Originally Posted by
Mike Henderson
I see two disadvantages of keyless ignition: 1) if your vehicle battery is dead, you need a mechanical key to get into the car, and 2) you have to change the battery in the fob occasionally.
I don't know how common it is, but Honda, and at least one other mentioned in this thread, has a mechanical key embedded in the fob. Besides working the doors, you can lock the glovebox and the trunk release with it, then keep the key and give the fob to the parking attendant/mechanic/car-wash guy.
One other feature I didn't know it had until the car was a couple years old: there's a warning light/chime if the car detects that the fob battery is getting low. In any case, you can still unlock and start the car with a dead fob battery, it just requires holding the fob close enough to the door handle and the start button for the system to read the embedded RFID chip.
Originally Posted by
Mike Henderson
I've been living with a keyless ignition car for 15 years and love it.
Only 6+ years in my case, but second that.
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