Tesla Model 3 driven by the wrong owner

[Gauss Guzzler]

Yeah, this story is garbage but @P3dStealth made an insightful observation that the "stolen" car had been borrowed and therefore was likely keycard activated - by an amateur.

So here's a simple scenario:

• Borrowed car was parked and locked with the keycard on the B-pillar, twice, thereby leaving it not just unlocked, but drivable
• Hapless fool randomly showed up within the 2 minute keycard timeout period, got in and drove off
• Fool's car had been left unlocked for any number of reasons

 

[PianoAl]

Back in 1969 a friend of mine had a new MG. I had a new XKE. We found out by mistake that each vehicle had the same key. No fancy security stuff back then.

Right, in 1970 my MGA key worked in a neighbor's MG.

BTW, how were you able to afford a new XKE at age, what, 20? 30?

 

[PianoAl]

Today my wife couldn't get into Tessie. The app said it was unlocked. She saw that the screen was telling her to use her keycard, but that didn't work either.

Turns out she was trying to get into the wrong car. Tessie was two parking spaces over.

 

[rpiotro]

Today my wife couldn't get into Tessie. The app said it was unlocked. She saw that the screen was telling her to use her keycard, but that didn't work either.

Turns out she was trying to get into the wrong car. Tessie was two parking spaces over.

I did that myself just this week. Pulled the handle and nothing. I thought WTF till I looked to my left.

My wife poo pooed the idea of ordering the car in blue with white interior. So I got my second choice. White with black interior.

I asked her, "Dear, I'm 70 years old. What will happen five years from now when the parking lots are full of white Teslas and I am 75 years old?" I guess that time arrived a lot sooner than I thought. At least I have a unique "Road America" specialty license plate. I'll have to pay more attention.

 

[ochompsky]

Its a word problem from school.

This does not jive. Opened as state above I can buy. But the stranger moving away from his own car out of blue tooth range would've cause his car to lock. Made up story for the papers, click bait.

do you even own a tesla or do you just not know how it works?

you even were corrected after your post, straight from the manual but didn't even acknowledge it, post #27.

whatever the opposite of FUD is, that's you. and not in the good way

 

[zoomer0056]

do you even own a tesla or do you just not know how it works?

you even were corrected after your post, straight from the manual but didn't even acknowledge it, post #27.

whatever the opposite of FUD is, that's you. and not in the good way

Ha, 😁

 

[cbigfoot]

that's why I use the marvelous feature called Pin to Drive then even IF they get in and my phone is left in or key card, they can't go anywhere.

 

[E90alex]

that's why I use the marvelous feature called Pin to Drive then even IF they get in and my phone is left in or key card, they can't go anywhere.

Except that completely defeats the convenience of passive entry/exit 🤷🏻‍♂️

 

[cbigfoot]

Except that completely defeats the convenience of passive entry/exit 🤷🏻‍♂️

lol yeah well it does but its security i liken it to having to press the start button on a ICE car or having to turn the key ewwwww. but i prefer that to my car being stolen if i leave my phone behind by accident its passive exit just not entry .

 

[E90alex]

lol yeah well it does but its security i liken it to having to press the start button on a ICE car or having to turn the key ewwwww. but i prefer that to my car being stolen if i leave my phone behind by accident its passive exit just not entry .

I would prefer a start button and a key system that actually knows if the key is in the car or not.

I hate that the radio and climate turn on every time I open a door in my garage and I hate that everything turns off when I get out of my car for a second (eg getting my mail).

 

[enemji]

Today my wife couldn't get into Tessie. The app said it was unlocked. She saw that the screen was telling her to use her keycard, but that didn't work either.

Turns out she was trying to get into the wrong car. Tessie was two parking spaces over.

Tessie knows not to spread for the wrong one