johnpolo2 wrote: Sat Apr 28, 2018 6:15 am
I know when I do eventually get mine I'll be keeping it in my garage and storing the key in a faraday pouch.
Just been hearing on the radio that many manufacturers knew of the security flaws for the keyless entry cars. In addition it said that VW obtained a high court injunction stopping details of their sytems vulnerabilities and what they knew, and carried on regardless. The companies get so large and powerful the arrogance can be staggering.
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The pros and cons of keyless entry have been discussed on quite a few VW forums. Interestingly (and surprisingly) over on the VWROC forum, pretty much all instances of theft of Golf R’s reported by forum members seem to have been cars without keyless entry fitted, where the owner’s home has been broken into and the keys stolen.
One of the good things about the new Polo is that even though it’s ‘grown’ in size compared to the previous Polo, it’s still small enough to fit most garages, if you’re lucky enough to have a garage. Being able to get my car in my garage is one of the factors that influence my decision of which car I buy - I’ve got friends who find this amusing, but I take the view ‘out of sight removes temptation’ of the passing opportunist thief. I also think it’s a smart move to take precautions to block the signal from the key fob if you’ve got keyless entry and keeping the key in a Faraday pouch. Don’t forget the spare key too, so you’ll need two Faraday pouches.
Also, IMO GAP insurance (Vehicle Replacement basis of cover, not Back to Invoice) is a worthwhile purchase. If you’ve got GAP insurance and the worst does happen and your car is stolen and not recovered, or it’s damaged and written off, the GAP insurance will pay the difference between what the car is worth and what it would cost to replace it with a brand new one of the same type and spec. GAP insurance is not expensive, provided you don’t buy it from VW, when it is expensive; VW apply a large commission mark-up to the net prices required by the insurer they use for their GAP insurance product. Lots of much cheaper specialist GAP insurers out there.
. My car has the previous genreration Composition Media infotainment unit (MIB2), and it doesn’t have sat nav. . My car has the previous genreration Composition Media infotainment unit (MIB2), and it doesn’t have sat nav.
