When I was a teen, I tried that one on my Dad. Of course, it never worked. “Fortunately” I developed a severe allergy to grass pollen. Hard to mow a lawn with your eyes swollen shut.
There have been a few cases where an owner was delinquent on their car payments and the dealership disabled the car remotely. I would think they could even have some newer cars drive themselves back to their lot.
Is it part of the joke that he’s shaking his left hand with the CEO?