The reason why I am asking is because our Toyota Celica got stolen the night before yesterday. It was parked outside the house and the alarm was not activated - i know, a stupid combo-. This must have taken place in the middle of the night. My parents never heard a thing, not a truck towing it away or anything. I am mentioning the truck as I know that there would be no other way to mobilize the car. I have been told that you cannot make duplicates of seventh generation Toyota Celicas as they have been etched with a laser beam. Apart from that, my mother was the sole owner of both the main and the emergency keys - you know, the spare keys they give you when you buy a car. Also, another important thing to be said is that, there is an immobilizer system in the car which makes it very hard to steer. They have either towed it away or broken in it. But is this still possible? I know no car is fool proof but there was no broken glass of any kind that might have pointed to the possibility of it being broken in. I know there is still the method of the coat hanger and the screw driver but remember, this is not your average car. -Yes, it is not a Lotus either, you get my point, it is high-tech is what I mean.- Plus, there were no open windows.
Am I being too naive just because I have no idea about how -im- penetrable seventh generation Toyota Celicas are? Please tell me how could someone have possibly stolen it. I mean, do you HAVE TO HAVE the keys to break into it AND jump start the engine? [as I heard this scenario, too. I was told that you cannot jump start the engine of this generation of Celicas merely by tampering with the car cables] If you do not need the keys, how easy is it to mobilize the car and by which ways? I do wish for every POSSIBLE scenario, please. I realize that this is a "why-cry-over-spoiled-milk" case now but this was our car and we need to know as much as we can so that we can at least rule out the possibility of someone with access to our home being the culprit. We had also been broken in last July, burglars only took some jewelery and a beauty case but they did look through all the drawers and closets of the house. Wonder if they were looking for the car keys? I cannot help but connect the two incidents, hence your input is very valuable.
And one more thing which has been in our suspicious minds. 10 days ago, it was my sister's wedding. Could it be that the valets there could have tampered with the car in any way or is this a science-fiction scenario? -I think it is too much-
Any advice would be welcome but please no derogatory remarks. They will be instantly reported. Thank you for your patience!
Am I being too naive just because I have no idea about how -im- penetrable seventh generation Toyota Celicas are? Please tell me how could someone have possibly stolen it. I mean, do you HAVE TO HAVE the keys to break into it AND jump start the engine? [as I heard this scenario, too. I was told that you cannot jump start the engine of this generation of Celicas merely by tampering with the car cables] If you do not need the keys, how easy is it to mobilize the car and by which ways? I do wish for every POSSIBLE scenario, please. I realize that this is a "why-cry-over-spoiled-milk" case now but this was our car and we need to know as much as we can so that we can at least rule out the possibility of someone with access to our home being the culprit. We had also been broken in last July, burglars only took some jewelery and a beauty case but they did look through all the drawers and closets of the house. Wonder if they were looking for the car keys? I cannot help but connect the two incidents, hence your input is very valuable.
And one more thing which has been in our suspicious minds. 10 days ago, it was my sister's wedding. Could it be that the valets there could have tampered with the car in any way or is this a science-fiction scenario? -I think it is too much-
Any advice would be welcome but please no derogatory remarks. They will be instantly reported. Thank you for your patience!