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Originally Posted by The Chief (tm)
I had been wondering this EXACT same thing; couldn't one route the "new" starter button into the center console, under the lid, and try one's best to make it NOT look like a starter button? And have it be underneath the USB ports (with stuff plugged into those), plus other junk around in there?
Because if the goal is to add just enough difficulty to convince the ne'er-do-well to move on to another target, then I wouldn't guess that said miscreant would think -- when the car didn't respond to the starter -- that it was something this "simple". And he sure wouldn't think that there was a real starter button hidden down in the console.
Heck, if burying it in the console meant "too much work" to start it every time, I'm sure that any number of the really smart people on here could route the starter to one of the HomeLink buttons (if you have them), or even to rig something inside the 12V compartment, under the lid.
This is all way beyond my own ability, but I would love to hear if anyone tries it, because I'm currently using my OBD for power to my Valentine 1 and would otherwise pay someone to rig up something of this nature.
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Like me, you have likely read a fair number of stories about Camaros being stolen where the OBD port is used to access / control certain functions of the car as part of the process. Once you have full access to the on-board computers, what's so magical about the Start Button any more? Why couldn't the same "signal" be sent directly via the OBD from whatever is connected?