What happens to a car when…
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Something along these lines happened with my friend's 2nd gen Toyota Prius. Best as I remember it, her 12V battery ran down completely, rendering the key fob inoperable. Her doors were locked. She had just gotten the car and didn't know she needed to use the mechanical key that came with the car. It was a time when the cars were in great demand, and she had purchased it from a dealer in California who shipped it here to Illinois. The guy who delivered the car wasn't a dealer person, just the truck driver, so she didn't get the typical salesman spiel about her new car's features. I think she ended up calling a local dealer and they sorted things for her.
And another one...a neighbor called us and said the battery in their Prius fob had died and they couldn't get into their car. We drove over with a spare 2032 coin battery, replaced the dead one, and they were on their way.
Our Subaru is a 2016 and we just hit 18000 miles. It has a mechanical key, though I know it also has smart features for security. I should check and see if I can still get in the car and start it if the fob battery dies. I hope it's our last car because I don't want to figure out how to drive a new one....
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I hear some new bicycles have electronic shifting. Dead battery, no shifting.
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Well, one of the reasons I'm buying the used car I am is because everything is "mechanical" and another is many parts that should be made of metal are and not made of plastic.
Also, no meaningful depreciation.
But really only because I like it.
I've always liked economy cars.
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All of the fobs (so far) that I've used have a hidden mechanical key that slides out. I've had to use mine a couple of times.
@Rontuner said in What happens to a car when…:
All of the fobs (so far) that I've used have a hidden mechanical key that slides out. I've had to use mine a couple of times.
Remind me to tell the story of how I lost my new Audi's key in the sand on a remote Hawaii Island beach. Or don't. Lol.
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I just back from grocery shopping and I'm reminded of a feature of this car that I really like: automatic headlight hi-lo beam switching.
@Bernard said in What happens to a car when…:
automatic headlight hi-lo beam switching.
How does that work?
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@Bernard said in What happens to a car when…:
automatic headlight hi-lo beam switching.
How does that work?
@ShiroKuro said in What happens to a car when…:
@Bernard said in What happens to a car when…:
automatic headlight hi-lo beam switching.
How does that work?
Hmmm… over the past two years I have noticed far more people leaving their high beams on until they are way closer than they should be, rendering me pretty much blind as the oncoming driver. Now I am wondering if those cars just have this new technology and they take too long (in my opinion) to see the oncoming car and switch?
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@Bernard said in What happens to a car when…:
automatic headlight hi-lo beam switching.
How does that work?
There’s a sensor that senses how much ambient light there is and distance from other cars.
Sharon’s car has the feature and it works very well!
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I didn't notice mine had that until I was away from city lights on a vacation. Mine works when they are in "auto" mode and then the brights are turned on. They dimmed just about when I would choose to do the same as I sensed a car coming over an approaching hill.
