😳 😳 😳
I don't say: "Get him listen to it", but just show it to a purist and he'll drop on the spot!!!
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I do stand up comedy part time. The hall I was in last night must have been haunted. All I heard was Boo!
Here's a real one...... last week my other half was out shopping. She called to say she couldn't get in the car because the remote died...
It was a good laugh for both of us.
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I showed that to my wife and she had a good belly laugh. She can relate having a key just like that.
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Yours too? Okay then I don’t mind telling you it took mine about 10 seconds to start laughing. 😉
Yes, me too. I understand completely. I can't handle the passenger seat no matter how much I've had to drink.
Back seat on the floor covered by a blanket. That way when she gets pulled over she can just say Tee hee, sorry no English. Plus from that position, you’re well braced for impact.
The best part of all is she realizes she’s never going to be a driving instructor and often says, hey give me a break, I’m Asian.
The best part of all is she realizes she’s never going to be a driving instructor and often says, hey give me a break, I’m Asian.
When we picked-up the new car, got to where the salesman hands-over the keys, he gave us fobs but no keys!!
As you see here, there's a trick to get a stick of metal out, and that will open the door. I have not yet figured out if the car will run or I need a transponder to bypass the immobilizer. (Gee, we used to just lock the car.)
Yes, the stick has no teeth, instead it has a zig-zag groove on the side I am NOT showing you. (Why? Youtube has tutorials on turning a picture of someone's key into a workable clone key.)
While the fob has lock/unlock buttons, of course if I have the fob in purse or pocket within 2.3 feet of the handle, I can just open the door.
The red button is supposed to be for when I am getting attacked in the parking lot. It honks the horns, which are a lot like the peepers on my old Honda scooter. Upgrade (Buick-like) horns are popular on RAV4.
The fob-battery may not last 2 years. It is a dead-standard coin cell, I have some around for a hat-light. They say the dealer can replace the batt but I been doing watches longer than his junior-tech has been alive so I'll probably figure it out. (May need that hat-light for tiny screws in black-on-black.)
My '07 Toyota (Lexus) illuminates a dashboard indicator to let you know when the battery in the key fob needs replacement. And there are many dozen YouTube videos showing how to open the fob and replace the battery yourself. If your Toyota is newer than 2007, I bet your situation is the same or better.
I bought a 12 pack of the fob batteries for mine (P/N CR1632), on Amazon, and they were cheap. Just beware that Amazon ships all batteries by ground transport so you get them in 6 days not overnight.
I bought a 12 pack of the fob batteries for mine (P/N CR1632), on Amazon, and they were cheap. Just beware that Amazon ships all batteries by ground transport so you get them in 6 days not overnight.
On one of my mum's cars, my dad put some spare keys behind an indicator, so if the keys were lost, the indicator could be broken and you could get home. Perhaps you could hide a key behind one indicator, and a spare battery behind another.
Methinks there's too much worrying about things that others have done for you.
What you should consider doing is getting a small tin can complete with metal lid (poor man's faraday cage) to put your keys in at home so the pricks with the readers can't duplicate your fob signal and actually steal your car. Beyond that, I would also recommend the use of a club. Not too many of these tech savvy hackers have a cordless angle grinder in their backpack. Even if they did, they will go next door and steal your neighbours car first.
Lighten the mood? Sure, anytime one wakes up to find their car still in the driveway is a good day, and that lightens my mood.
Might want to get used to that.
The key concealed in the fob is only to get the door open as you probably already know. If you look in the owner's manual, it will tell you where to place the fob (with the dead battery) so the car itself will reverse power (aka read the chip) of the fob and allow the start button operate.
Which gets them in the door only. The fob is still required to start the car.
But not when the battery is dead, hence the concealed key. You note the keyhole is also concealed within the door handle. That alone can be a trick to find.
It's actually there for the Mrs. to find where she left the car in that oh-so-large parking lot.
Batteries last an eternity. 8 years so far on one of our cars (driven daily) and no warning light to tell us know it's getting low yet.
What you should consider doing is getting a small tin can complete with metal lid (poor man's faraday cage) to put your keys in at home so the pricks with the readers can't duplicate your fob signal and actually steal your car. Beyond that, I would also recommend the use of a club. Not too many of these tech savvy hackers have a cordless angle grinder in their backpack. Even if they did, they will go next door and steal your neighbours car first.
Lighten the mood? Sure, anytime one wakes up to find their car still in the driveway is a good day, and that lightens my mood.
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