Today I am having the Advanced Keys system installed into my Spyder, I purchased the knob start, didn't feel like the button was worth the extra money.
This system should allow me to, as I walk up to the car, it will automatically unlock and allow the car the start with the knob start, as I walk away, it will automatically lock my car. If anyone tries to start the car without my key fob (it comes with 2) the car will disconnect and not allow it to start. If my battery in my key fob dies I can wave a secondary, transponder card (gives 2 of those as well) over a secondary antenna and it will give me 10 seconds to open the car and start it.
I'm pretty excited about getting to keyless. I'll make sure to update if I encounter any problems with it.
What I would like to know is how the hell you can start the car without using the key in the ignition.
The steering wheel has a lock on it that must be disengaged anyway.
I believe the remote start system one comes with the button push to start system, the system I am getting puts a knob over my key so my key is always in the car.
I am not too worried about someone stealing my car, but we have been having a lot of people going through others cars lately, I am guessing all of the people are finally moving up here. Up in North Idaho we haven't had any gangs until a few years ago, people used to leave the cars and houses unlocked and not have to worry, so far it seems they have left my car alone tho.
That is the one I bought, scroll down a bit and you will see the knob.
I am very forgetful, add that onto the fact that we all used to leave our cars unlocked I forget to lock it over 75% of the time. It seems that the people lately have just been going through unlocked cars. As I said earlier I am not worried about someone stealing the car as much as them stealing my amp/sub deck/ipod and whatnot, as it is right now they aren't damaging any cars, but if starts getting to that point I will need to buy a hard top because I have to park street side outside my house.
If it gives you piece of mind (even if just a false one) and you have money to burn then go for it. Here in South Texas they use a flatbed to take the entire car and strip it. If they just want your stereo they will cut the soft top which is extremely expensive. The best thing would be to hide everything worth stealing in your vehicle.
And that is the point, each area is different, they don't do that here, they are just going through unlocked cars, they have not damaged anyone cars as of now. And this will make it so I don't forget to lock it.
There is another good reason, in the summer I pretty much only wear board shorts, its bad enough carrying keys and a phone, this one fits in my wallet.
Have we become so lazy that we need all this crap on our cars?
My Spyder has a really neat feature, it's called a remote. I can walk up to the car, push a button, and it will unlock both doors! How cool is that? God forbid that I should have to stick the key in the key hole and waste all that energy turning it.
Then I climb in and stick the key in the ignition and tun it, the engine springs to life. WOW! I don't even need a crank!
I then drive one block down to the Walmart on the corner of my street, because I'm too fat and lazy to walk there! Buy something made in China, and drive back home.
That's really cool yours had the remote lock and unlock, mine did not. For me to get that and an alarm it was only 40$ less than what I paid.
It was installed and is working flawlessly. I never have to worry about losing my keys again either, or locking them in my car, the key fob is smaller surface area than a credit card but is thicker, it fits perfectly in my wallet. I didn't think to look and notice that the curve of the car where you put the key in wouldn't work with the knob ring, so I need to work on how to get that on.
There are 3 buttons on the fob, top is lock, below and to the left is unlock, below and to the right of unlock is the power button. If you get the button start it comes with the remote start, to start remotely, press and hold the power button for 3 seconds. To remotely release the trunk, press and hold the unlock button for 3 seconds.
If the battery on my key fob dies, I have a secondary card that I wave over a 3rd antenna and it gives me a 10 second time window to get in my car and start it, the secondary card is actually the white card in the pictures.
What is his push button? The keyhole covers? If so, then yes, I already have them on my car. As for a vid, I work 12 hrs tomorrow but I'll do one on Sunday.
With the Advnace Key installed.. does it means it will work with the push button option avaiable from the same vendor and be able to start the car without a key inserted ? There is the other turn knob option that requires snapping off the original key from the plastic ring and glue it on to the turn knob. Why people will pick that option if the push button key feature works ?
Thanks.
If you get the push button, you no longer have a key, so that should answer the first question. Why would people pick that over the button, about 140$ cheaper. That's why I got the knob.
UPDATE- Everything is still working perfectly, this thing rules, at night it has a really bright flash to, it almost lights up the street around it.
This last month there have been 90 cases of people stealing things out of other peoples cars, as I've said earlier, these have all been either unlocked cars or older cars, I got this because I am far too forgetful to lock the doors of the car. They have not broken anyone's vehicle, or damaged it any way, just rummaging through the stuff, taking things of value, I believe this is the 2nd month of them doing this. Before this, it was unheard of. Up in CDA, people used to leave their houses unlocked, windows open, now its all getting buttoned down.
Because this does have an alarm, and I know my car is always locked, and that they have yet to damage anyones cars, I am very happy with it. If they start breaking windows, tearing tops (a lot of jeeps up in North Idaho) then I will start looking for something else.
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