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On the flip side, all of the GM cars my family has owned (Alero, Grand Prix, Bravada, Suburban) all have power locks and all have two settings, the "hit twice, locks automatically, even when door is open" and the "hit once, close door, it locks in 10 seconds".
One annoying thing on the Alero is that if you stop the car and put it into Park, yet leave it running, both doors remain locked. So if I'm picking someone up I always forget to hit the unlock button and they're standing at the door annoyed because it wont open...
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Our Land Rover zapper locks the car with one press, the other button unlocks the driver door on first press, the rest of the doors on the second press. Supposed to be a security feature apparently, so you can get in just your door and then hastily lock it in case someone else is trying to gain entry. Useful in dark empty car parks I guess. There's also a central door-locking button inside. But it's located on a panel with the switches for the front windows, the sunroof, and the rear window, so the chances of hitting the right button in a hurry are slim. . .
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Maybe there should just be a piece of software installed that lets you control all those options independently.
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Just buy a gun. If some fuck wants in, he'll go through your driver's side window.
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quote:Originally posted by Cartman: Yes. Americans driving Hondas. Will wonders never cease? B)
Well, it is contrary to the regulations laid down in the Department of Homeland Security's new pamphlet "Why no-one should ever buy non-American products unless they like being hanged, drawn and quartered".
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Except most of the stuff in Hondas sold here is actually built in America. Honda is the 5th largest American automaker now, and closing quickly on 4th (DaimlerChrysler).
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About the GM products thing: My girlfriend's family owns a 98 Jimmy, and she only has to press the lock button on the fob once and all the doors and the hatch locks. Press it again and the horn honks. The same thing happens with our '01 Focus. Hit the lock button on the fob once and the doors lock and the signal lights flash. Hit it again and the lights flash again and the horn honks. I've never experienced any of the funky locking situations before on any vehicle we've owned, however we've always had Fords so that may be why. Although one funky locking feature that the Focus has is that if all the doors are locked and either the driver or the front passenger locks the door, the rear doors lock as well. Also the Focus has automatic locks so that when the car is put in motion for about 5 seconds or so the doors lock.
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My car doesn't even have electric locks, let alone remote-controlled ones. Woo.
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You can install them easily enough. With options factory-standard remote-locking mechanisms often lack. Like one door or the other, rather than just all. Like opening the boot/trunk, or one of the doors, or remote ignition if you've an automatic transmission...
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Well, one thing I've found really handy is if I have an armful of items headed for the trunk of the car, it makes things easier to press a button on the fob and unlock the trunk so I can just swing it open and load the stuff in.
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If you hold down the unlock button on our fobs, it drops the rear window down - useful if you don't have room to swing the tailgate open where you're parked. 8)
The windows don't roll up all the way anymore either....
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