Former guestblogger Todd Lappin says:
Newsweek correspondent Brad Stone has written a “how-dunnit?” piece about the recent theft (and recovery) of his 2003 Honda Civic hybrid [affectionately nicknamed “Honky” –XJ]. In theory, thieves shouldn’t have been able to steal the car, because it’s equipped with a security transponder that’s all but uncrackable. Brad writes, “Were we to believe that a thief stole our car to brag to his friends about getting 40-plus miles to the gallon and preserving city air? Odder still, how could they have bypassed the security chip in the thick black jacket of our car key, designed so that our keys, and only our keys, could send the unique code needed to activate the car’s ignition? We still had all our keys in our possession.”
The mystery remains unsolved, so Brad is soliciting theories from armchair-detectives who think they can explain this high-tech hybrid heist.