Unintended acceleration

[Huw Powell]

I was just thinking about this feature a bit.  So the way it works is 
the button only turns the car on if the car senses the magic "key" in 
the driver's pocket, right?

Does it turn off if, say, the driver just gets out and walks away?  IOW, 
does the "key" have to be present for the car to keep running?

Because if so, throwing it out the window would work to turn the engine 
off...

Brett Dikeman wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 4:20 PM, Tony Hoffman <auditony at gmail.com> wrote:
>> We used to deprogram all sorts of things on customver VW's, like
>> automatic locking, light delays, horn honk with alarm, etc. So, if
>> it's adjustable by the MFR, it can be done. Just depends if they put
>> that option in there or not.
> 
> The level of tweaking and configuration on VAG products is somewhat
> unusual in the industry.
> 
> Nevertheless, I wouldn't expect something like "how long you have to
> hold the power-off button" to be configurable except via a firmware
> update.
> 
> -B
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Huw Powell

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