How long has it been since you have unlocked your car with a key?

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jlee

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Sep 12, 2001
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About 30 minutes. I don't have keyless entry..doesn't bother me, though..
 

crypticlogin

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Feb 6, 2001
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Even though I have remote entry, I don't use it or carry around the fob since I don't want this happening to me:

About a year ago, I was coming out of this strip mall and saw a police cruiser next to a car that had crashed in a ditch. Apparently a few minutes earlier a guy had been running around the parking lot and holding a key set and fob in the air, clicking it as he went around the lot. Then as he got near this one car, the trunk opened, he closed it, jumped into the car, then sped off but not before losing control and sending the car into a ditch. This woman forgot her purse at some counter only to come back and see that someone had rummaged through it. The guy had stolen the keys, used the fob to find the car the keys worked in, then stole and crashed it.

Excessively paranoid? You bet. :p But my old car got me use to keyed entry so it's no big deal for me.
 

yellowperil

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Jan 17, 2000
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Never had a car with a keyless entry. I guess it would be convenient for my next car which I won't be buying for a looonngg time
 

machintos

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Mar 1, 2003
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Too long, but not 12 years... about 6 years or so, but then again, I've only been driving for 7 years now...
 

radioouman

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Nov 4, 2002
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I always unlock my truck with my key. It is a 1993 Dodge Dakota, and it does have power locks, but of course it doesn't have remote entry.
 

cavemanmoron

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Mar 13, 2001
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less than an hour,

i almost always lock my vehicles,and have to use a key to unlock,
nothing i own has keyless entry of Any type,
:)
 

Lithium381

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May 12, 2001
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Originally posted by: notfred
Exactly the same length of time as the lengthof time since I last unlocked the car door.

yep......no snazy keyless entry for me..
 

Judgement

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Feb 8, 2001
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Originally posted by: Sluggo
I was thinking today after replacing the batteries in my little door clicker for my truck.

I seriously think its been 12+ years since I used a key to unlock the car door. After the battery went out, I still didnt use the key, easier to use the keypad on the door. ;)

Depends whos car I'm using, not all my friends have remote key access, and I don't own a car :)