RIP to 1997 Ford Ranger

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LMAO, f keys, when I switched I instantly fell in love.

  • No more digging for keys
  • No more fumbling
  • Much easier to unlock with full hands
  • Really easy to leave the car running and lock it from the outside
  • The key can be ANYWHERE in the car e.g. gym bag

When it comes to cars, half the time I swear the complaints are just old car heads who just hate those “new fangled features”. Like the need for “manual” transmissions because automatic sucks, automatic transmissions haven’t sucked for a long while now. Initially it did, but it’s quite refined now.

Fuck the subscriptions though, I want the “fancy electronic features” just sans subscriptions and data collection

Great until the fob dies. Then your car turns into an art piece.

Every keyless vehicle I’ve driven has had a failsafe, usually something along the lines of starting the car by pushing the start button with the top of the FOB and it’ll temporarily be powered enough to read whatever security codes it needs

Some brands have a hidden manual key inside the FOB that you could use

My car has a spot to put the fob if the fob is dead, and it’ll just read the dead fob and be fine.