A5 2.0 S line Special Edition and its keys!!!

Hallam9 · 9th March 2010, 05:04 AM

It seems alot of people like Audis and the keys - however dont want to pay for the car!!!

Anyone else having this issue ?!!!

A friend living just up the road had his A3 1.6 59 plate stolen on Saturday, im taking delivery of my A5 on the 19th...................seems i may have to get cameras installed!!!!!

Jordan · 9th March 2010, 05:23 AM

Yep I had the problem last month, my S3 was taken - becoming very common place.

I now keep my spare keys in a safe bolted to a concrete floor.

andyhud007 · 9th March 2010, 07:37 AM

harsh!

does this imply the alarm/immobiliser, despite being thatcham 1 approved isnt very good? I mean I know the most clever crook will always find a way around it but surely it shouldnt mean you need to invest in other forms of security?

Andy

MDPlatts · 9th March 2010, 08:43 AM

I think the idea is they mug you or steal the keys since most new cars are basically unstartable without them or lots of re-wiring - due to factory immobiliser. I know there was something in the news when that white stuff (not coke) was everywhere in january - about people leaving the cars running and going back inside whilst things warmed up.

andyhud007 · 9th March 2010, 08:59 AM

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Originally Posted by MDPlatts

I think the idea is they mug you or steal the keys since most new cars are basically unstartable without them or lots of re-wiring - due to factory immobiliser. I know there was something in the news when that white stuff (not coke) was everywhere in january - about people leaving the cars running and going back inside whilst things warmed up.

Thats fair enough.. not much you could do about that...

Yeah, I heard that too... I even did it myself (not the stealing, but warming up the car!) so will pay attention..

Kind of need a "BlackJack" setup which I used to have on my Integra Type-R. If your in the car and its running you have to enter a combination on the alarm buttons, otherwise after 15 seconds the alarm kills the engine and its unstartable without a code.

If you enter the code, your good to go, but if a door is opened and closed then you have to re-enter the code to keep going, other wise the engine is killed again after X amount of seconds.. obviously along the lines of someone ripping you out your car say at traffic lights and jumping in...

I do remember trying to enter that code once though, getting it wrong and my car cut out on the roundabout.. It was not cool.

guess you just need to keep your wits about you!

A.

jc30168 · 10th March 2010, 11:30 AM

Hallam see my thread

http://www.a5oc.com/forums/showthrea...261/index.html

9th March 2010, 05:04 AM	#1
Hallam9 Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 2	A5 2.0 S line Special Edition and its keys!!! It seems alot of people like Audis and the keys - however dont want to pay for the car!!! Anyone else having this issue ?!!! A friend living just up the road had his A3 1.6 59 plate stolen on Saturday, im taking delivery of my A5 on the 19th...................seems i may have to get cameras installed!!!!!

9th March 2010, 08:43 AM	#4
MDPlatts Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Manchester UK Posts: 161	I think the idea is they mug you or steal the keys since most new cars are basically unstartable without them or lots of re-wiring - due to factory immobiliser. I know there was something in the news when that white stuff (not coke) was everywhere in january - about people leaving the cars running and going back inside whilst things warmed up. __________________ Audi A5 Sportback 2.0L TDI 170 Quattro S-Line,18" 5-Spoke Alloys,Metallic Monza Silver,Valcona Leather,S-Line Suspension,Drive-Select,Damper Control,Servomatic PAS,Cruise Control,3G MMI HD/Nav Technology Pack,CD-Changer,DAB radio,AMI,Mobile Phone Prep-Low,iPhone 3GS cradle,Heated Front Seats,Folding Mirrors,Light+Rain Sensor,Interior Light Pack,Tyre Monitor,Deleted Engine/Model,Variable Servicing,Tracker. Ordered 29th January, build date of wk16 - w/c 19th April. Estimated ETA Late May 2010.

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A5 2.0 S line Special Edition and its keys!!!

9th March 2010, 05:23 AM	#2
Jordan Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 31	Yep I had the problem last month, my S3 was taken - becoming very common place. I now keep my spare keys in a safe bolted to a concrete floor.

9th March 2010, 07:37 AM	#3
andyhud007 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: South England, UK Posts: 282	harsh! does this imply the alarm/immobiliser, despite being thatcham 1 approved isnt very good? I mean I know the most clever crook will always find a way around it but surely it shouldnt mean you need to invest in other forms of security? Andy

10th March 2010, 11:30 AM	#6
jc30168 Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: West London Posts: 33	Hallam see my thread http://www.a5oc.com/forums/showthrea...261/index.html