Some shots here by LMK

http://forums.e60.net/index.php?showtopic=334&st=3319

 

 

Read the following page:
http://www.apani.com/net-news/0506/73

This only confirms what we were discussing only a few weeks ago. LMK mentioned that the Malaysians are already using this technique. Beware.......

 

The only difference is it's about keyless entry. I read a similar but more technical article a few weeks back. It has to do with the fact keyless entry keys are "passive" to save battery. So instead the car will broadcast to look for the key. This is the problem as the thief can use a laptop to pose as your key and respond. The way I read it it seems normal remote is "active" in the sense it broadcasts to the car instead. But I am not too sure about this.

In any case, just be careful where you park, where you go at the very least.

 

technically, both situation posed a danger for All of us. Be it passive or active, a scanner with 8bit or 40 bit or even 128 bit encoded frequencies can unlock or pop our locks.

keyless entry is more prone because everytime the car was unlocked, a new code is being setup. this is to build up millions of combinations, but at the same time, that "new" encrypted coded is broadcasted constantly so that when the passive key is nearby, it generates enough voltage in the transponder to generate the code thus unlokcing the car. it works similar to our ERP or season pass transponder.
The constant braodcasting is the problem, if i have a receiver and a decoder, generate a code in rythmn along with the freq pattern, wait for the correct code to come out, "pop" is what i needed in 10-20 min. per car.
If i am lucky, i can pop 3-4 cars at one go in a car park!

Ed, that is why you need to supply alot of wing flaps!

 

Sorry guys, I was trying to clear the first 350 message pages as I only starting in this forum for less than 2 weeks...

I also recently spent $1260 for the Hiop tuning and was keen on the DMS. But not much difference as far as fuel economy (I am averaging 5.5km/l or 18.2l/100km) since Day 1.

What was interesting is the way you see BMW pushing out mid-term models with new engines. Such as the 523 which is the same capacity as the 525 but having such a big difference in bhp (177 vs 218). There is only a 7bhp difference to the old 520 and the cc has to go up by 300, even when it boasted of the new magnesium-aluminium engine. Why?

Simple logic might mean that the 523 was "tuned down" and 525 was "tuned up" to justify the differences in price and performance. Would it then mean that we can do a aftermarket tuning up for the 523 to make it closer to the 525 performance?

 

Something I still don't understand but I will save it for the next time we meet. Want to understand more; if not I will be paranoid. Kekeke. Perhaps I should ask pml to disable the remote, and revert the old mechanical unlocking. I am absolutely fine with this.

 

I have been wondering about this also. So far I have read that the intake is different. 523 has a more restrictive intake. I can trace to the part # differences. But does it mean by changing that everything else would be the same with a remap?

A lot of people are dying to know ...

 

sure! happy to talk about this subject and share my experience when i was in Taiwan. Those guys are cloning remotes and unlocking car with a handheld scanner.
anyone that goes to "Guang Hua" electronic mart in Taipei can easily find some car lock remotes scanners selling on the shelves there.

 

I also KPO about this subject before, i think the brakes, suspension and some other components are different between the 523 and 525. Go ask the SA, they will tell you to buy the 525 than to 523.
i believe it is tuned down.

unless i can have 2 cars and put up to this machine and measure.

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