Hi All

Just bought my first keyless entry car , Skoda fabia

Wondering if I need to keep key in a faraday pouch ? 

Thanks 

You can do if you want but the 'Skoda Fabia' badge is as good an anti-theft deterrent as you'll find.

 

A few things to remember:

 

1: Keyless is improved in that once you've laid your key down then it won't transmit a signal after a few minutes therefore can't be detected.

 

2: If a thief wants your car, they'll get it, regardless of keyless. Worst case scenario, they just whack you over the head and take the keys.

 

I don't give keyless a 2nd thought. If I did then I'd disable it - which you can easily do. You would however have to remotely open/close the car and as soon as you do, they can pick up that signal so in that instance a  faraday pouch would be useless.

 

There was a case on national news the other day about theives caught on camera taking a Mecedes  SUV. Note the age of the car. This was at a time when the keys were constantly transmitting a signal. That scenario couldn't happen with your car, or at least not unless you had them in your pocket and you were moving around.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-65696161

 

Edited 29 May, 20233 yr by kodiaqsportline