New 08-MY key design

[Zebede29]

Has anyone got a pic of the new key design?

(before anyone says it, yes I know, I'm sad)

[Gooby]

I always thought that was a major omission. A friend has a nissan 350 renault thing and the titanium key was really cool.

[Zebede29]

(As you might now) I work for a VW franchise and a nice sexy keyfob really does make a car more appealing - its the only part of the car you handle and keep with you all day - and of course there's the "dinner party kudos" issue....

[Esprit]

I laugh how they say it's an "integrated alarm-key design"... my 2001 S1 had that from factory.... for some reason the Exies didn't come with the cobra that everything else did... perhaps because it didn't use the Lucas 5AS/MEMS/GEMS ECU?

[Zebede29]

Esprit said:

I laugh how they say it's an "integrated alarm-key design"... my 2001 S1 had that from factory.... for some reason the Exies didn't come with the cobra that everything else did... perhaps because it didn't use the Lucas 5AS/MEMS/GEMS ECU?

I think they mean a single keyfob with the alarm/central locking buttons all integrated into the key itself.

I was told by my dealer that there has never been an Elise/Exige with anything other than the "Vauxhall" main key (without any buttons) accompanied by a separate Cobra alarm fob.

[LivinLaVidaLotus]

Key for 111R and Exige MY05 have a button, which lights up an LED on them so you can see what you're doing with the key. AFAIK the current change is because there's a new Thatcham (Z?) standard that requires separate arm and dissarm buttons from memory.

[Gooby]

LivinLaVidaLotus said:

Key for 111R and Exige MY05 have a button, which lights up an LED on them so you can see what you're doing with the key. AFAIK the current change is because there's a new Thatcham (Z?) standard that requires separate arm and dissarm buttons from memory.

That LED is a bit of a comedy extra in the fact that they dont work and when they do they give off about 10% of the required illumination for any given situation.

[Zebede29]

LivinLaVidaLotus said:

Key for 111R and Exige MY05 have a button, which lights up an LED on them so you can see what you're doing with the key. AFAIK the current change is because there's a new Thatcham (Z?) standard that requires separate arm and dissarm buttons from memory.

My 04MY 111S also has the button on it for the little light but no alarm buttons.

I just have a bit of a thing about a nice key fob!

[Esprit]

Zebede29 said:

Esprit said:

I laugh how they say it's an "integrated alarm-key design"... my 2001 S1 had that from factory.... for some reason the Exies didn't come with the cobra that everything else did... perhaps because it didn't use the Lucas 5AS/MEMS/GEMS ECU?

I think they mean a single keyfob with the alarm/central locking buttons all integrated into the key itself.

I was told by my dealer that there has never been an Elise/Exige with anything other than the "Vauxhall" main key (without any buttons) accompanied by a separate Cobra alarm fob.

I give thee my key for my Exige S1....



Looks like an integrated key/fob to me Car came with two of them, and two normal keys (and two filler flap keys).... guess y'all got jipped

Just in case ya can't see, there's a single button on the main key to arm/disarm the alarm (which isn't a Cobra unit in the Exige S1 owing to its different ECU).... the bonus is that it works from a couple of dozen metres away, unlike my old Cobra alarm on my S1 Elise that only used to work from about 6" away in clear conditions.

Edited by Esprit on Wednesday 24th October 13:05

[Kev946]

I'll take one later and post.

[LivinLaVidaLotus]

Gooby said:

LivinLaVidaLotus said:

Key for 111R and Exige MY05 have a button, which lights up an LED on them so you can see what you're doing with the key. AFAIK the current change is because there's a new Thatcham (Z?) standard that requires separate arm and dissarm buttons from memory.

That LED is a bit of a comedy extra in the fact that they dont work and when they do they give off about 10% of the required illumination for any given situation.

I never said it was any good

Fobs for the Cobra annoy me, have to be within a couple of feet.