Car Shenanigans With TheGifMan #2: Keyless Cars

So today I am going to talk about why keyless cars are completely unnecessary. Keyless ignition systems might seem useful and innovative, but they’re not. They can really come back around and bite you in they butt if they breakdown or break.

TheGifMan

12 Feb 2016

What’s wrong with a key? When did a key go out of style, or obsolete? Why do we need a push to start button and a key fob to start our cars?

This might seem like a good idea to you at first but if the ignition system breaks down, your screwed. According to Scotty Kilmer’s video on “Why Keyless Cars Are Stupid” (btw Scotty Kilmer has been a mechanic for like 50 years so I think he knows what he’s talking about.) he had a customer come in with his Infiniti in with a broken keyless ignition system and it ended up costing $1500 dollars to fix it. That’s a lot of car parts you can buy with that money! But when the key wore out on Mr. Kilmer’s Celica, he replaced it for 2 bucks at his local hardware store. He also had a customer with a Toyota who needed another keyless remote made for the car, and it ended up costing him $550 dollars at the dealership.

This is what you can save if you have a key, not a keyless car

But you might argue that cars with keyless cars are harder to steal. Well, some cars have immobilizer keys, according to Wikipedia, an immobilizer key prevents the car from being hotwired. It prevents the engine from running unless the correct key is in the car. So cars without keyless ignition systems aren’t very easy to steal either.

The last reason pretty much proves that keyless ignition systems are unnecessary. When the battery dies in a car with a keyless ignition system you won’t be able to get in your car, so what do they hide in the keyless fob? AN ACTUALLY KEY! So what’s the point? (You can see what I’m talking about at 2:50 in the video below)

Thank you for taking the time to read this and I hope your looking forward to the next one!

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Comments

My question is how the hell do you break a keyless ignition system? All you do is press a button on the dash. That should wear out no quicker than a window button or radio dial.
And if the battery dies in the FOB you put a new one in. Not that hard.
I like not having to deal with worn out keys, worn ignition tumblers, and expensive replacement keys.
Not to mention that keyless part and having a smart car has saved my ass a couple times from locking my keys in the car or trunk accidenally. The car knows where the key is and if in the car or trunk, it will not let you lock the car or close the trunk. Pretty smart if you ask me.

Keyless systems (from certain manufacturers, not all) can be super unreliable and if you don’t have a Nissan or Infiniti there’s no way to start the car with a dead fob (Nissan and Infiniti have a spot where you can put the fob in and it will read the chip manually)
Not the battery in the fob, the battery in the car. Also have you ever needed to replace the battery in your key fob? They’re like 50 bucks!
By the way, there are regular keys that have the same function of not allowing you to lock the keys in the car.

It’s just more convenient… and in reality they very rarely go wrong (I’ve never had any problems in 2 years and everyone else I know hasn’t either)

I freakin hate push start cars, thank you for saying it! The push button is totally pointless and it’s nothing more than a luxury item. It’s not something that needed to be innovated or improved. As the old adage goes: If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

If it ain’t broke, improve it.

Skotty Kilmers’ video’s are a little bit obnoxious, but 99% of the time he is right

Hes not right with this video nor is he with the mercedes one.

Here’s a little story how keyless entry stop someone robbing my car
Well went to a pub to pick a friend up a group of people aprotched and surrounded my car I got out when they started on me and forgot my car was running in the commotion now someone jumped in a drove of with it it start 5 min down the road cuz the keyless entry system realised I wasent sat in the car with the key soo boom he got out and ran I got my car back no damage

Something he misses out is that some cars has a backup system built-in that still lets you use the car if the remote battery dies. Usually you can press the start button with the remote and start the car. Me, I think keyless systems is one of the things that aren’t that useful, but you absolutely love it… when it works. My car has a key, and I’m fine with that.

YEAH SCREW PROGRESS LETS JUST STAY WHERE WE ARE IN TERMS OF AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY!!!!111!!

What’s wrong with a key?

Get a clone cut for £2 and you’re ready to steal the car.

but if the ignition system breaks down, your screwed

Just like an immobiliser

he had a customer come in with his Infiniti in with a broken keyless ignition system and it ended up costing $1500 dollars to fix it.

When I needed a new immobiliser keyfob for an old Nissan (my first car), to get a new chip encoded to my car it would cost an arm and a leg. The car was worth £500 - two keys for it? About £750.

The last reason pretty much proves that keyless ignition systems are unnecessary

And if the battery dies and your central locking packs in with an immobiliser key, you need to resort to a key anyway.

Keyless ignition systems are there because they’re actually more reliable than older systems (no moving parts) and are alarmingly convenient - with the new Mustang I’m getting delivered soon I wont even need to press a single button to unlock the car. I just walk up to it, put my hand on the handle and voila! They’re excellent in the rain.

One old man in a video on the internet in a car that had broken down, who also seems to hate anything new, is an exception.