wrapping the fob in aluminum foil.
Read it online at Autonet.
Pretty geeky, and probably beyond the average criminal, right? The trouble is that the online black market is massive and lucrative.
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Got so burnt in early June – in a coupe too – that I realized I can no longer drive without special protective UV clothing. So I investigated.
Ultraviolet Protection Factor (UPF) rating – 15 is good, but 50+ is what you want. And turns out China is really into this idea of protective-driving-clothing.
Read it online at Autonet.
Use the search term “summer driving clothing” and click on results from DHGate or AliExpress, two of China’s largest online retailers. Below are “arm mittens.”
I’m going to order the above hat, gloves and shawl, really.
(update: I now own the hat)
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(taken during the 2014 Mazda Adventure Rally)
I can’t find the logic behind the following features. Especially because a small something, or absence of something, can have a big negative affect on the driving experience.
Here’s my list of the little things that bug me the most. Tweet or email me yours!
Read it online at Autonet.
To the automakers who have omitted a volume dial – no, the steering wheel volume button is not a reasonable replacement.
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That SOS button has its own post, here.
So does the chrome interior touches, here.
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I set out to investigate a trend of ticketing slow left lane drivers, but the story morphed into one about the road manners.
Or as Officer Stibbe corrects me, “no Keri, it’s about lack thereof.”
Read it online at Autonet.
Last 3 paragraphs, Stibbe’s one-liner, I burst out laughing.
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You’ve met Officer Stibbe before, in the column – So you Got Pulled Over for Speeding
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