[DonRotolo]

Breaking into a car is easy, almost trivial.
Starting the engine is not

It is important to keep these two tasks independent from each other.

ANY* car can be broken into with a brick. It takes maybe 5 minutes to 'break' into a car with a plastic wedge and a wire or strap (think coat hanger, or plastic box strapping), assumung any amount of damage is unacceptable.

On the other hand, starting a modern car with a decent immobilizer is just about impossible. There's just no getitng around the electronics, and hacking isn't a viable option. It may be possible to clip on an independent fuel injection/ignition system, but that'll take considerablt time. Remember, the premise is you're 'stealing' the car and don't have 30 minutes to fool around.

As for 'breaking in', I don't consider it a challenge at all.

I'd like to see you start the engine of a 1998 or later Mercedes equipped with their 'SmartKey".

Don



*non-armoroed, of course