Why are car keys so ugly?
Discussion
jan8p said:
SuperchargedVR6 said:
I see your point. The Ferrari key is an especially lame effort given the pedigree and price of their cars. You wouldn't be in a hurry to plonk that miserable piece of plastic down onto bar top would you?
Houses are an interesting one though.
This would at least prick up some interest on the bar counter:
If you plonked that down on the bar, wouldn't people just think you're just some idiot who's brought a toy car to the pub?Houses are an interesting one though.
This would at least prick up some interest on the bar counter:
Some child would steal it and it'd cost you about £5k for a replacement.
Ste1987 said:
johnnnnnnyy said:
Because most will be taken from the parts bin of their 'mother companies' and adapted, as per Aston Key (Ford).
I recall seeing an Aston key on Top Gear that was from Volvo
Jeenyus161 said:
I do quite like that XC90 one. I'm sure there are a few examples of ones that are reasonable, but for the most part they are fugly! Also agree with the notion of them doing more. App to monitor MPG etc? More functions like seat warmers etc?
I'm just saying that if you can get a piece of flappy plastic on your front wing that'll deform to channel air one way or another dependent on your speed, why can't your key look less like something that unlocks a storage bin??
The Volvo one can open and close the boot and open and shut the windows. Some convertibles also let you open/close the roof from the fob as well. I can't remember if the hybrid XC90 has a remote start button on the key fob, but you can certainly remote start it from the smartphone app and set timers for the heating/cooling. I'm just saying that if you can get a piece of flappy plastic on your front wing that'll deform to channel air one way or another dependent on your speed, why can't your key look less like something that unlocks a storage bin??
I'm not sure if smartphone apps are the way to go though just to get in the car as they are considerably more clunky than a key fob as you have to unlock the phone, open the app, wait for it to connect, then find the button/option for what you want to do. NFC would be good replacement for keys but I'm not sure I'd trust them to make it secure enough.
I like the information that the apps give you, this is the sort of info you can get from the Jaguar app:
smithyithy said:
BMW's keys for their 7 Series etc are pretty smart
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