It would be interesting to see what the take up rate is on the keyless option on cars that offer it. I know that most of the Focus and Fiesta models I have had as loaners have it. I believe only the absolute base model uses a key.
They should film that story and show it every Christmas.
Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
NoiseDesign - May 04, 2013 4:15:56 pm PDT #21534 of 30001
Our wings are not tired
§ ita § - May 04, 2013 4:19:32 pm PDT #21535 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I also wonder what percentage of models offer it. Jetta's my go to calibration, and it seems to have been an option since 2012.
tommyrot - May 04, 2013 4:35:27 pm PDT #21536 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
The Tesla Model S only comes keyless, I think.
eta:
I love my keyless Focus. But once I rented a keyed Focus and every time I got in I would try to press the nonexistent Start button
sarameg - May 04, 2013 4:45:08 pm PDT #21537 of 30001
My car still has only a tape deck. I no longer have any tapes.
I know I'm in for a real shock when I have to replace this car. Which, I should start test driving things, so I'm not completely clueless. I know me. I will not preemptively replace said car before I hit a repair estimate that leads me to replace it. Which will mean a rental while I shop. Would be so much better if I had an idea what I wanted to replace it with. Things have changed quite a bit in the last 13 years (well, 16, if you count the car vintage.) Moreso than what had changed from '88-2000 (I bought my '88 sentra in 95 or so?)
DavidS - May 04, 2013 4:47:08 pm PDT #21538 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
For those who watched the Kentucky Derby today, Laura Hillenbrand picked Orb to win, which he did. She noted that he was bred by the Phipps family who also bred Seabiscuit, and is partly owned by the Janney family, who owned "the mighty, ill-fated Ruffian. He runs in Ruffian's silks."
Connie Neil - May 04, 2013 4:54:37 pm PDT #21539 of 30001
brillig
"the mighty, ill-fated Ruffian. He runs in Ruffian's silks."
Oh, I remember when she died.
sarameg - May 04, 2013 5:01:08 pm PDT #21540 of 30001
Clean toilet. Tub scrubbed. Tomorrow involves moving the bed to de-Devify the carpet underneath. Uhg. (I do it a couplethree times a year anyway. This time, there might be crying, though.)
Typo Boy - May 04, 2013 5:07:41 pm PDT #21541 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
What about steering wheels though? What do cars without steering wheels use? Joysticks?
Kat - May 04, 2013 5:16:31 pm PDT #21542 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
My Saturn was keyless for a while. In so far as, once the car was running, you could easily remove the key from the ignition and still drive, but if you wanted it to stop, you either had to drop the clutch, which I don't mind, or you had to put the key back in to turn it off. As you guess, this was not a feature they were selling.
I was supposed to co-facillitate a PD today. I got there and had to run 90% of the entire PD. Which would normally be fine, if I had prepped for 90% as opposed to the 10% I had prepped. So I went completely off script. And may have gotten myself in trouble.
Ooops.
dcp - May 04, 2013 5:28:57 pm PDT #21543 of 30001
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
The Nissan Altima I rented when I was in CA for the F2F last summer had a keyfob that contained a switchblade-style backup manual key for unlocking the doors. Ignition on/off was by a button on the dashboard. If the keyfob proximity didn't activate the ignition, the backup was a port on the lower left of the dashboard where the keyfob could be docked. I don't recall whether the dock would also recharge the keyfob.