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    your VIN and car keys

    from a now closed thread:

    Originally posted by TheMan
    if you think VIN etching is a "wonderful security feature", you are greatly mistaken and misled by the industry... with the VIN visible in plain sight (including the one on your dashboard), a professional theif can easily go to a dealer, pay a crooked worker to have him make a key, then come back and jack your car... not only that the VIN gives a full vehicle history and where you live (of course the license plates already give that info, but slightly harder to get... keyword "slightly")... so think twice before putting the VIN all over the car... and if you do want some sort of security etching... get the ones that have a custom/special code that only the agency will have info of... it's a lot safer
    Dateline just did a special where they wrote down VINs from a buch of cars and at 6 out of 10 dealers they got keys for the car without ever being asked for ID.

    Apparently the NYC affiliate even managed to get keys to a New Jersey police cruiser that way!
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    or even safer a strip of vinyl, well somewhat safer
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      #3
      I installed a piece of laminated card to match the color of my dashboard a long time ago... to cover the VIN plate on my dashboard


      oh... and to get your panties in a bunch and hate our government more for making stupid laws:
      -in Europe and Japan, license plate info is CLOSELY held in secret and is only accessible by government officials/law enforcement agencies (not true here... many people can access the info, including parking companies!)
      -in Europe and the rest of the world (except Canada/Mexico), the VIN plate is not required to be on the dashboard but is to be mounted on the firewall (just as tamper proof but more theft deterant because it's not easily visible!)
      Last edited by TheMAN; 10-24-2003, 09:51 PM.
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        #4
        somebody said something about shaved door handles and locks.... huuhh what!!

        if not that then different keys for the trunk and ignition to help deture
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          #5
          yup olll 12gauge will be waiting for all who step up with keys to get bucked down..
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