"cshenk" > wrote in message
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> Julie Bove wrote in rec.food.cooking:
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>>
>> "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > On 6/24/2017 3:27 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>> >
>> > >
>> > > In this area, remote starters are not recommended. My friend has
>> > > one and I always worry that her car will be stolen. She starts
>> > > it from her bedroom and the car is parked on the street. Reason
>> > > they are not recommended is that someone can just break a
>> > > window, get in and take off. She already had her car stolen
>> > > while she was at work. It's an older one but one of the most
>> > > commonly stolen because there were only 6 different keys made
>> > > that year.
>> >
>> > Nope, can't be stolen. Every remote made today has an automatic
>> > kill built in. Jut touch the brake pedal to put it in gear and it
>> > goes dead. Maybe some starters were not like that 30 years ago,
>> > but not in the past 15 that I'm aware of.
>>
>> Hers is an old one. Her son got it for her as a gift. I'd never even
>> heard of them when she got hers.
>> >
>> > Some people do run out and start the car and leave the key in it
>> > while it warms up. Those are easily stolen.
>>
>> Yes.
>
> Only if you leave it unlocked. Most are smart enough to lock it and
> it's a rare person who doesnt have a second key to the car.

Not true. Someone wanting a joy ride will just break the window.