Re: Beware of high tech running amok

In article <02g9s35r5gmcl9e7p8r0an9fum4lshd68m@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Scott in SoCal
wrote:
> 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.

I thought I was clear I consider it an annoyance. 

>>>>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.

Except for the torqueless wonder car I haven't had that problem in about 
14 years. 
  
>>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.

I understand thieves eventually defeated the ford PATS system too... 
 
>>Easy low tech solution: Spare key in wallet duh. 

> Luddite. 

No. Keep it Simple, Stupid. 

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

Why would I need that? 
 
>>Only I drive my car. 

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

Find me a woman under 35 years old that can drive three on the tree and 
then I'll be concerned about it. 
 
>>> 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.

Strawman. I've had brake lines fail in hidden unservicable uninspectable 
locations on cars over 15 years old. It's called road salt spray. Door
locks 
however give signals that they are in need of lube and preventing them 
from icing over isn't a big deal. Now my '73 and '75 mavericks when I did 
drive them daily over 11 years ago, would have the *latches* freeze up 
but not the lock cylinders. Of course your key fob thinggy doesn't take 
the latch out of the system.