Summary
MacGyver attempts to take control of a car's security system using a car phone to interface with the vehicle's onboard computer.
Highlights
The Car Phone Dilemma
00:00:11
The narrator reflects on car phones, questioning if their owners are genuinely important or merely want to appear so. Simmons is identified as belonging to the latter category.
Hacking the Car's Security
00:00:43
MacGyver believes that with the right connections, a cellular phone can interact with a car's security system and its onboard computer. He aims to take control of Linda's expensive new car by making the phone communicate with the computer.
The Reliability of Computers
00:01:03
He playfully notes that computers typically follow instructions, with the humorous exception of those at his bank.