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psp99 | on: Unlocking any car from X brand in most of the world
i mean; i like the remote start angle, but that can be done with a key-press on a key. no damn app needed.

as for "I often forget to lock the doors"... why do you often forget to lock the doors?

charltones | parent | next
BMW - the car unlocks the doors when I approach and auto locks the doors when I move away from the car, so generally I never interact with 'locking' at all. Except when this doesn't work, for instance, if the boot is open because I'm getting shopping out, then I close the boot and walk away, quite often it will not lock at that point, perhaps because I moved away from the door but it didn't lock because the boot was open. The app is useful so that I can firstly check the car is locked, and secondly lock it. I personally have no need to unlock remotely - maybe my wife might say 'hey I need to get something from your car' and I'm not around? But I've never needed that yet. My wife's Hyundai has told me via the app 'hey you've left the car unlocked' and I've been able to lock it remotely. So definitely in favour of that feature.
cyphar | parent | next
> as for "I often forget to lock the doors"... why do you often forget to lock the doors?

Having just switched from an "old-school" car to one of these "keyless" types, I think the problem is actually self-reinforcing -- the keyless entry and start stuff means you interact with the key less and less so you're more likely to forget to interact with it to lock the car. I can't think of a time I forgot to lock my old school car and yet it's happened more than once with the newer car since I got it a few months ago.

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wolvoleo | parent | next
You don't have ADHD I guess?
vel0city | parent
> that can be done with a key-press on a key

Only if you're like right next to the car. I prefer to remote start my car when I'm more than a few minute walk away from it so it actually has a chance to warm up or cool down. Starting it ten seconds before I get to the car is practically worthless.