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Anyone ever tried this technique? Does it really work?
Ted
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Locked your keys in your car????
If you lock your keys in the car and the spare keys are at home,
call someone on your cell phone.
Hold your cell phone about a foot from your car door and have the
other person at your home press the unlock button of your key fob (clicker), holding it near the phone on their end. Your car doors will unlock.
Saves someone from having to drive your keys to you. Distance is no
object you could be hundreds of miles away, and if you can reach
someone who has the other "remote" for your car, you can unlock the
doors (or the trunk!).
Never tried it, but doesn't sound possible. How could the radio signal or whatever the remote uses travel through the phone line, to a cell tower, and then to the cell phone?
mander
09-10-2005, 09:46 AM
Unfortunately it doesn't work. http://www.snopes.com/autos/techno/keyless.asp
http://www.snopes.com/autos/techno/keyless.asp
Mr. Apollo
09-11-2005, 02:00 AM
All I know is if I hold my fob to my head and press it I can unlock my car from about teice the distance then I can by just holding it regularly. My friends all tell my I'm giving myself brain cancer.
Dr.Dan
09-11-2005, 10:08 AM
Actually, it works best if you hold it under your chin ;)
Your head works great as an antenna :)
Lesster
09-11-2005, 11:03 AM
And maybe your left, no, make that your right arm straight up in the air. What the heck for a really good reception - extend your middle finger, as well.
Dr.Dan
09-11-2005, 11:14 AM
And maybe your left, no, make that your right arm straight up in the air. What the heck for a really good reception - extend your middle finger, as well.
:ggl: Yeah, that should get some attension :d
Seriously, the remote under your chin will get you the best range you can get.
I worked with these things for years... and on slow days you get... uhmmmm... 'creative'... and try lots of silly things ;)
Marsher
09-11-2005, 11:33 AM
I really do not understand why people feel the need to unlock the car from a distance... you still need to walk right up to it to get in.
I really do not understand why people feel the need to unlock the car from a distance... you still need to walk right up to it to get in.
I find being able to unlock and unlock your car by pressing a button on your keyfob very convenient. On mine, I press the button twice and it opens both windows. Sure was a handy feature during the heatwave :)
I don't know why you would need to open it from a distance. Most people just do it because their remote allows them to. However, the remote is very useful especially when winter comes around and the locks are frozen and covered with snow. It's so much easier to just push a button. In the summer time as well, it is easier to push a button then it is to stick the key in the lock and turn. Just a matter of preference I suppose :)
I don't know why you would need to open it from a distance. Most people just do it because their remote allows them to. However, the remote is very useful especially when winter comes around and the locks are frozen and covered with snow. It's so much easier to just push a button. In the summer time as well, it is easier to push a button then it is to stick the key in the lock and turn. Just a matter of preference I suppose :)
I normally wait until I'm about 10 feet from the car before hitting the remote. During the heatwave though, I unlocked the doors and windows from a good distance only to cool the inside a wee bit before stepping inside. I have a black leather interior and park outside at work so it gets hot in there.
Mouse
09-11-2005, 12:42 PM
IMO, people who hit the panic button by mistake should be hung. :(
That's like crying wolf.
It happens so much around here that I don't pay an attention anymore.
And that is dangerous for someone in need.
IMO, people who hit the panic button by mistake should be hung. :(
That's like crying wolf.
It happens so much around here that I don't pay an attention anymore.
And that is dangerous for someone in need.
I did that only once, when my car was new last year :( . I hadn't finished reading the owner's manual and didn't know how to turn it off so it was embarassing as hell. :hsh:
I agree MouseMeat. The same thing applies to theft alarms too. We hear those going off at all hours around here :mad:
hbk2k1
09-11-2005, 08:30 PM
The panic button has more than one purpose....usually the only time i use it is if can't remember where I parked(which is very rare). Push the panic and follow the sound. :)
Thaiwoo
09-11-2005, 08:45 PM
I normally wait until I'm about 10 feet from the car before hitting the remote. During the heatwave though, I unlocked the doors and windows from a good distance only to cool the inside a wee bit before stepping inside. I have a black leather interior and park outside at work so it gets hot in there.
That's where a remote starter comes in handy. Lock the car and press the start button. It runs for 10 - 15 minutes and in the Summer can be used to cool down the interior.
Not bad if you have pets tagging along and you quickly have to go to a store. Not a cheap feature these days with the high gas prices.:mad:
Lesley
09-12-2005, 12:17 AM
That's when it's nice to have a remote with a really good range. You can autostart from your apartment or a block away, it gives your car a chance to thaw out before you get into it. I admit it's nice in the summer too but I only give it a couple of minutes, just to get the air moving. I hate to waste the gas, not to mention what it does to the enviroment. :(
That's where a remote starter comes in handy. Lock the car and press the start button. It runs for 10 - 15 minutes and in the Summer can be used to cool down the interior.
Not bad if you have pets tagging along and you quickly have to go to a store. Not a cheap feature these days with the high gas prices.:mad:
That's when it's nice to have a remote with a really good range. You can autostart from your apartment or a block away, it gives your car a chance to thaw out before you get into it. I admit it's nice in the summer too but I only give it a couple of minutes, just to get the air moving. I hate to waste the gas, not to mention what it does to the enviroment. :(
Does anyone remember that story that appeared in the papers last winter about a cop (I think it was an OPP cop) who used to lecture people about the dangers of remote starters in that thieves often stole idling cars in the driveway??
He had his very own car stolen that way after using a remote starter lol :d
Thaiwoo
09-12-2005, 04:08 PM
No didn't hear about that story.
My remote starter (probably like any other) starts the car and keeps it locked. Even if you get in to it to drive off you have to press the break pedal to shift into D. That will automatically turn it off. Also opening the hood will turn the engine off.
No didn't hear about that story.
My remote starter (probably like any other) starts the car and keeps it locked. Even if you get in to it to drive off you have to press the break pedal to shift into D. That will automatically turn it off. Also opening the hood will turn the engine off.
Professional car thieves can get around almost any theft-deterrent mechanism / device in mere minutes (if not seconds).
hbk2k1
09-12-2005, 04:59 PM
Well to avoid the theft issues....stick with a GM....now where's that guy that rolls on the floor laughing...:eri:
Dr.Dan
09-12-2005, 05:05 PM
There's no way around the built in rev sensor in them, nor the brake switch.
If you disconnect either the unit shuts down... if the engine goes over (somewhere around) 2000rpm it will shut down.
So yes, it is possible to steal if you can not step on the brake pedal, and you don't rev the engine over 2000 rpm... after also smashing the ignition and shifter lock... but they aren't getting to far that way.
It's much easier for them to do it as if the car didn't have a remote starter and hotwire it... then they can drive it normally :p
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