Wheels stolen /locking bolts

[whitex]

I stick by 'authorized entry'. Is there a log (aside from the recording) that shows unlock/door open/disable camera events? That's auditing basics.

That log is long gone by now. I would be curious if anything was missing from the inside of the car. If no, it would seem weird that thieves who had access to enter the car didn't steal anything but the wheels. I still say it could a software glitch, or an idiosyncrasy. The OP said it was in the middle of the night. Tesla has in the past done some tricky stuff at night, silently rebooting things, or even shutting them down deep in the night presumably to save on power and electronics wear. It is a pet pieve of mine for example that if I choose to drive my model S at 3 am or 4am, the instrument cluster does a cold boot. During the day and "normal human" hours, it's on instantly. Even if I connect to the car to pre-heat it at 3am, that does not wake the instrument cluster either, so I'm still stuck waiting a minute or two so before I can drive (I haven't timed it, it seems like forever when you just want to drive off).

I used to have a Nokia phone which silently rebooted itself every 3am (presumably to mitigate things like memory leaks). The clock was showing 3:00 during the reboot, so you wouldn't know it's happening, but if you happened to be talking at 3am, the reboot kicked you off. If the thieves found out for example that there is some magic hour during which Tesla reboots its systems, they could take advantage.

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[tchavei]

Indeed. It is cynical, penny pinching BS from Porsche. They are a $130 option on a very expensive car.

It's 65€ here.

 

[Redhot2474]

That log is long gone by now. I would be curious if anything was missing from the inside of the car. If no, it would seem weird that thieves who had access to enter the car didn't steal anything but the wheels. I still say it could a software glitch, or an idiosyncrasy. The OP said it was in the middle of the night. Tesla has in the past done some tricky stuff at night, silently rebooting things, or even shutting them down deep in the night presumably to save on power and electronics wear. It is a pet pieve of mine for example that if I choose to drive my model S at 3 am or 4am, the instrument cluster does a cold boot. During the day and "normal human" hours, it's on instantly. Even if I connect to the car to pre-heat it at 3am, that does not wake the instrument cluster either, so I'm still stuck waiting a minute or two so before I can drive (I haven't timed it, it seems like forever when you just want to drive off).

I used to have a Nokia phone which silently rebooted itself every 3am (presumably to mitigate things like memory leaks). The clock was showing 3:00 during the reboot, so you wouldn't know it's happening, but if you happened to be talking at 3am, the reboot kicked you off. If the thieves found out for example that there is some magic hour during which Tesla reboots its systems, they could take advantage.

It’s possibility, it possible that it just didn’t record. Amazing that the alarm was not triggered either. Nothing sass taken inside , I don’t think they got in. This happened one year ago, the car is now sold - amica replaced everything , there was 22k in damage including labor.

 

[whitex]

It’s possibility, it possible that it just didn’t record.

One other thing I am thinking is whether or not the thieves simply covered all cameras used for sentry motion detection. Maybe they found such a weak spot. It is one drawback of using built in security cameras - all cars have the same system, so break one, break all. At least other dashcams record 24/7, so you can at least see if they got covered and perhaps see the thieves scouting ahead of time.

there was 22k in damage including labor.

Wow, that's more than 10x the value of those wheels on the used market, even assuming close to new tires.

So back to the original question, locking bolts, sure, they are inexpensive enough. Given your experience, I'd think you'd want a pair (or a set of 4) dashcams installed which would record 24/7. I install the 2ch blackvues in all of our cars (Taycan will get it too) and they record 24/7.

 

[tchavei]

I now want to get 3 packs of security bolts from different companies just to make the whole thing hilarious. 1x porsche, 1x stock, 1x bilstein, 1x mcguard and 1x sumex.

My tire guy will love me no doubt ?

BTW, how does wheel theft play along jack mode? I thought that you had to enable that because of the air suspension so that the wheel would stay locked in place instead of descending far down when jacking the car.

I remember that old Citroën from the 70s/80s with air suspension had a jack mode because otherwise the wheel wouldn't lift from ground no matter how high you jacked the car (on the road of course).

 

[kempez]

I had an MY22 config that moved to an MY23 one and my dealer didn’t point that out.

I do have a locking wheel key?

Indeed. It is cynical, penny pinching BS from Porsche. They are a $130 option on a very expensive car.

FYI: locking wheel nuts are indeed on the wheels too ?? standard on the Turbo?

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