Posadas [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 5 months agoNo. Return to physical keys.hexbear.netimagemessage-square75fedilinkarrow-up1142arrow-down13file-text
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minus-squareBoxedFenders [any, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·5 months agoModern cars have keyless entry and push start so you can’t simply make a backup key at a locksmith. They can duplicate the emergency key that serves as a backup for the door but it won’t start the car because you need the code programmed in.
minus-squareEmmaGoldman [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.netMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·5 months agoEven modern-ish cars that have a transponder key which looks like a “normal key” can cost over $100 to replicate, even without a key fob.
minus-squareTunnelvision [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 months agoDamn we are living in two completely different worlds then. I completely forgot that cars are like that now. My truck is a 2002 Toyota tundra.
Modern cars have keyless entry and push start so you can’t simply make a backup key at a locksmith. They can duplicate the emergency key that serves as a backup for the door but it won’t start the car because you need the code programmed in.
Even modern-ish cars that have a transponder key which looks like a “normal key” can cost over $100 to replicate, even without a key fob.
Damn we are living in two completely different worlds then. I completely forgot that cars are like that now. My truck is a 2002 Toyota tundra.