# Car Hotwiring

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/car-hotwiring/12818>\
**Category:** The Drawing Board\
**Created:** [October 28, 2016, 8:34pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/car-hotwiring/12818 "2016-10-28T20:34:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Gnorse](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/gnorse/32/561_2.png) [@Gnorse](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Gnorse)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2016, 8:34pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/car-hotwiring/12818/1 "2016-10-28T20:34:17Z")

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i know this is simple and all , but is it really normal to know how to hotwire a car from level 0 mechanics ?  
you should at least need 1 or 2 in mechanics or maybe electronics

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**Author:** ![Profugo\_Barbatus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d26b3c/32.png) [@Profugo\_Barbatus](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Profugo_Barbatus)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2016, 9:39pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/car-hotwiring/12818/2 "2016-10-28T21:39:12Z")

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Most folks have watched movies where people have hotwired vehicles, so they have a vague idea how it works. Grab some cables from under the steering column, start touching some together until something happens.

I still set off the alarms like, 90% of the time though. Seems accurate, for when you’ve no clue what your actually doing.

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**Author:** ![Subhazard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Subhazard](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Subhazard)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2016, 9:47pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/car-hotwiring/12818/3 "2016-10-28T21:47:15Z")

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Getting at those wires is what’s difficult.

And honestly it isnt that simple.

OP is right, it should be ‘mechanics 1 or 2’

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**Author:** ![Gnorse](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/gnorse/32/561_2.png) [@Gnorse](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Gnorse)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2016, 10:23pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/car-hotwiring/12818/4 "2016-10-28T22:23:24Z")

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if you “grab some cables and cut them” you have a really good chance of bricking a car and fucking it right up  
so you could just have a dice roll of “alarm/success/bricking”