Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 23:07:13 -0400 From: ma_twain <ma_twainnospamo.com> Subject: Re: Saab 900s key problem
Johannes wrote: > > ma_twain wrote: > >>Dave Hinz wrote: >> >> >>>On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 18:55:52 -0400, ma_twain <ma_twainnospamo.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>>>You could always put the key in the lock and turn it . . . >>>> >>>> >>>Why would you abandon a feature just because it needs a 2-minute battery >>>swap? >>> >>> >>> >>Depends on your point of view of what is a feature and what is a pain. >>There is a reason you should take eveything out of your pockets when you >>sleep at a camp out. This was Cub Scout camping and some adult did not >>remove his keys. He rolled over or somehow pressed the alarm button >>early in the morning. Once one car alram went off, the other half alseep >>adult started pressing their alarm buttons to run of "their" alarm. >>Well, you know where this goes - soon every car with a remote and alarm >>was blasting away. I had a similar incident happen to me with my car in >> my garage so it wasn't quite so bad. >> >> > > Hehe, that's a funny story. > > I can't see the point of those radio keys. In fact their signal can be > snooped by someone with a scanner and stored for later use... Also, the > keys sometimes don't work in the proximity of transmitters. > > Technology is a wonderful game of one-up-manship, just like the Spy-vs-spy comic. Saab claims no one can steal the signal for their remote entry. Perhaps this was true when it was designed, but I would bet the signal could be stolen today. But this leads to the question of why? The NG Saabs stolen today are probably taken by a thief who just needs any car at that particular time and finds one with the keys left in the ignition. Since GM took over they have earned a reputation for having problems (GM V6, DI cassette etc) - so why would anyone want to steal a GM Saab? If you could not afford to buy one - you certainly could not afford to keep it on the road. > > >>I prefer my Saabs to have manual transmission, crank down windows . . . >> and not be made by GM :-) >>
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