March 10, 201016 yr The PBI's will begin to be seen in most new cars over the next couple of years. Cool Technology. The auto man's are working on technology to utilize your smart phone instead of a key fob to start these cars as well.
March 10, 201016 yr My only comment is: You must be the only guy in America who calls a keychain a key fob, bloke. :lol: I have been wondering what that meant the whole time. :lol:
March 10, 201016 yr Not taking a shot at anyone but hearing that a push button is so convenient makes me wonder what kind of world were living in. Are we really too lazy to insert a key and turn it ? Yep. I'm ticked that I can't go down to the local hardware store and have a spare key made. They all have chips in them now. Talk about a PITA, and an unnecessary expense. :irked:
March 10, 201016 yr My only comment is: You must be the only guy in America who calls a keychain a key fob, bloke. :lol: A lot of the car makers/dealerships refer to the electronic keychain (the part with the push buttons to unlock the doors, pop the trunk, start the car, etc.) as the key fob. They have batteries in them, which will drain over time. Our Altimas at work will actually pop up a message on the dashboard to let you know your key fob is getting low on battery. And yes, the car itself refers to it as the key fob.
March 10, 201016 yr Yep. I'm ticked that I can't go down to the local hardware store and have a spare key made. They all have chips in them now. Talk about a PITA, and an unnecessary expense. :irked: They are usually anywhere from $250 to $500 to have replaced too.
March 11, 201016 yr An engineer working on the Cadillac Convertible development, came for his appointment, and was driving one of the protocol cars, he knew one of my patients and let him drive it around the block. About fifteen minutes passed and he still wasn't back, the engineer was a little worried and perturbed at the same time. Suddenly the patient burst in the door, and announced he drove around the block in about a minute, but had been stuck in the car forever because he couldn't find the electronic release for the door so he could get out.
March 11, 201016 yr I once had a car that I had to roll down an incline and pop the clutch I've had to do that at one point or another with all my cars.
March 11, 201016 yr I was in AZ recently and rented an Altima. First time I have driven a car with the push button ignition. For those of you who haven't had this experience you do not use a key to start the car. You just push a button. You do have a key fob to use for locking/unlocking/trunk but its not for starting the car. I go to the Reds/Indians game and park. Grab my key fob, lock the door, and head into the game. I come out a few hours later to find my car still running. I didn't push the button to turn it off. Out of habit once I grabbed the key chain/fob I guess my mind went into cruise control and didn't think that the car might still be running. Fortunately it was running with a full gas tank. Clyde, This sounds like me.... :laugh: Years ago, I illegally parked my car in front of a local grocery store to grab a newspaper out of a newspaper stand (showing my age). I locked the door and shut it behind me out of habit (before power locks); unfortunately the car was still running. It was fun calling a lock smith to get into a running car illegally parked .
March 11, 201016 yr No, but a high-school friend of mine had an old Dodge with a push-button transmission. As stated in another thread my first car was a '57 Mercury with push button drive . I assume that this was a mechanical system whereas the push button ignition nowadays is electronic .
March 11, 201016 yr So I assume you have to have the key inside the car for the PBI to work? That's how the Altimas we have work. The key must be inside the car and your foot on the brakes.
March 11, 201016 yr I've had to do that at one point or another with all my cars. My sister had a VW Bug that we used a screw driver to start. I'm not sure we ever had the keys for that car.
March 11, 201016 yr I can remember driving a truck years and years ago, that had the starter on the floor! You had to push the button on the floor and hold it, until the engine got started, so i guess we are going back to the past! Then again I can remember when you had to step on the button on the floor, to make your head lights go brighter or low lights!
March 12, 201016 yr They are usually anywhere from $250 to $500 to have replaced too. $150 to buy a key and have it cut and programmed at Toyota. :scared:
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