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MinnieM123
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MinnieM123
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Yep, totally agree on no Plan B being available for backup.
I was thinkin’ it might also have to do with making car theft more difficult and also maybe bringing down insurance rates based on such, then I found these 2 articles...
Car theft rise prompts keyless warning - BBC News
Insurers say £376m was paid out on claims last year following vehicles being stolen, a 29% rise on 2017.www.google.com
Do Keyless Ignitions Actually Put Your Car – and Your Life – at Higher Risk? - Insurance News | The Zebra
No broken windows. No lengthy process of wedging the door open. No hotwiring, no alarm, no concerned passerby dialing 911....www.thezebra.com
OMG . . . those two articles. Yikes!
MinnieM123
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I made a few phone calls and found another window at a local salvage yard. We paid for it, pulled it outta’ the car at the salvage yard, and installed it ourselves in my car that afternoon.
Good times...!!!!!
Hubs also enjoys a salvage/junk yard. (I think there are times that he almost prefers things break at home, so that he can go and find used parts and fix things -- cars, appliances, electronics, etc.)
So his latest idea is to "repurpose"
the (used) passenger car seat (that he had to recently remove from the car and replace with a newer one -- that had a working sensor in the base/connected to airbag system). So, the used passenger car seat has been "sitting" on our livingroom floor (room is tiny by the way--our whole place is tiny) and I finally "had it" with the stupid used car seat on the floor.
Asked him to get rid of it, and he said o.k., and had an exciting project for it upstairs in our computer/den. 
He promised this week he's going to make "the baddest desk chair ever" -- he'd going to take the top part of our existing desk chair upstairs (which is in perfectly good condition by the way . . .
), and replace the existing chair seat, with the car seat on the base (base has wheels). I told him not to forget to include a seat belt . . . 
Rista1313
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hmmm I wonder if mine is like that too... is yours a chevy? When the sales man showed me the hidden key in the fob... I said, great.. now I can get into the car, but I still can't start it if the fob is dead! He seemed perplexed by that too and didn't have an answer.
93boomer
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I actually had my batteries run low in both remotes. It does work holding to the button! We had replaced the batteries with a cheap brand and couldn’t figure out why my jeep wouldn’t start remotely. We changed to energizer batteries and started right up.
StarWarsGirl
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I have a Honda, but my parents have Buicks and you can evidently drop it in the console and it'll pick it up. Check your car's manual. I would think that it's be the same since they're GM vehicles.
93boomer
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I really miss Chloe. She was my little buddy. But, we still don’t know when we will get another cat. We are getting closer to retirement age and do a lot of traveling. His parents used to come check on her when we were gone. But with their aging and her breaking her hip last year, it’s just too hard for them to come over. We have neighbors but I don’t know if I would trust them to feed a pet every day. So, we may just not get another or wait until we are older.
MouseDreaming
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I have to try this sometime. It always looks so good!
MySmallWorldof4
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That was a real fun day that you and your family had. We used to have a Philly Pretzel place here, but it sadly closed.
MySmallWorldof4
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My car has keyless entry and keyless start, but it does have a spot to insert the key in the door. We have had to change batteries in our key fob once because we got notified by the cars computer that the battery was low.Yep, totally agree on no Plan B being available for backup.
I was thinkin’ it might also have to do with making car theft more difficult and also maybe bringing down insurance rates based on such, then I found these 2 articles...
Car theft rise prompts keyless warning - BBC News
Insurers say £376m was paid out on claims last year following vehicles being stolen, a 29% rise on 2017.
Do Keyless Ignitions Actually Put Your Car – and Your Life – at Higher Risk? - Insurance News | The Zebra
No broken windows. No lengthy process of wedging the door open. No hotwiring, no alarm, no concerned passerby dialing 911....
MySmallWorldof4
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Thanks. I am waiting to hear from the crematory when I can get her ashes. He was so respectful and he made sure she had a soft blanket to lay on.
MySmallWorldof4
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I love that. Thank you.
MySmallWorldof4
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My Chevy does the same. As long as the fob is in the car, the car will start.
Rista1313
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But what happens when the battery is dead on the fob? That's the question we are really getting at here.
MySmallWorldof4
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We still have 5 pets and we are done with getting more dogs. If a stray cat comes to us, we will keep it, but we won't go out of our way to purposely get one. Dh says that when we are older that we shouldn't get more pets because what happens when your pet outlives you? There are many pets in the animal shelter that are there because of that. It is sad. He told me this crazy story. A lady put in her will that when she passed she wanted her dog put down.
She didn't will it to someone. I have no clue why anyone would do this. Anyway she did end up passing before the dog. The dog was brought to the vet (a healthy dog) and was euthanized. I call that murder.
MySmallWorldof4
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I actually have the answer. In your glove compartment there is a small slot. You put the whole key fob in there and then start the car as you normally do by putting your foot on the break and pushing the start. Here is a picture of mine. I was able to test this because one of our fobs is actually dead.
You’re welcome!
93boomer
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Ohhh that is so sad!!We still have 5 pets and we are done with getting more dogs. If a stray cat comes to us, we will keep it, but we won't go out of our way to purposely get one. Dh says that when we are older that we shouldn't get more pets because what happens when your pet outlives you? There are many pets in the animal shelter that are there because of that. It is sad. He told me this crazy story. A lady put in her will that when she passed she wanted her dog put down.
I would put pets in my will but have someone that is willing to take it like my DD. I could not have it put down on purpose. That is so selfish. And just plain awful!
93boomer
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Never seen that one. What make of car is that?I actually have the answer. In your glove compartment there is a small slot. You put the whole key fob in there and then start the car as you normally do by putting your foot on the break and pushing the start. Here is a picture of mine. I was able to test this because one of our fobs is actually dead.
You’re welcome!