Toyota switches back to conventional keys

[LuFins Dad]

@Doctor-Phibes said in Toyota switches back to conventional keys:

I love the fob. My only concern is if I leave it in the car.

You chaps need to leave the 1970's behind. Ditch the check flares while you're at it.

Do you know how many times I’ve accidentally set off the panic alarm when I’ve sat down?

Give me a key for emergencies and connect the Fob’s RF frequencies up to an app on my phone.

[Doctor Phibes]

@LuFins-Dad said in Toyota switches back to conventional keys:

Do you know how many times I’ve accidentally set off the panic alarm when I’ve sat down?

I've never done that in a year of having a fob. Admittedly, I move like a dancer, so that kind of gross error is a lot less likely.

[Copper]

When your wife loses FOBs for both cars, and you pay hundreds for new FOBs, your thinking may be influenced.

[89th]

@Doctor-Phibes said in Toyota switches back to conventional keys:

I love the fob. My only concern is if I leave it in the car.

If you put your fob in the trunk and close it, the trunk pops back open automatically because it knows the fob is in there. Pretty cool.

I like the fob, very much. I just leave my keys in my pocket and am able to unlock, start, stop, and lock the car (just by walking away). It does have a physical key hidden inside, but I have never had to use it in the 7 years I've had a "fob key". (I drive Hondas, btw)

[89th]

Oh it's also nice that the car knows whether I have my fob, or my wife has hers, and the seat adjusts automatically based on who is driving. Again, I drive Hondas (Accord, CRV, soon an Odyssey). Nothing overly fancy.

[Jolly]

Technology will break.

And it's usually expensive to repair when it does.

[jon-nyc]

Love the fob, but my Mazda has buttons on the side rather than the flat front surface and I hit them accidentally more than I’d like. Sometimes the panic button, sometimes opening the rear hatch at inconvenient times (like when there’s a bike and a rack on back.

It’s impossible to lock in the car and it beeps of you try

[jon-nyc]

@Jolly said in Toyota switches back to conventional keys:

Technology will break.

And it's usually expensive to repair when it does.

Is that why you ride a horse rather than drive one of those new fangled horseless carriages?

[Doctor Phibes]

@Jolly said in Toyota switches back to conventional keys:

Technology will break.
And it's usually expensive to repair when it does.

Well, everything breaks, but cars manufactured with new technology and also incorporating new technology are way, way more reliable than they were back in the day.

[Jolly]

@jon-nyc said in Toyota switches back to conventional keys:

@Jolly said in Toyota switches back to conventional keys:

Technology will break.

And it's usually expensive to repair when it does.

Is that why you ride a horse rather than drive one of those new fangled horseless carriages?

It is why I try to keep tech to a minimum on vehicle purchases and tend to stick to proven drivetrains.

[Doctor Phibes]

I have a 1976 Volkswagen Beetle for sale if anybody's interested. I was going to give it to charity, but based on this discussion, $15,000 OBO.

[Mik]

You underpriced it.

https://www.carsforsale.com/1976-volkswagen-beetle-for-sale-C1065745

[Doctor Phibes]

@Mik said in Toyota switches back to conventional keys:

You underpriced it.

https://www.carsforsale.com/1976-volkswagen-beetle-for-sale-C1065745

Mine's a little more "lived in".