What have you been doing today?

[Mottie]

I thought you were going to say you'd become a YouTube star

Schlep!

lol. I like that bloke and I’ve seen quite a few of his videos. I might even buy some of his stickers to keep with me!

 

[johnny2007]

Are you sure? That would be dangerous so I can’t imagine any keyless car ever doing that. Think about it, you start the car, go back indoors because you’ve forgotten something, inadvertently put the fob down, come out, jump in the car and drive off. All of a sudden the engine switches off and the doors lock, the steering lock engages in the fast lane of the dual carriageway? The fob being out of range only prevents the car from starting - otherwise there wouldn’t be so many keyless car thefts. I remember when I road tested my Evoque before buying it, one salesman pulled it out of the showroom and different one accompanied me on the test drive. As we pulled out of the dealership, a warning came on the dash 'key not found'. The salesman said not to worry, the keys were still in the showroom and as long as we didn’t switch off, it’d be okay.

No, electric boxes switch off when you go away with the key and lock doors.
You can drive away as you said but will signal that key is not in the vehicle.
There's a sensor on the seat which tells the car nobody is in the car.

 

[Mottie]

No, electric boxes switch off when you go away with the key and lock doors.
You can drive away as you said but will signal that key is not in the vehicle.
There's a sensor on the seat which tells the car nobody is in the car.

Thanks. Although mine is not technically a fully electric box, it’s a hybrid.

 

[Mottie]

Going on a med cruise in a weeks time and P&O have just changed their policy on taking drones onboard as long as you don’t take off and land on the ship or fly over it if flying from shore (I don’t see how they can enforce that second one though) so I’m taking my one with me. Might get a chance to fly it. Anyway, I dug out my EU operators and pilots licences and bought another years public liability insurance and printed the certificate out. Thought I’d make a nice job and laminate them but not only did I do a bad job, I fecked up my laminator being tight and trying to use a scrap of laminating paper instead of a full sheet. It took it in and wrapped it around something and you can’t open it up as it’s a sealed unit. I only bought it in May so I had to run it back to Argos for a replacement. A two minute job that turned into an hour and a half of aggro. Such fun! (TM).