"Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit)
08/24/2013 at 09:50 • Filed to: None
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"Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit)
08/24/2013 at 09:50 • Filed to: None | 4
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Lady called this morning to tell me her "keychain electronic thingy" would no longer work, and she needed a new one, because it wouldn't open her doors.
Once I found out what kind of key it was, I told her it was probably just a $6 battery, and to bring it in and I'd change it for her.
"But I can't open my doors! It won't work!" she says.
I asked if the key that flips out was okay, and she got silent for a second. "Oh, yeah, I forgot I could do that".
C'mon people. I know you get used to pressing a button to open your doors, but keys still work as keys. Well, on MOST cars anyways.
Otto
> Takuro Spirit
08/24/2013 at 10:04 |
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One time a friend of mine gave me his key (aftermarket remote central locking thing) for me to go pick something up from his car, and told me the alarm button is the unlock button.
It was a mess.
Beeping and honking and lights flashing, and I panicked and couldn't turn it off for what seemed like the longest few seconds ever. Embarrassed, I tilted my head down and just got the thing in a hurry and left.
Dunnik
> Takuro Spirit
08/24/2013 at 10:09 |
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You know, I kinda miss the old days:
Step 1 - Find vehicle in parking lot, without using remote alarm/flashers
Step 2 - Insert door key (note: different from ignition key) into driver's side door lock.
Step 3 - Turn key.
Step 4 - Enter car. If power door locks, proceed to Step 5. If manual locks, proceed to Step 6.
Step 5 - Employ power door locks so your passenger(s) can enter.
Step 6 - Reach over to passenger side to unlock door.
These days, it's all too easy:
Step 1 - Hit a button.
Step 2 - Profit.
joemcm
> Takuro Spirit
08/24/2013 at 10:10 |
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Obligatory. Sorry to ruin your weekend with ICP, but your brought this upon yourself. As some unwise men once said, "I fed a fish to a pelican at Frisco Bay, it tried to eat my cell phone. He ran away."
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Takuro Spirit
> Dunnik
08/24/2013 at 10:17 |
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Our delivery truck is stupid. It's a '08 B4000 with manual locks, and when locked the knobs sit flush with the tops of the door panels. If you want to let a passenger in, you have to use the handle on the inside to open the door, which in turn pops up the button.
If you just want to unlock it, and NOT open it? Well fuck you, it's a Ford.
Slave2anMG
> Takuro Spirit
08/24/2013 at 10:49 |
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Don't forget cars like recent VWs that don't have obvious outside key cylinders...they're hidden under a plastic cover. Your customer wouldn't have figured that out in, I dunno, forever...
Shady Balkan Subject, Drives an Alfa
> Dunnik
08/24/2013 at 11:10 |
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My lada have that process and I hate every sing one of it. Why two keys one for doors one for igition. But the things I hate is the manual unlocking of doors and then manual locking. I often forget to do it. The same is with the crank windows. Automatic locking doors, auto windows going up when pressing the lock key is a huge blessing for me.
Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
> Dunnik
08/24/2013 at 11:19 |
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With my car:
Step 1 - Find vehicle in parking lot, without using remote alarm/flashers. If with a passenger proceed to step 2, If no passenger skip to step 4.
Step 2 - Insert key into passenger's side door lock.
Step 3 - Turn key clockwise.
Step 4- Walk around to driver's side. Insert key into driver's side door lock.
Step 5 - Turn key counter-clockwise.
Step 6 - Get in car.
Step 7 - If multiple passengers, reach around to back doors and pull up the knobs.
The WB
> Dunnik
08/24/2013 at 11:45 |
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I've still got two vehicles without keyless entry or power locks. Its nice.
Clown Shoe Pilot
> Otto
08/24/2013 at 12:02 |
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luckily, no one pays attention to car alarms.
trynthink
> The WB
08/24/2013 at 12:21 |
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My first car had manual locks. Even worse, it was a Ford, with that idiotic separate trunk key. I hated having to reach across to unlock the doors all the time, or open the driver's door just to unlock the rear door so I could get something out of the back seat. One of my main criteria for my second car was keyless entry and power locks.
OTOH, I know how to use the key in the door if the remote battery dies.
Edit: now that I think about it, I can see how it wouldn't be as annoying with a two-door car. Four doors though, especially when you're loading and unloading stuff from the back seat, is a real nuisance with no power locks and/or remote.
Burrito de EJ25
> Dunnik
08/24/2013 at 13:06 |
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side-eye
Thank God I'm not that old so I don't have to pretend like there's anything good about a world without keyless entry.
davedave1111
> Dunnik
08/24/2013 at 13:11 |
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I too miss the old days...
1 - choose a car in the parking lot, preferably a fairly well-concealed one.
2 - Give that special push-pull-tug-bump on the door handle that makes shitty locks undo
3 - Pull wires from behind dash and start car.
4 - Drive away.
No, wait, I don't miss the old days at all. What you or I would have experienced would actually be:
1 - Try and find car in carpark, but it's not there because the security was shit and some scrote stole it.
2 - Cry.
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davedave1111
> Takuro Spirit
08/24/2013 at 13:13 |
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My dad's Merc 190e used to have that with the locks as well. Although I seem to recall that the central-locking detection was sensitive enough that you could trick it by pulling the door handle slightly-but-not-enough-to-open.
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davedave1111
> Takuro Spirit
08/24/2013 at 13:16 |
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It's sort of understandable that you don't associate a car remote locking activator with a key, especially since it's not that long since they tended to be separate. Silly, but not really stupid.
I find it interesting that keyless entry for cars is becoming so commonplace as to be almost ubiquitous, but no-one at all is fitting keyless locks to their front door.
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Dunnik
> Burrito de EJ25
08/24/2013 at 13:30 |
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Thank God I'm not that young and naive enough to fail to understand when somebody is making a joke about how the "old days" were always better.
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Burrito de EJ25
> Dunnik
08/24/2013 at 13:30 |
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Yeah, we'll you're fat.
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Dunnik
> Burrito de EJ25
08/24/2013 at 13:32 |
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Takuro Spirit
> davedave1111
08/24/2013 at 16:04 |
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But this one HAS a key that you HAVE to use in the ignition. It's a switchblade style, push the chrome button and the key flips out.