KevinRS
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I realized after I last posted and logged off, what the safety issue with manual keys only is.
They were considering manual keys only, but that means when you go out to the parking lot, you have to get the keys out, find the right key, and put it in the lock the right way up if it's really old fashioned.
That possibly involves delays, while you are standing around outside the car in the lot.
With modern fobs or a fob built into a key, as I am approaching my car, I reach into my pocket, and without stopping, or even pulling the key out, I press the button to unlock, take the last few steps and open the door and get in, and can lock the door immediately.
It was an issue where women actually were attacked while getting their keys out and unlocking the door, before remote fobs became commonplace.
This is also one of several items where they calculated making it standard was cheaper than making it an option.
For example they could have left out air conditioning, but since the battery needs cooling, little would be saved, especially if the design required the ability to add it, and then the optional add on would cost a lot more. Just throwing out numbers, but save $50 to leave it out, and then the add on costs hundreds.
They were considering manual keys only, but that means when you go out to the parking lot, you have to get the keys out, find the right key, and put it in the lock the right way up if it's really old fashioned.
That possibly involves delays, while you are standing around outside the car in the lot.
With modern fobs or a fob built into a key, as I am approaching my car, I reach into my pocket, and without stopping, or even pulling the key out, I press the button to unlock, take the last few steps and open the door and get in, and can lock the door immediately.
It was an issue where women actually were attacked while getting their keys out and unlocking the door, before remote fobs became commonplace.
This is also one of several items where they calculated making it standard was cheaper than making it an option.
For example they could have left out air conditioning, but since the battery needs cooling, little would be saved, especially if the design required the ability to add it, and then the optional add on would cost a lot more. Just throwing out numbers, but save $50 to leave it out, and then the add on costs hundreds.
