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- weirdnews@real.lemmy.fan
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- weirdnews@real.lemmy.fan
MILWAUKEE (CNN) - A woman in Milwaukee says her Kia has been stolen three times, even after she installed a free security upgrade meant to prevent this crime from happening.
My dad drives a base model Kia - no automatic locks, so no keyfob. Kia’s “fix” was to send him “The Club” with instructions to use it to lock the driving wheel every time he parks.
When he told me the story it was structured like a joke, with the punchline being “guess what their solution is?” before pulling The Club from behind his back and handing it to me. He couldn’t stop laughing.
This literally unlocked a core memory of my parents locking the steering wheel of the family Plymouth Voyager that no one would ever steal. Amazing. Didn’t realize “the club” was still around.
Same! I’m not even sure if it’s even a brand-name Club, so I guess take that as you may
The club is good at what it does.
The club is not very good at what it does.
Cars need immobilizers, like every other first world country has figured out and regulated.
Well, technically The Club is fine, The Steering Wheel, not so much but it undermines the whole design.
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