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My bother lost his keyless fob thing for his wife's Discovery Sport. She had her key so it was not a problem. It was only when the car was valeted some months later that the lost key was found, wedged right down beside the seat. Does that mean that the auto lock wild never have worked and at any point anyone could have just opened the car and driven off? (His wife is not at all tech or car savvy, so if she'd been told the would lock and unlock automatically I doubt she would ever think to check it was actually doing so.)
tog said:
My bother lost his keyless fob thing for his wife's Discovery Sport. She had her key so it was not a problem. It was only when the car was valeted some months later that the lost key was found, wedged right down beside the seat. Does that mean that the auto lock wild never have worked and at any point anyone could have just opened the car and driven off? (His wife is not at all tech or car savvy, so if she'd been told the would lock and unlock automatically I doubt she would ever think to check it was actually doing so.)
I don't let cars with keyless entry auto lock as I walk away because I don't trust it, and pressing a button on the handle is no hardship, so in my case on the occasions I've left the key inside I've known because the car doesn't lock when I press the button. If he was relying on it locking itself as he walked off then I would imagine it never did so the entire time the key was inside so yes someone could have opened it, pressed the button, and driven away. Would he not have noticed the locks firing when he pulled the handle on coming back to the car though?
stickleback123 said:
I don't let cars with keyless entry auto lock as I walk away because I don't trust it, and pressing a button on the handle is no hardship, so in my case on the occasions I've left the key inside I've known because the car doesn't lock when I press the button. If he was relying on it locking itself as he walked off then I would imagine it never did so the entire time the key was inside so yes someone could have opened it, pressed the button, and driven away. Would he not have noticed the locks firing when he pulled the handle on coming back to the car though?
He might have, I doubt she would have. I am happy with my 28 year old barge and don't have to worry about such new fangled problems!I am merely an avid lurker on this thread, living my dream of a fleet of totally unsuitable big old motors through the more active members. I would however have thought that the Jaguar mentioned a few pages back would be the ideal daily transport for one of the continental contributors rather than some modern, dowdy and, probably, more appropriate chariot. 
stickleback123 said:
However I really, really like not having the f
king keys dangling down and jingliing annoyingly and, even worse, brushing or digging into my fking leg all the bding time what stupid motherfkers keep putting ignition switches there 
. Pet hate.
Why don't you just keep car and other key detritus separate? My pet hate is having a fist-sized bunch of pointless keys swinging about in the car, so separate them.king keys dangling down and jingliing annoyingly and, even worse, brushing or digging into my fking leg all the bding time what stupid motherfkers keep putting ignition switches there . Pet hate. Doubly true when you're taking one of several different possible cars too, then you don't have another key hanging about.
stickleback123 said:
I don't let cars with keyless entry auto lock as I walk away because I don't trust it, and pressing a button on the handle is no hardship, so in my case on the occasions I've left the key inside I've known because the car doesn't lock when I press the button. If he was relying on it locking itself as he walked off then I would imagine it never did so the entire time the key was inside so yes someone could have opened it, pressed the button, and driven away. Would he not have noticed the locks firing when he pulled the handle on coming back to the car though?
An amusing, related anecdoteWhen i got married last year my wife's stepdad was driving her to the church. All the cars were lined up on the drive behind his, he pulled up and went to get her but didn't turn the ignition engine off and left the key in the centre console. When he came back to the car it had locked the doors and started itself as the battery had reached the low point. All the other cars were now parked behind him and completely blocked in. The spare key wouldn't unlock the car because the engine was running and the car was locked from "inside". Several blue moments and a call the Lexus later they talked him through finding the hidden keyway and removing the blade from the keyfob to unlock.
bring back actual keys!
tog said:
He might have, I doubt she would have. I am happy with my 28 year old barge and don't have to worry about such new fangled problems!
Snap I walk up to the w124 put the key in the door, I really don't get this keyless thing you've still got to open the door to get in it's hardly a hardship Of course only the Japanese have thought of all the problems associated with keys, no keys digging into your legs, nothing left in various storage locations around the car... anything else is for peasants 
On another note, I'm thinking of treating myself to one of these soon with some liberated finances 
On another note, I'm thinking of treating myself to one of these soon with some liberated finances TommoAE86 said:
Of course only the Japanese have thought of all the problems associated with keys, no keys digging into your legs, nothing left in various storage locations around the car... anything else is for peasants On another note, I'm thinking of treating myself to one of these soon with some liberated finances
The obvious way forward is with a smartphone app where an additional feature is that the digital key can be shared. So when you rent your car at the airport, or you want to let a visiting friend or family member borrow the car, the secure key will be sent to a specific phone with a PIN, you locate the car, pair your phone with the car and off you go. On another note, I'm thinking of treating myself to one of these soon with some liberated finances 
bolidemichael said:
I have heard anecdotes of bikers jumping onto their keyless motorbikes and realising that their key was 200miles away after having stopped for petrol.
Keyless bikes are absolutely bloody stupid. In a set of leathers with fairly minimal pockets just give me a proper key!
Stegel said:
mondayo said:
It seems the S/W210 will let you lock your keys in the car, whereas the S/W211 doesn't.
Makes mental note to test the 211 on the drive with spare key in house; knows the test will come on some rain sodden car park 200 miles from home. Dapster said:
The obvious way forward is with a smartphone app where an additional feature is that the digital key can be shared. So when you rent your car at the airport, or you want to let a visiting friend or family member borrow the car, the secure key will be sent to a specific phone with a PIN, you locate the car, pair your phone with the car and off you go.
I think this is on the new Ford Mach-E. The chap from the Smoking Tyre podcast was not very complimentary at first.(Slightly off topic, but I listened to Henry Catchpole on the Smoking Tyre when out walking the dog the other day. The host is very "f
k Yeah" and American, and Henry is, well, not. I like both of them, and have an enormous amount of respect for Henry particularly, but together, it just didn't work.)somebody save me from myself and buy this so that I don't have to:
Currently mid thread but Cat D with minor rear bumper and boot lid damage
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/203489976889
Currently mid thread but Cat D with minor rear bumper and boot lid damage
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/203489976889
Dapster said:
The obvious way forward is with a smartphone app where an additional feature is that the digital key can be shared. So when you rent your car at the airport, or you want to let a visiting friend or family member borrow the car, the secure key will be sent to a specific phone with a PIN, you locate the car, pair your phone with the car and off you go.
Oh I don't do this new-fangled stuff... also I never like other people driving my car 
deadtom said:
somebody save me from myself and buy this so that I don't have to:
Currently mid thread but Cat D with minor rear bumper and boot lid damage
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/203489976889
Lovely colour combo (I'm not helping am I?)Currently mid thread but Cat D with minor rear bumper and boot lid damage
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/203489976889
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