Push button start and break in
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In this case I have a feeling the solution to isolating the key defeats the purpose of Junior's habits.
If I am guessing, the push button start means for the kid that Ford intended us to never actually carry a key. We enter the vehicle with the key pad (that never fails), push the button and drive to our favorite place. Close the door behind us, lock it with the touch pad, repeat.
Isolating the key in the vault is a pain -kid has to use a key to unlock the vault, unwrap the key then drive. Rewrap the key and lock the vault.
I get it, it's nice to never carry the key. Chances are, junior isn't carrying the vault key in his pocket either. I can see this vehicle being a totally keyless endeavor. I park in a garage. The door is controlled by push button on my visor. Who needs a key! As a matter of fact -I don't even carry keys because I use the door opener to gain entry to my home. If not for the stupid smart key, I'd walk out have really only have to grab my phone (should leave my wallet in the rig too, it's useless sitting on my kitchen counter!).
If I am guessing, the push button start means for the kid that Ford intended us to never actually carry a key. We enter the vehicle with the key pad (that never fails), push the button and drive to our favorite place. Close the door behind us, lock it with the touch pad, repeat.
Isolating the key in the vault is a pain -kid has to use a key to unlock the vault, unwrap the key then drive. Rewrap the key and lock the vault.
I get it, it's nice to never carry the key. Chances are, junior isn't carrying the vault key in his pocket either. I can see this vehicle being a totally keyless endeavor. I park in a garage. The door is controlled by push button on my visor. Who needs a key! As a matter of fact -I don't even carry keys because I use the door opener to gain entry to my home. If not for the stupid smart key, I'd walk out have really only have to grab my phone (should leave my wallet in the rig too, it's useless sitting on my kitchen counter!).
I suppose I should have specified, for those with a good reason to keep the key in the truck (like, they are going rafting, or whatever), I'd make the in car vault or safe a combination. Mine always are, so that you can get into the truck and drive away without anything on you at all
If a person is going out of their way to lock their key fob in the truck so they don't have to have it on them, I doubt they are carrying their spare key on them lol
But you could lock the fob in and take the metal key with you I suppose
For most people their vehicle is their first or second most valuable piece of physical property would be a better way of saying that. If homeowners, second, if renters, probably first
Last edited by blkZ28spt; Dec 14, 2020 at 07:39 PM.
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I did have a friend have a rental car stolen because he forgot and left the fob in the car. He wasn't used used to having a fob like that and the rental tag was big enough to be inconvenient in a pocket.
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We had some break-ins a few years back. People wanted gates installed on our development, and security cameras on poles. Then it turned out that every single "break-in" was in fact a simple "open the door, I left it unlocked for you, and I left my wallet/purse/computer in plain site".
You can't cure stupid.
You can't cure stupid.
