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Old 01-16-2024, 06:50 PM
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Does the Macan with entry and drive have any anti car jacking features? Specifically, someone forces you out of a running Macan and drives off with it. Anything on the key fob to shut down the car before it gets out of range? I know that once the thief shuts the car off they will not be able to re-start it, but by then it could be miles away. This is on my mind due to epidemic of car jacking incidents in CA, specifically LA area.
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The default mode when my car came back in 2018 was automatic door locking when you got inside. For convenience, I turned this off. You might consider the small storage under your front seat to store some small repellant.
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Originally Posted by DHL
Does the Macan with entry and drive have any anti car jacking features? Specifically, someone forces you out of a running Macan and drives off with it. Anything on the key fob to shut down the car before it gets out of range? I know that once the thief shuts the car off they will not be able to re-start it, but by then it could be miles away. This is on my mind due to epidemic of car jacking incidents in CA, specifically LA area.
My wife's Volvo has such a feature. I dropped her off at a restaurant and drove off to park the car. She had the key fob in her purse. I got a few hundred feet in the parking lot when the engine died, and I had to run back to get the key fob to restart the car. I haven't had the opportunity to try this with either of my Porsches, so I don't know if this feature is available.
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The default mode when my car came back in 2018 was automatic door locking when you got inside. For convenience, I turned this off. You might consider the small storage under your front seat to store some small repellant.
I have a 440v 3 phase generator mounted in the back that electrifies my Macan. ZAP!!!! No more panhandlers! Dust!
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Originally Posted by DBH
My wife's Volvo has such a feature. I dropped her off at a restaurant and drove off to park the car. She had the key fob in her purse. I got a few hundred feet in the parking lot when the engine died, and I had to run back to get the key fob to restart the car. I haven't had the opportunity to try this with either of my Porsches, so I don't know if this feature is available.
I don't think it does. My key battery was low do to the cold and I got the "Key not detected message while driving" It didn't shut off...
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Originally Posted by ///Bruce
I have a 440v 3 phase generator mounted in the back that electrifies my Macan. ZAP!!!! No more panhandlers! Dust!
I was thinking of something smaller, maybe 9MM.
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Move elsewhere?
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If "car-jacked", when you get out of the car, last thing you do is shut off the engine, then run like Hell!
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Originally Posted by Shuga
I don't think it does. My key battery was low do to the cold and I got the "Key not detected message while driving" It didn't shut off...
Well, maybe I just ran out of gas...
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Originally Posted by wwahl
I was thinking of something smaller, maybe 9MM.
9mm is not an option unless you have a CCW here in the People's Republic of CA (which are for the most part unobtainium). And then most likely you will be arrested if you use it. Those modified .68 cal non-lethal (ie Byrna) "launchers" might be an option.
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Originally Posted by wingless
Move elsewhere?
Like maybe 35 miles south to Orange County Ca. where there is still law enforcement.
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