Wireless ignition keys vs standard ignition keys. Which do you prefer? (valve, engine)

[Ziggy100]

Originally Posted by Lowexpectations

I believe the vettes have a backup door release and the floor next to the seat so it is too bad the guy didn’t know the safety features of his car

They do. The guy should have read his manual and the dealer should have been very clear to point it out. I knew all this and I've never even owned a C6 or C7, but I read manuals to cars that I'm interested in long before I buy them.

[AlaskaErik]

Originally Posted by Ziggy100

TPMS has saved many drivers from driving on a low tire until it was flat enough to notice.

That's what happened to my wife. TPMS came on and gave her the pressure and which tire it was. She called me and I told her to come home and keep an eye on the pressure. She was on her way out of town to a remote area. Absolute worst place to have a flat. All of my vehicles have TPMS with individual tire pressure display. It's saved us twice now. I wouldn't want a vehicle without it. And I've never had a TPMS problem with any of my vehicles.

[joee5]

Prefer using real keys. 2 of my 4 vehicles have the push start

[engineman]

At my age my present car will likely be my last one. It has old fashioned keys.

[jakabedy]

Keyless. I love not having to dig it out of my purse. I recently bought back a 2004 vehicle I used to own. I find that even though I can remotely lock/unlock the doors, I am thoroughly annoyed by having to once again deal with a real key. #firtworldproblems

[nirvana07]

Originally Posted by Ziggy100

There’s actually less moving parts in a keyless setup.
Unless you’re still starting a car with a hand crank, everything else is a “gimmick”, you’ve just finally reached an age where new stuff scares you.

Are you really comparing hand cranking to using a key to start the car? I mean, really?

[Electrician4you]

Originally Posted by Ziggy100

But it doesn't breakdown later. I've owned at least 14 cars (4 with push button start), and the only two ignition switch issues I had where with the keyed ignition. A bunch of tumblers inside of a cylinder contain far more moving parts than a wireless transmitter.
Your wife could have just as easily programmed out the TPMS warning with a cheap programming from Amazon and it would act like all your trucks that you need to use a pressure gauge at every gas fill up.
TPMS has saved many drivers from driving on a low tire until it was flat enough to notice.

Already tried to do everything I could on the TPMS. Looked online. Cleared the light. It would clear then come back. I talked to a infinity shop and they said it needed to be reprogrammed. No big deal really just a pita of spending $120 for something this stupid.
The only reason TPMS was introduced is because people got so lazy about actually checking their air pressure. I’m not sure if this is everywhere but in Ca. Mechanics are required to check your air pressure if they work on your car. It’s called Tire Pressure Regulation. No joke.
Other than wear items and one recall for a dash gauges and some relay the SUV is pretty troublecfree. We’re gonna sell it when it hits 200,000 which is ususlly my get something else mileage cutoff.
On my diesels 500,000 miles.

As for the ignitions one car was 30 years old when I replaced the ignition. The other car was a service truck that was 14 years old and started and stopped every day at least 10x a day 6 days a week.
The whole ignition units cost less than 30 bucks and took less than 30 minutes each to install.

[IShootNikon]

Not here to convince anyone but I could never own a car without keyless entry again.

[Ziggy100]

Originally Posted by Electrician4you

Already tried to do everything I could on the TPMS. Looked online. Cleared the light. It would clear then come back. I talked to a infinity shop and they said it needed to be reprogrammed. No big deal really just a pita of spending $120 for something this stupid.
The only reason TPMS was introduced is because people got so lazy about actually checking their air pressure. I’m not sure if this is everywhere but in Ca. Mechanics are required to check your air pressure if they work on your car. It’s called Tire Pressure Regulation. No joke.
Other than wear items and one recall for a dash gauges and some relay the SUV is pretty troublecfree. We’re gonna sell it when it hits 200,000 which is ususlly my get something else mileage cutoff.
On my diesels 500,000 miles.

As for the ignitions one car was 30 years old when I replaced the ignition. The other car was a service truck that was 14 years old and started and stopped every day at least 10x a day 6 days a week.
The whole ignition units cost less than 30 bucks and took less than 30 minutes each to install.

Nobody has been regularly checking their pressure though. The only time it gets checked is when it goes in for a tire rotation or something. The reason this country is great is because when an engineer finds something that needs to get done but isn’t getting done because it’s too tedious, they create a way to make it not tedious.

The cost to replace your TPMS is pretty insignificant over the life of the car.

[dc1538]

I'm on team keyless entry. I won't buy another car without it.



You just walk up to the car and the doors unlock and push a button. Some people see that as a lazy feature, but I say why make things harder than they have to be. Technology tends to make our life easier. I wonder how many of the same posters would trade their gas or electric tools/appliances for the manual version, since that's the lazy way. Keyless entry will probably be a standard feature in the next few years.



I can think of three minor downsides. (1)The keys are slightly bulky. (2)If you don't leave them in your pocket/purse you may forget and leave them in the car, cup holder to be specific, and this can lead to an easy theft. (3)You can also forget to shut down the car. Although it beeps once the key leaves the car you can still forget but that happens rarely.