......that is the question regarding a cheap 1995 TOYOTA Celica that i found and I'd like to buy it but the owner has lost the keys (hence it's cheap).
The car is not stolen, and is still in a pretty ok condition. It's quite far from where I'm at, about 150 kilos.
Now i know that regular house keys have a code to them but is it the same with car keys ? If so then, correct me if I'm wrong but I assume something like that should be written in the car documents.
Then there's the immobilizer part but from what i know that should be a simple EEPROM rewrite on the ECU to get it to accept a new key.
What do you guys think ?
......that is the question regarding a cheap 1995 TOYOTA Celica that i found and I'd like to buy it but the owner has lost the keys (hence it's cheap).
The car is not stolen, and is still in a pretty ok condition. It's quite far from where I'm at, about 150 kilos.
Now i know that regular house keys have a code to them but is it the same with car keys ? If so then, correct me if I'm wrong but I assume something like that should be written in the car documents.
Then there's the immobilizer part but from what i know that should be a simple EEPROM rewrite on the ECU to get it to accept a new key.
What do you guys think ?
Guy selling a car very cheaply because he lost both keys and didn't try to get a replacement from the manufacturer (which costs nothing compared to the price of the car) - yeah, sure. Sounds about as legit as those Nigerian scam e-mails.
......that is the question regarding a cheap 1995 TOYOTA Celica that i found and I'd like to buy it but the owner has lost the keys (hence it's cheap).
The car is not stolen, and is still in a pretty ok condition. It's quite far from where I'm at, about 150 kilos.
Now i know that regular house keys have a code to them but is it the same with car keys ? If so then, correct me if I'm wrong but I assume something like that should be written in the car documents.
Then there's the immobilizer part but from what i know that should be a simple EEPROM rewrite on the ECU to get it to accept a new key.
What do you guys think ?
Sorry not trying to be judgemental but the issue is huge in SE,DK & DE.
Sorry not trying to be judgemental but the issue is huge in SE,DK & DE.
Not only there - Polish and Romanian gangs were caught stealing agricultural tractors here in France last year. They were to be loaded into containers and shipped Eastwards. Typical destinations are Ukraine, Russia, sometimes even Middle East.
Poland, Slovakia and other eastern countries are rarely the final destinations these days because those are EU members and it is hard to legalize a stolen machine like that there. There it is more common for stolen vehicles to be broken up for parts and sold like that - it is both safer and more profitable.
And before someone accuses me of racism or stereotyping or something like that - I am Slovak myself ...
I bought my car without a test drive. It was 500 bucks, very nice condition but the kid said the engine was bad. Battery was completely dead so I couldn't start it. Bought it anyway assuming I'd need to do an engine swap, came back the next day and put a new battery in it, fired right up so I drove it home. It had some water in the oil, looked like whipped cream on the dipstick but I never conclusively found the cause, o-ring was missing from the dipstick so it may have got in there. I changed the oil and I'm still driving it 17 years later. It's a gamble, but when the price is right it can pay off.
And before someone accuses me of racism or stereotyping or something like that - I am Slovak myself ...
And before someone accuses me of racism or stereotyping or something like that - I am Slovak myself ...
I bought my car without a test drive. It was 500 bucks, very nice condition but the kid said the engine was bad. Battery was completely dead so I couldn't start it. Bought it anyway assuming I'd need to do an engine swap, came back the next day and put a new battery in it, fired right up so I drove it home. It had some water in the oil, looked like whipped cream on the dipstick but I never conclusively found the cause, o-ring was missing from the dipstick so it may have got in there. I changed the oil and I'm still driving it 17 years later. It's a gamble, but when the price is right it can pay off.