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Help with new car key's.
We have a car with the key's that you keep in your pocket and don't have to take them out to operate the car. Now that part I like. My problem is sometimes when I bend over to pick up something the horn will blow, or it will lock the car, and I have found the windows down. Please I need a good fix for this. Don
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Put them on a chain around your neck.
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Put them on a chain around your neck.
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That ain't going to happen. Don
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My problem is sometimes when I bend over to pick up something the horn will blow Don
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You are talking about the car aren't you?
Sorry, just couldn't help myself on a Friday night.
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I think an empty (back) pocket might be the answer.
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Seriously, you probably need some kind of pocket holster for the device.
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05-19-2012, 02:01 AM
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Don't think that's a problem I'll ever have to worry about. I don't even like power windows, much less automatic doors. It scares me enough that there's a computer somewhere in my truck. I miss having a gas pumping carborator staring up at me when I pop the hood.
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You may want to try a cell phone holster with a snap enclosure, and carry only the keys in it (holster on your belt, not in a pocket).
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I can't believe how everyone on this Forum's overthinks everything - Just DON'T BEND OVER!
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I can't believe how everyone on this Forum's overthinks everything - Just DON'T BEND OVER!
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This is the best idea so far. The older I get the more it hurts to bend over. I hate going to the doctor he is always wanting me to bend over. Don
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Do a google image search for "car key protector" or "car key case". I'm sure you'll find something you like.
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Buy a 55 Chevrolet. You won't need the key at all.
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My wife has a car with a key/fob like that. She carries hers in her purse right next to the kitchen sink.
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I hate that stuff. I was pleasantly surprised to find my '08 pickup does not have a "chip" key.
I don't understand. Are you inadvertently pushing buttons when you bend? Kinda like butt dialing a cell phone?
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You could tape it to the magazine holder on your shoulder holster - Or to one of the straps if you're a wheel gun guy...
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You need bigger pants... or rather bigger pockets
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Wonderful JcMack - now I can't get that image out of my mind!
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One of the top 10 dumbest inventions ever. I rented a Dodge Magnum that had that feature. We went to dinner and came back to the hotel at about 10:30. The next morning we had a meeting in the hotel. At 1:30 the next day, I wnt to get in the car and found it running!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!It used up 3/4 of a tank of gas. Somehow I must have hit the remote start button. Why would you want to have a set of "keys" that you can't store in the ignition when you are driving. Stupid useless technology.
Oh, I have a place to put those keys, and it has to do with the designer of the system and a place where the sun doesn't shine!
Whew, got that off my chest!
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What's really bad if you and your wife go somewhere and you drop off the wife with the keys in your purse and you run an errant while she shopping guess what, you can't start the car.
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Kinda like sneezing and farting at the same time. You didn't really intend to do either one and the end result could be embarrassing, especially in a crowd.
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What's really bad if you and your wife go somewhere and you drop off the wife with the keys in your purse and you run an errant while she shopping guess what, you can't start the car.
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That's what you get for letting your wife carry your purse.
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Maybe 3 yrs ago my shop foreman and I were in the basement of a big grocery store pulling some new cat5 for a new installation. We were BS'n about the job, the wages, fortunately nothing about mgmt . This goof (actually a good guy) had our female mgr. programmed on speed dial on his cell. He accidentally butt dialed her and she was listening to our conversation. She was a good broad (not a detrimental comment, I really respected her) and she called me and told me to have Mark shut up/hang up. She could have listened in forever, IF she wanted. About a month later I bought her roses on "bosses day". That $30 investment really paid off.
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That's a tough problem. Try to pay attention to which way the fob is facing when you place it in your pocket. I have found if it is facing outward, i'm more likely to push buttons. So now I make an effort to place my keys in my pocket with the buttons facing my leg.
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Similar problem is the "size" of car key's now. I carry both mine and my wife's car key on my key chain. Takes up half the space in my pocket! Why do they have to be so big. I remember the days when a GM car key was 1 1/4" long and only about 1/8" thick, you could put a couple car keys, house key, office key desk key etc. on your key chain and hardly know it was in your pocket.
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I have a keyless car and do not have a problem. You probl\aly have the key pod in your pocket with the buttons facing down in your pocket and when you bend down you are activating by pressing against your body. Just turn the key pod away from your body and problem is solved.
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Quite often you can program what functions are active for the key and which are not. Check your owners manual.
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I work for a Nissan and Subaru dealer and here this concern all the time , there is a company out there that makes a rubber "sleeve" that fits over the key fob that has raised ribs in between the buttons and that has seemed to work
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That's a tough problem. Try to pay attention to which way the fob is facing when you place it in your pocket. I have found if it is facing outward, i'm more likely to push buttons. So now I make an effort to place my keys in my pocket with the buttons facing my leg.
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I have a keyless car and do not have a problem. You probl\aly have the key pod in your pocket with the buttons facing down in your pocket and when you bend down you are activating by pressing against your body. Just turn the key pod away from your body and problem is solved.
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To add insult to injury consider the fact a portion of the hard-earned money you paid for the vehicle goes to paying some clueless idiot to think up and design that ingeneous solution to a non-existent problem. Is it just me or are we becoming the slaves rather than the masters of our technology?
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Similar problem is the "size" of car key's now. I carry both mine and my wife's car key on my key chain. Takes up half the space in my pocket! Why do they have to be so big. I remember the days when a GM car key was 1 1/4" long and only about 1/8" thick, you could put a couple car keys, house key, office key desk key etc. on your key chain and hardly know it was in your pocket.
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I'm with you! It seems that every time we trade vehicles, the keys are bigger than the last. They are a pain to get off and on a key ring, and are even getting to be uncomfortable to carry in my pocket.
On a slightly different note, I had a 67 Chevy II Nova when I was a teenager. It had a feature that prevented you from locking your keys in your car. You had to lock the door with the key after you shut it. You couldn't lock it and then shut it, it would unlock. I often wonder why this feature didn't become standard on all vehicles.
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Quote:
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Similar problem is the "size" of car key's now. I carry both mine and my wife's car key on my key chain. Takes up half the space in my pocket! Why do they have to be so big. I remember the days when a GM car key was 1 1/4" long and only about 1/8" thick, you could put a couple car keys, house key, office key desk key etc. on your key chain and hardly know it was in your pocket.
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The reason for the newer, larger keys are that they are part of the car's anti theft system. Those nice small, convenient keys of yesteryear could be copied with a piece of clay and the car started with wire. Now, your key is required to complete a complex electronic circuit. The result...many fewer impulse car thefts [though the pros can still dup the newest stuff.
By the way, don't EVER lose one of the shiny new electronic keys. At the Benz dealer they are $125 to replace and require title and DL to order a copy, even if the dealer has known you for decades.
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