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Re: OK, but what is the Plan B? Posted by Justin VanAbrahams [Email]  (#32) [Profile/Gallery]
(more from Justin VanAbrahams) on Thu, 27 Jan 2011 15:11:34
In Reply to: OK, but what is the Plan B?, Noel, Thu, 27 Jan 2011 12:00:47 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
You guys realize "it costs too much" is in inane argument for technology, right? Maybe you'd prefer it if we all wrote letters to Scott, he duplicated them, and then remailed them back out to all the Saabnet members? I mean, computers are touchy and expensive to fix when they break. So are internal combusion engines, blenders, indoor plumbing, etc.
Not everything can be a cotton gin or a polio vaccine and change the world. Sometimes change & improvements are tiny, take some time to fully work out, and are initially expensive. But "it's expensive and yet didn't revolutionize my life" can be applied to EVERYTHING we use in daily life. Put it all together, though, and we all live pretty comfortably.
Power windows and locks used to be heavy and expensive and unreliable, but these days not only do we 100% take then for granted, but today they are frequently lighter and less expensive to manufacture than their manual equivalents. Keyless entry is an extension of that technology - lock cylinders are tiny, fiddly devices that are an ADDED COST to a car. If you've already got power locks, adding a $5 transceiver to activate them remotely is a COST and WEIGHT SAVINGS if it means not having to fit three or four or five lock cylinders and the mechanicals to make them work. It furthermore reduces the chance someone is going to slimjim or screwdriver your lock & get into your car, and 100% prevents you not being able to get into your car because your lock cylinder froze.
Related, in part due to insurance carriers, most cars these days have anti-theft devices installed in the ignition lock, and that stuff is EXPENSIVE. Go price out an ignition lock cylinder on any premium car and get back to me. Not having that mechanical point of failure is not a bad thing IMHO.
As far as cost, that is 100% up to the manufacturer. Laser cut keys from an '86 Saab 9000 were pricey back in the day. Early transponder keys from VATS-equipped Camaros were expensive. Stuff get cheaper - a new remote fob for a friend's '97 Saturn was $26, and I programmed it using features built into the car. Yeah, many manufacturers use these features to squeeze money out of consumers, but that's not a problem with the tech, that's a problem with the vendor. Fearing the tech because the seller is going to abuse you is ridiculous IMHO.
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