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   From: 2671@gmail.com   
      
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   > In article , 2671 <2671@gmail.com>   
   > wrote:   
   >> "Your Name"  wrote in message   
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   >> > In article , Ryk E. Spoor   
   >> >  wrote:   
   >> >>   
   >> >>  (and I REALLY hate the modern trend for "no keys for your car". I   
   >> >> LIKE   
   >> >> a physical key system, thanks.)   
   >> >   
   >> > Yep, no key is sheer idiocy and a system designed for and to encourage   
   >> > the terminally lazy. Most of the "keyless" entry cars currently can   
   >> > still use keys for the doors, but not to actually start the car.   
   >> >   
   >> > As an aside, you should ALWAYS manually check that ALL your car doors   
   >> > are locked when leaving the car anywhere.   
   >>   
   >> No thanks, the failure rate is so low that it isn't worth the trouble.   
   >   
   > It partly depends on the age of your car,   
      
   Much more on what sort of car you chose to buy.   
      
   but with the growing number   
   > of recalls for various products these days, attention to detail and   
   > quality of products is becoming more questionable in the rush to simply   
   > shovel out a new version.   
      
   The reality is that very few of us ever get any recalls on any of our cars.   
      
   I didn't even have any warranty claims on my latest. The battery did   
   eventually develop a fault rather than just needing to be replaced   
   eventually but the only consequence of that was that it got replaced   
   a little earlier than it would have been otherwise. A complete yawn.   
      
   >> > I few years ago I got back into my car and discovered the passenger   
   >> > door was unlocked - despite making the clicking sound with the central   
   >> > locking, the door was not actually locking due to a faulty servo-motor.   
   >> > Since then I always check each door and the book / trunk manually.   
   >>   
   >> More fool you.   
   >   
   > Nope, I just don't want my car stolen or stolen from, which is quite   
   > likely since it is a model that was top of the police's most stolen   
   > list for about six years in a row, until last year (in fact it appeared   
   > on the list twice, under the New Zealand name and the Japanese import   
   > name).   
      
   Some of us have enough of a clue to buy a car which isnt popular   
   with thieves which isn't easy for thieves to get into and park the   
   car close to where we are in the house most of the time so that   
   even someone trying car doors to see if any have been unlocked   
   will trigger an alarm. And with my car, if the solenoid has failed   
   and someone enters the locked car that way, the car alarm will go   
   off and I will do something about that using the rotty and the shotty.   
      
   I don't even bother to check all the doors and trunk when I leave   
   it in the supermarket carpark either, because as I say, if the solenoid   
   has failed and someone does succeed in getting into the car when   
   its locked that way, the car alarm will go off, and I will be notified   
   that that has happened and I will be out of the store and back at   
   the car in seconds because I will assume some arsehole has broken   
   a window and I will need to call the cops to deal with him and I   
   will observe that individual so that if he isnt at the car when the   
   cops show up, I know where he has gone.   
      
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