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"HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles" (hondasfordsvolvo) 05/12/2018 at 08:54 • Filed to: None

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I had no idea Ford has been going the key pad door combination thing for so long. My families my’s 93 Sable Wagon had it, but this is almost 10 years earlier.

So why the heck has no other car maker even attempted something similar.

Ash78, voting early and often > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 05/12/2018 at 08:59

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Great question. Conversely, I always make fun of these as something from 1988 (when I first saw it on a Taurus). But they still seem to work and people love them. Totally baffled why it never caught on widely.

pip bip - choose Corrour > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 05/12/2018 at 09:08

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my best guess is they are a pain in the arse.

Kiltedpadre > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 05/12/2018 at 09:15

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I think it started on the T-bird and Lincoln Mark vi in 1980. Here’s an ad for it with the t-bird.

It’s hard to imagine they’ve been offering it almost 40 years.

My X-type is too a real Jaguar > pip bip - choose Corrour 05/12/2018 at 09:16

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They work well, keyless entry has made them redundant, iirc Ford had a patent on them which is why other automakers didn’t have them.

fhrblig > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 05/12/2018 at 09:21

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Maximas had them.

XJDano > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 05/12/2018 at 09:24

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My dad locks his key in the truck all the time and uses the pad to unlock it. The 3 of 5 buttons are so worn down.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > fhrblig 05/12/2018 at 10:11

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Huh. That’s the only non FoMoCo product I’ve haven’t seen on it.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > My X-type is too a real Jaguar 05/12/2018 at 10:13

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I would seem to me that they could have a design patent on them, but you can’t patent the idea of a number pad with buttons on t.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > pip bip - choose Corrour 05/12/2018 at 10:14

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How? I had no problem with them at 4-9 years old. Lol

My X-type is too a real Jaguar > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 05/12/2018 at 10:44

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The world of auto Patents is strange, Packard once had a patent about Headlights being built into the fenders, it is the reason the cord 810 had pop up headlights.

fhrblig > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 05/12/2018 at 11:15

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I feel like there was another Nissan that had it but I can’t remember. Besides the Quest, which had it because the Mercury Villager had it.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > fhrblig 05/12/2018 at 11:22

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Maybe getting access to that was part of Nissan and Ford’s Parentership that spawned the Villager

fhrblig > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 05/12/2018 at 11:27

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It’s possible, but even the earlier Maximas had it. This was from an ‘86:

TFSIVTEC drivesavolvo > My X-type is too a real Jaguar 05/12/2018 at 15:18

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They are still handy though, if you want to go for a swim or a run, or any other situation you want to lock your fob in the car and still get back in it.