Newer VATS Vehicles

[John Faubion]

> What about the next year, after the thieves figured out how to get around
it?
> After all, if guys on the list can do it, so can anyone with enough
> technical knowledge.

Technical knowledge is great but it doesn't necessarily give you time to
defeat it. The guys here that have cracked it have done it one of two ways.
Either by trying each of 15 resistor values until it unlocked (with a 3-4
minute delay between each try) or by hacking the PROM which requires
removing the computer, pulling the CalPak, removing the PROM, downloading
it, editing it, blowing a new PROM and putting it all back together again.
A thief just doesn't have the time to do all of this. He might be able to
carry a spare CalPak with a modified PROM already in it but even if the
thief decides to concentrate on a Corvettes there are about 8 different
CalPaks he would have to carry. It still easier to use a tow truck or steal
the keys.

John Faubion
jfaubion at beaches.net