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Originally Posted by z28pat
My car is a manual transmission and I wasn’t parked in a sketchy area, I was in a hotel parking lot, I traveled for work and decided to drive my car there, silly me for actually driving and enjoying the car right?
My goal here is to able to drive the car and have some peace of mind about parking it somewhere. I realize there are no 100% thief proof systems.
About that battery disconnect, would you be able to unlock the car with the fob or would you have to use the key?
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The last time I stayed at a hotel with a cool car, I wrapped the key fob in a couple layers of aluminum foil. I have no idea if this makes a difference, but I've heard people use the signals from the key fob and amplify them to get into and start the car. So if you block those signals it should help. You could probably buy something made for this purpose (blocking the key fob signals) if you are traveling regularly.
I still felt uncomfortable, because it was right off the highway. I parked in the middle of a bunch of cars (edit: and turned the wheels sideways) to make it a little more difficult rather than parking way back away from everyone where it would be easier to mess with the car.