Used cars in texas beware...

[rehmwa 2]

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This thread brings up another used car warning...

There are thousands of cars and trucks ...flooded ..... Wholesale auto buyers will purchase these cars and marginally clean them up and put them back on the market....

That may very well be the first bit of useful information I've ever gotten out of Speakers Corner. What the hell are you thinking?






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Driving is a one dimensional activity - a monkey can do it - being proud of your driving abilities is like being proud of being able to put on pants

[gemini 0]

Damn I had a senior moment and fogot where I was! Sorry...

Blue skies,

Jim

[billvon 3,120]

>I understand that, but to verify that it works, wouldn't the driver
>then have to try to start the car, and then someone be there to
>verify that it didn't start?

Or the box could contain a self-test path that would attempt to start the car via the normal ignition switch. If it failed when the box is disabled, then all is well.

Or it could be integrated into the ECU. If it didn't receive an update code every 48 hours it would shut down. You'd have to replace the ECU (expensive) to override it, or hack into the code and re-enable it (hard.)

>Also, trying out every single one would hinder its cost-effectiveness.

Yep, that's likely.

[justinb138 0]

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Or it could be integrated into the ECU. If it didn't receive an update code every 48 hours it would shut down. You'd have to replace the ECU (expensive) to override it, or hack into the code and re-enable it (hard.)

What if someone leaves the headlights on and the battery dies? Do they come looking for your car?

[billvon 3,120]

>What if someone leaves the headlights on and the battery dies?

If it takes more than 48 hours to recharge the battery, then the car is dead until it gets the next enable code. And yes, they might come looking for it if the system was two-way.

[mnealtx 0]

The mention of two way communications raises a point.... this would be not all that different than a low-jak system, if there were two way communications.

Mike
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[billvon 3,120]

>this would be not all that different than a low-jak system, if there
>were two way communications.

Yep. We design such a system for trucks. There have been one or two amusing police chases where the people in the hub keep getting calls from the cops - "Where is he now? He's not on 4th street." "Oh yeah, he just made a left down the second alley to the south."