Shiny - Keyless Start System

[OldLincoln]

When I drive a new Lexis (not mine) I'm always impressed with walking up to the locked car and it unlocks as I near it, then sit down and tap a button and it starts. Tap is again to stop the engine, get out and walk away and it locks the doors.

I suppose there are always reasons why keyless is not a good thing but I think it's really cool, like the door opening as you walk near it on Startrek.

Here is the link to the DigitalGuardDawg (http://www.digitalguarddawg.com/KEYLESS-IGNITION-AUTO-PKE-PBS-COMBO-PG-1.htm) page.

[muggsy]

Just one more thing to go wrong, go wrong, go wrong, go wrong. :)

[TriggerMan]

When I drive a new Lexis (not mine) I'm always impressed with walking up to the locked car and it unlocks as I near it, then sit down and tap a button and it starts. Tap is again to stop the engine, get out and walk away and it locks the doors.

I suppose there are always reasons why keyless is not a good thing but I think it's really cool, like the door opening as you walk near it on Startrek.

Here is the link to the DigitalGuardDawg (http://www.digitalguarddawg.com/KEYLESS-IGNITION-AUTO-PKE-PBS-COMBO-PG-1.htm) page.My 2010 Buick LaCrosse has this [similar] system. It makes our other car, a Dodge Journey, really irritating.

[jocko]

my harley has a keyless fob. i turn the engine off and walk away and it alarm arms it and when I get with 10 feet of it , it then senses it electronically and allow me to just push the start button. No key needed,

[Husky44]

Planning to install a similar system in my 67 Mustang convertible that I'm building. Haven't shopped them that much, because it'll probably be 6 months or more before I need it, but looking to put something in that's hi-tech enough that it fully disables the car when the fob is not in it.

[Cokeman]

Someone should put that on one of those handgun safes so that it opens as you reach your hand near it.

[ltxi]

My first car, a '52 Chevy, had a system something like that. Get in, push a button to start. Manual door locks, however, but nobody used them back then so that wasn't an issue.

Sorry, couldn't help myself.

[OldLincoln]

Yep. I remember.... ignition off, crank 4 times to prime, retard spark and set throttle, crank on up pull to keep your wrist from getting broke. Didn't need keys those days, or door locks for your house either.

This is one of those gizmos that are just too cool, far from something you need. Also, the video I saw of the installation in a Lexis just sticks the button over the key switch. It doesn't appear to really harm anything, with no splicing or soldering, etc.

[muggsy]

My first car, a '52 Chevy, had a system something like that. Get in, push a button to start. Manual door locks, however, but nobody used them back then so that wasn't an issue.

Sorry, couldn't help myself.

My first car came with a hand crank! :)

[Armybrat]

My first car was a 1960 MGA Roadster - it lacked roll-up windows and had wooden floorboards which caught on fire once (had to do a Gulliver" on them, but that's another story).

Looked almost just like this one.

http://www.leftcoastclassics.com/1960-mga/1960-mga-1600-003.jpg

[Husky44]

My first car was a 1960 MGA Roadster - it lacked roll-up windows and had wooden floorboards which caught on fire once (had to do a Gulliver" on them, but that's another story).

Looked almost just like this one.

http://www.leftcoastclassics.com/1960-mga/1960-mga-1600-003.jpg
My mom had a 62 when I was 16. Loved that car; my wife and I had our first date in it. Didn't it have a push button start?

[O'Dell]

Both of my priuses have had this system so I've had it for eight years - I love it. I just put the transponder in my pocket in the morning and don't have to touch it again until I get home. Unfortunately the Boxster doesn't have a smart key system. I get in, buckle up, and then realize I can't reach the key in my pocket, so I unbuckle and start over again.

[O'Dell]

My first car came with a hand crank! :)

My first new car had a crank. It was a red TR-3, and I guess the English didn't trust Lucas any more than the rest of us. I bought it in England, hence the license plate. You can see the hole for the crank.

[Armybrat]

My mom had a 62 when I was 16. Loved that car; my wife and I had our first date in it. Didn't it have a push button start?

Yes it did, but actually it was a "pull" switch knob on the dash.

My kids call it the "Flintstone Car". :D

[jocko]

Both of my priuses have had this system so I've had it for eight years - I love it. I just put the transponder in my pocket in the morning and don't have to touch it again until I get home. Unfortunately the Boxster doesn't have a smart key system. I get in, buckle up, and then realize I can't reach the key in my pocket, so I unbuckle and start over again.

your key in ur porsche is still on the left side to and the reason for that was back when they had running starts in lemans, the driver could enter the car and with the left hand insert the key while the right hand was doing the gear work all at the same time. somethings die hard.

My 06 Porsche , the ligthts do not turn off automatically nor come on automaticaly like the cars of today do. I do miss that feature but it is the way it is. SOMETIMES TRADITION SUCKS.

Like a gun with a safety, one adjusts...

[jocko]

Yes it did, but actually it was a "pull" switch knob on the dash.

My kids call it the "Flintstone Car". :D

guessing, I bet someone's button got pushed that first nite:banplease:

[Armybrat]

guessing, I bet someone's button got pushed that first nite:banplease:

Well, that little car was certainly a poonwagon back in the mid-sixties.

Lots of buttons got pushed & tweaked. :)

[O'Dell]

your key in ur porsche is still on the left side to and the reason for that was back when they had running starts in lemans, the driver could enter the car and with the left hand insert the key while the right hand was doing the gear work all at the same time. somethings die hard.

My 06 Porsche , the ligthts do not turn off automatically nor come on automaticaly like the cars of today do. I do miss that feature but it is the way it is. SOMETIMES TRADITION SUCKS.

Like a gun with a safety, one adjusts...

Yeah, the key's on the left. That's always bugged me because when I get in, it's in my right hand and I have to switch it over. I've done a few Le Mans starts back when I was racing, but I never made the connection.

[kahrseye]

My first new car had a crank. It was a red TR-3, and I guess the English didn't trust Lucas any more than the rest of us.

Oh yes, Lucas, The Prince of Darkness. I used to wear a T-shirt that said that when I had my 69 MG C roadster. I swear I worked on that car more than drove it. :32:

[O'Dell]

Oh yes, Lucas, The Prince of Darkness. I used to wear a T-shirt that said that when I had my 69 MG C roadster. I swear I worked on that car more than drove it. :32:

C eh? How did that six run in an MG?

[Husky44]

My wife and I went on our first date in the 62 A. We've had many MGs in my life, along with a couple of Triumphs. Beautiful TR3 up there, by the way. It's amazing how such an awesome car company with so many great products could run such epicly bad electrical systems...

Been thinking about getting another A, or maybe a Healy (3000) or the holy grail, an XKE. Will rewire it upon purchase.

[MW surveyor]

You all know the reasons why the British never had a really good computer industry?

Lucas would do the electrics and they never could figure out how to make it leak oil :)

BTW - Never had one of the really great British sports cars unless you count an original Mini Cooper. Did have a Fiat 124 spyder though (Fix It All the Time). My kids loved that car.

[Armybrat]

When hitting my midlife crisis in 1990, I got all nostalgic for another MG. Bought this 1974 B roadster from a good friend who had picked it up new in London before importing it to Texas. He took great care of it and sold it to me with 35,000 miles on th' clock. I added another 4,000 miles and $3k in repairs over the next 10 years before selling it to a collector from Dallas in 2000. The only change I did to the little car was install new carpeting in the cockpit and added it in the trunk. It basically was an unaltered, pristine car - the last of the chrome bumper MGBs. It still had the original top with the real window still perfectly clear:

http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/ScoPro/GregoryBirthday2011037.jpg

Here it goes off on the trailer to it's new home....{{sniff}}...

http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/ScoPro/GregoryBirthday2011039.jpg

[O'Dell]

My wife and I went on our first date in the 62 A. We've had many MGs in my life, along with a couple of Triumphs. Beautiful TR3 up there, by the way. It's amazing how such an awesome car company with so many great products could run such epicly bad electrical systems...

Been thinking about getting another A, or maybe a Healy (3000) or the holy grail, an XKE. Will rewire it upon purchase.

I had the TR-3A pictured, a TR-4, and an MGA TC. My last 'classic' Brit sports car was a Lotus Elan. I was playing around with SCCA back then. Later I went on to Corvettes and Porsches, and finally an open wheel Lotus F2 ex-factory car that I raced in FB over here. Occasionally I'll get the bug to buy another TR-3, but never bad enough to do anything about it.

[O'Dell]

You all know the reasons why the British never had a really good computer industry?

Lucas would do the electrics and they never could figure out how to make it leak oil :)

BTW - Never had one of the really great British sports cars unless you count an original Mini Cooper. Did have a Fiat 124 spyder though (Fix It All the Time). My kids loved that car.

I had a red 124 Spyder when I first moved to Atlanta. My Lotus wouldn't pull a U-Haul trailer when I moved from Louisville, so I had bought a 66 Mustang fastback with a 289 and 4 speed. I sold the Mustang two weeks after getting here and bought the Fiat. It never gave me any trouble if you don't count catching fire on I-85 one morning on the way to work. While it was still running, I drove it directly to the Porsche store and never looked back.

[skiflydive]

You all know the reasons why the British never had a really good computer industry?

Lucas would do the electrics and they never could figure out how to make it leak oil :)

BTW - Never had one of the really great British sports cars unless you count an original Mini Cooper. Did have a Fiat 124 spyder though (Fix It All the Time). My kids loved that car.

Sort of like this surveyor?

[KMA]

My first new car had a crank. It was a red TR-3, and I guess the English didn't trust Lucas any more than the rest of us. I bought it in England, hence the license plate. You can see the hole for the crank.

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That is a beauty!

[MW surveyor]

Sort of like this surveyor?

That one is way better looking than the one I had. Course I didn't have the money at the time to fix it up to look that good.