[Steve91T]

I recently joined a 4th gen group on Facebook. There is a lot of trash on there, but I'm surprised at how many people are on there who track or auto-x their 4th gen. There's even someone who makes and sells front splitters for LT1 cars.

Should I be spreading the word? My feeling is if they end up being tools, they can always be booted. The more people talking about 4th gens (in a good way) the better.

Thoughts?

[Steve91T]

It's funny how these smart keys are such a PITA. I have the problem with my wife leaving her keys in her purse, so she goes days without physically seeing them, which means she often looses them. I can never find them. When I need to move her car, our conversation almost always:

Me: "where are you keys!"
Her: "in my purse"
Me:"Where the hell is your purse!"
Her: "Where it normally is"
Me: "Which pocket? I can't find them!"
Her: "Oh they must be in my other purse"
Me: "Goddamnit!!!!!!

I'm waiting for the day we get somewhere in her car, shut the car off and realize we don't have her keys. It's going to happen.

[trackbird]

It's funny how these smart keys are such a PITA. I have the problem with my wife leaving her keys in her purse, so she goes days without physically seeing them, which means she often looses them. I can never find them. When I need to move her car, our conversation almost always:

Me: "where are you keys!"
Her: "in my purse"
Me:"Where the hell is your purse!"
Her: "Where it normally is"
Me: "Which pocket? I can't find them!"
Her: "Oh they must be in my other purse"
Me: "Goddamnit!!!!!!

I'm waiting for the day we get somewhere in her car, shut the car off and realize we don't have her keys. It's going to happen.

I'm glad it's not just me. Technology for the sake of technology. I also noticed that I can sit in the car and leave my foot off the brake and punch the start button (turns on accessory power, including the blower fan???). It also allows me to step on the brake and pull the shifter out of park. When I take my foot off the brake, the car will roll. Why would I ever (besides maintenance/installing a car stereo, etc) need the car out of park in accessory mode? That seems really stupid to me.

I worry about getting somewhere without keys too. Luckily, I always have my set. The other day she started it and I was by the door. As she started to pull out it flashed "key not present". I think it started on my key and then lost it when I moved, it had a brief panic attack and then locked onto her key? These systems really do irritate me. I'm not sure why anybody thought this was cool or handy or trendy. It's just a headache.

[landstuhltaylor]

When I take my foot off the brake, the car will roll. Why would I ever (besides maintenance/installing a car stereo, etc) need the car out of park in accessory mode? That seems really stupid to me.

Stop looking a gift horse in the goddamn mouth. Absolutely hate dealing with cars that won't stay in neutral without the engine running.

[trackbird]

When I take my foot off the brake, the car will roll. Why would I ever (besides maintenance/installing a car stereo, etc) need the car out of park in accessory mode? That seems really stupid to me.

Stop looking a gift horse in the goddamn mouth. Absolutely hate dealing with cars that won't stay in neutral without the engine running.

When I was installing car stereos, I'd just put the keys in and turn them, pull it into neutral (or low) to get the shifter out of the way and I could pull the battery cable and do the stereo installation. lol