Re: Beware of high tech running amok

On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 09:36:03 -0600, tetraethylleadREMOVETHIS@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Brent P) wrote:

>In article <la88s35it4mk8rku0hcc5gaqgks26alllq@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Scott in SoCal
wrote:
>> On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 23:02:28 -0600, tetraethylleadREMOVETHIS@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> (Brent P) wrote:
>> 
>>>Why do I want more crap to carry around
>> 
>> Huh? You already carry a key on a chain with a fob. Where is this
>> "extra crap" of which you speak?
>
>I have no 'fob'. 

Most people do. You're just weird. Especially if you consider a key
fob weighing an ounce or two to be some sort of an unbearable burden.

>>>another thing that needs a battery... 
>
>> My first battery lasted almost 3 years and cost $3 to replace. BFD.
>
>It's not the cost, it's the annoyance. 

Keys are more annoying than fobs - especially when the weather gets
cold and icy.
 
>>>For what advantage? Not putting a key into a lock? 
>
>> The primary reason people lock their keys in their cars is because the
>> key is constantly leaving their pocket or purse. With KSE (Keyless
>> Start and Entry) the key can stay in your pocket at all times.
>
>Um... you're mixing things here. if you're keeping it in your pocket it's

>RFID which is something entirely different. 

Not entirely. It's exactly the same 315MHz technology with the
addition of a 125kHz LF component for the passive ****tion of the
system.

>> The car
>> can detect whether the key is inside the car or not; if you try to
>> start the car and the key is not inside, the car will not start. If
>> you leave the car and they key is still inside, the car will not lock,
>> and will warn you by blipping the horn that you left your keys inside.
>
>And makes your car easy to steal by some RFID interceptor.

Kindly link to a re****t of a Corvette, an IS-350, a Mercedes, or any
other vehicle that was soltne in this manner. I'll wait.

>Easy low tech solution: Spare key in wallet duh. 

Luddite. Do you keep a bottle of lock de-icer in your wallet too?

>Only I drive my car. 

And you're never getting married or even having an SO.

>> Another thing you might appreciate on occasion: my car has no lock
>> cylinders in the doors to get frozen up in the winter. :)
>
>It's called graphite lock lube. I've had to do it ONCE in 11 years. 

Amazing. You tell us that your brakes fail constantly, and yet you've
never had your locks freeze up on you? When I lived in IL, I had it
happen at least once a year.

>And what do you do when the gizmo fails? Break a window? 

I pop the trunk using the backup key cylinder and pull the emergency
door release handle.
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