Unintended acceleration

[LL - NY]

FWIW, this whole "keyless" start thing is pretty stupid. Is the whole idea
such that one can press a big red button that says "Start" like you're a
fighter jock or something? Since you sort of need the key around anyway, why
not still use it? And Toyota's (and I'm sure others, the industry lawyers
saw to that to make sure that these cars with "Start" buttons don't become
the next Pinto or Police Interceptor") 3 second delay. Why not put a big red
"Kill Switch" on the dash like on proper race cars (and industrial machines)
too? It'll add to the image. (of a Camry, sheesh).

Another lets fix what wasn't broken thing. I guess it's not the providence
of just the Germans now?

(rant off)

As for the sensitive Buick remote fob vs. Audi, IMHO, sometimes it seems
that the Audi fob has no sensitivity at all ;-)

LL - NY

On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 7:49 AM, Dan DiBiase <d_dibiase at yahoo.com> wrote:

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> From: Louis-Alain Richard <laraa at sympatico.ca>
> To: audi at humanspeakers.com; Brett Dikeman <brett.dikeman at gmail.com>
> Cc: Tony Hoffman <auditony at gmail.com>; quattro at audifans.com
> Sent: Thu, October 22, 2009 8:10:13 PM
> Subject: RE: Unintended acceleration
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> No sadly, when key is missing, you just get a message (key is missing !)
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> an annoying beep.
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> I was a believer for that keyless entry and start feature, but every now
> and
> then, I find myself wanting a traditional key. It's so intuitive, to turn
> that key in the ignition, you always know where it is, you can't forget it
> in the car if you have to lock the car with it, etc.
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> I agree, especially since I tend to keep my keys in my back pocket when I'm
> not wearing a jacket (i.e., summertime).
> I'm not sure what I would do if I didn't have to plug the keyring in
> somewhere! And I only have 3 keys on my keyring -
> on for each car (plus the remote fob for our van) and a house key.
>
> Funny story (MAC) - I recently rented a 2010 Buick LaCrosse (yes, I know
> what the name signifies in French Canadian,
> Louis-Alain!) for a trip to Maine. My son and I stopped at the Mass Pike
> rest area in Charlton to grab some dinner. Came
> out and saw that the trunk was wide open. Nothing missing, fortunately. On
> the way home from Orono, we stopped in
> Newport ME for lunch. Someone came into the restaurant saying that a gold
> Buick's alarm was going off. I went out and
> shut it off. Turns out the fob buttons were pretty sensitive and could be
> turn on just by the pressure of a (ahem) butt cheek!
> Needless to say, the keys were not stored in my back-pocket after that. AC
> - my Audi fob isn't that sensitive.
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> Dan D
> '04 A4 1.8Tq MT-6
> Central NJ USA
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