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Old 10-05-2011 | 11:52 PM
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Tech-Savvy Thieves Switch Keys During Test Drive to Steal Porsche

The cast of Gone in 60 Seconds would be proud. No forced entry, no threats; just a devious plan that netted two thieves a $148,000 Porsche.
As the story goes, two men in their 20s showed up to Princeton Porsche in Lawrence, N.J. Monday to test-drive the Porsche Panamera. They claimed one had just won a nice chunk of change in a legal settlement and was looking for a new set of wheels.

After the spin around central New Jersey, the men took off. And the next day, so did the Panamera they had driven earlier. Police think that the thieves handed the dealer a fake key after the test drive. “It looks like they may have done a switcheroo on the keys of the car,” Lawrence Police Lt. Charles Edgar said.

The dealer, who accompanied the men during the test drive, noticed the car was missing upon opening shop the next morning. How could this have happened to such an expensive car with such a (presumably) expensive security system? Simple: the car features a keyless ignition system, with no physical key. An electronic key sits in the driver's pocket allowing one-touch access to opening the doors and turning the car on. Sounds like a fast pass for a simple switcheroo for these techy thieves.
Source: Tech-Savvy Thieves Switch Keys During Test Drive to Steal Porsche - TIME NewsFeed
 
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Old 10-06-2011 | 12:03 AM
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smart, are they caught
 
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Old 10-06-2011 | 12:04 AM
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Old 10-06-2011 | 12:29 AM
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Car is on its way to a third world country to be flossed in like a baws!
 
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Old 10-06-2011 | 12:45 AM
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theres only a few salespeople there. wonder who got taken and if they will be fired.
 
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Old 10-06-2011 | 01:10 PM
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Ya but they generally take a copy of your DL for a test drive at many dealerships...
 
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Ya but they generally take a copy of your DL for a test drive at many dealerships...
key word.. Generally
 
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Old 10-06-2011 | 02:19 PM
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Ya but they generally take a copy of your DL for a test drive at many dealerships...
Clearly you were an outstanding high school student. If you had been a little deviant like me you would have learned how simple it is to get a fake ID.
 
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Old 10-06-2011 | 02:32 PM
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Hmm. I've made it a habit of 'testing' the keys for cars that went on demo drives- immediately- after the key is handed back to me. Call me paranoid or untrusting...but it goes a long way to verify you have the car under your possession.
 
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Probably on a Container on its way to Nigeria.
 
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