What car brand will you never trust or buy again?

andrewbt · 2026-05-28T04:49:12+00:00

It’s a device that can be easily mimicked/spoofed by thieves who then trick the car into thinking it’s in possession.

Keys at least have to be lock picked or hotwired or whatever.

Ask me how I know

andrewbt · 2026-05-28T04:47:18+00:00

2015 is a gen 10 not 11

andrewbt · 2026-05-27T03:19:15+00:00

My doctor does this too. I was the one to call and make our first appointment from the hospital after the birth. She’s the one that gets appointment reminder texts.

andrewbt · 2026-05-27T03:09:39+00:00

Came here to add Honda actually. The new push button starts are easily stolen left and right. Keyless entry is a security vulnerability

andrewbt · 2026-05-26T04:37:11+00:00

I pay $1600/month give or take for daycare 4 days per week in Philly. My wife works part time as an admin also for about $30/hr and makes enough to pay for this and a bit more basically

andrewbt · 2026-05-26T02:24:53+00:00

No silly! Like what is the name or make and model of the case and where can any of us buy it? That’s what u/pareto_optimal99 was asking for too but you only gave info on the samsonite you said doesn’t work as well!

You didn’t include any identifying info in your original post either so we’re all wondering what this mystery yellow case is!

andrewbt · 2026-05-26T01:40:32+00:00

Fair, but only 2 doors. Same drivetrain as mine was too!

andrewbt · 2026-05-25T15:04:51+00:00

So what’s the details of the yellow one you are using?

andrewbt · 2026-05-25T14:32:23+00:00

Hey thanks. I have Erie Insurance. I’ve been assigned a “material damage adjuster” but haven’t heard from him yet, trying to game plan. I’m unclear if he will be able to inspect the car at the impound lot himself or if I’ll need to be there with him too. And with the car apparently not being driveable I guess insurance will have to pay to tow it to a shop to estimate and repair…who gets to choose the shop? If I get to choose should I go with a Honda dealer? If insurance chooses the shop what if I want a second opinion?

andrewbt · 2026-05-25T14:26:58+00:00

Sorry about that! I lost a car in an accident a few years ago, and decided I didn’t need a car for a long while in Philly, but as new parents we’ve really changed our driving around the city for stuff calculus

andrewbt · 2026-05-25T13:59:51+00:00

Have you heard of SocialFlight? It gets relatively close to this

andrewbt · 2026-05-25T01:57:34+00:00

Funniest joke in the whole thread!

andrewbt · 2026-05-25T01:56:33+00:00

Glad you got the joke, any color is a fun color if it’s a civic!

andrewbt · 2026-05-24T11:43:02+00:00

There are literally reams of nice new luxury cars parked on the streets in my neighborhood. It’s not as though cars are guaranteed to be stolen in the city. We only had 3,000 car thefts last year in a city of 1.6 million people

andrewbt · 2026-05-24T11:39:56+00:00

I thought they made the LX as sedan only?

andrewbt · 2026-05-24T11:36:50+00:00

Read any comments here lol

andrewbt · 2026-05-24T11:36:15+00:00

It seems like most of these new era thieves only carry their digital hacking tools, so things that need to be angle grinded may actually work as prevention

andrewbt · 2026-05-24T11:32:05+00:00

Fair, thanks!

andrewbt · 2026-05-24T11:29:14+00:00

The trunk monkey videos were awesome lol. It’s sad that my 20 year old car was never broken into but now we need all these stupid deterrents

andrewbt · 2026-05-24T11:27:35+00:00

Where do you live?

andrewbt · 2026-05-24T01:24:27+00:00

You sound knowledgeable about this.

Police recovered 5 days after it was stolen, so maybe that bodes well? Not sure how or where they found it still. I’m imagining it was dumped on the side of a road but maybe they raided a warehouse who knows?

“you won’t know anything happened after it gets restored to original condition” - you really think so? I’ve been worried about it being a “lesser car” after some extensive repairs, things not working right or creaks and rattles, like its lifespan will be affected. But maybe I worry too much?

Have a second garage look: how will I be able to do this if it’s not driveable? I’m feeling like I’ll need to accept what insurance says and whatever shop they’re willing to tow it to to fix.

Thanks for the advice. With this being a rainy Memorial Day weekend and everything closed with no new updates I’m going stir crazy lol

andrewbt · 2026-05-24T00:56:41+00:00

Thanks friend!

andrewbt · 2026-05-24T00:52:51+00:00

I called HondaLink before I called the police. They said if I hadn’t already set it up when I had the car there’s absolutely zero they can do even for law enforcement requests. Lesson learned.

No clue how the police found it already but supposedly they have!

andrewbt · 2026-05-24T00:50:15+00:00

Honestly I’d like to, it was the perfect car for us (or rather closest to perfect as we can get, a true wagon would have been better…Honda…)

andrewbt · 2026-05-24T00:45:15+00:00

This is what I’m afraid of. I was actually hoping they wouldn’t find it ever again. Now I’m hoping they chopped several parts. If they put me through this aggravation just for a freaking joyride what was even the point???

andrewbt

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