myflat6

Sharing this thread. This might shed some light on how Porsche's are being stolen in SoCal.
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsc...on-stolen.html

24FPS

it's his 914-6 clone... WAS thinking his 959! yeeesh

sucks man.

i am looking into lo-jack too. smart.

my indy mech is in harbor city on vermont! some NICE cars in the area.

someone left Wayne's 914 6clone w/ the keys in it in a storage garage.

spikej

Is it possible for a 993 to be stolen without a tow truck/flatbed? Or do i have to worry about leaving it in public parking lots for a few hours?

goofballdeluxe

Of course it is. Any car can be stolen.

It all depends on how badly the thief wants it, and how skilled they are at making that happen.

doublecabmel

I wonder if Wayne had his car recently serviced at Beverly Hills Porsche

Holytin

I don't know Wayne, but the little I do know, I don't believe he would have taken this car to any Porsche dealership. Why would he?

pirahna

Pretty sure he does his work in house.

geldgrube

Ok, I'll bite since no one else has. If the immobilizer is working and the car has been locked, how would someone steal it without a flatbed or tow truck? Are you implying that there's a way to bypass the immobilizer??

levtron

yes... i too would like to know this immobilizer magic..

u7t2p7

To the best of my recollection none of the 993's that were mentioned as being stolen over the past several years here on this forum were driven away; that would suggest the immobilizer was doing its job. At some point and given enough time and in order to be sold/driven, the alarm can be neutralized but no evidence this is being done at the scene of the crime. These thieves are "gone in 60 seconds."

Zeus993

This is freakin' me out! I can see if you had:
1. A floor jack and
2. 4 wheel dollys
3. Two guys and a
4. Truck to tow

You could jack up each corner one at a time, push in each wheel dolly, attach a tow hook to the front, throw the floor jack into the truck and quietly drive it away...

Time? Under 5 minutes I would think.

Yeesh!

phoneyman

If a person knew the VIN of the car and had the right credentials, ala gone in 60 seconds style, could they get a properly programmed immobilizer remote along with a newly cut key?

u7t2p7

In theory a highly organized car theft ring could accomplish anything including having "inside" contacts at Porsche dealerships, etc. My gut instinct tells me these semi organized tow truck drivers have been briefed on what to look out for and they are getting a "bounty" for every car they can ******. Just a theory of course

geldgrube

Maybe I’m WAY off base here but how can a remote be programmed without access to the associated immobilizer?? If this is the case, why doesn’t the dealership use this method to program a new remote?

When you go to the dealer to program a new remote, they have your VIN as well as the 4 digit immobilizer code and they STILL have to go through the convoluted process (inserting key, turning on/off according to your 4 digit code etc) to program a new remote. The thief would have to have the VIN, the code as well as the right key and then unlock the car with the key (which would sound the alarm) and then reset the immobilizer by going through the key-turning exercise.

Maybe goofballdelux could enlighten us on what he was thinking as I would be curious as to how else the immobilizer could be bypassed.

Holytin

Our cars technology is 20 years old. They obviously had plenty of time to figure this one out. Today much newer cars get stolen and technology has advanced a lot - an older but yet more desirable car like our 993's should not be an issue for them.

Thieves are getting smarter nowadays. Which means we just have to be smarter than these crooks...