Is Integra DC5R still practical ?

[6UE5t]

Well for ladies who carries handbag, keyless entry is a no brainer. Never again do they need to fumble in that bottomless pit they call a bag to look for keys.

For me, its a convenience factor. And I'm all about efficiency. Say it takes you 3 seconds to dig for a key, another 2 to press unlock and reach for the handles after, and then another 3 seconds to insert the key and start the car. Do that twice a day, that's 16 seconds a day. Factor that by 365 days, we're looking at 97 minutes of our life every year, to do what? I don't "enjoy" the key experience at all. I just want to get in and drive as fast/efficiently as I can.

Hell I'm changing the locks in my house to fingerprint ones.



The thing is, you have been living without the modern high tech stuff. Go to a caveman and tell him you can press a few screens on your smartphone and food gets delivered to your door. And he can tell you he don't need that shit because that's no place to charge the phone in his cave, he just goes out and collects fruits from trees. He's not wrong, but he's just a caveman.

As for horror stories about tech failing, it happens. But that's the trend these days, cars are becoming a consumable. Modern hacks, I guess that's where insurance with agreed value comes in.

Yes but all that convenience/efficiency is also not without a cost and risk. Like I said it makes the cars more expensive, more complicated, higher chance of failure, and actually easier to steal too. Anyway that 97 mins in a year, nothing that I cannot make up with just driving slightly faster, so again it's no big deal.

 

[alcyon]

Well for ladies who carries handbag, keyless entry is a no brainer. Never again do they need to fumble in that bottomless pit they call a bag to look for keys.

For me, its a convenience factor. And I'm all about efficiency. Say it takes you 3 seconds to dig for a key, another 2 to press unlock and reach for the handles after, and then another 3 seconds to insert the key and start the car. Do that twice a day, that's 16 seconds a day. Factor that by 365 days, we're looking at 97 minutes of our life every year, to do what? I don't "enjoy" the key experience at all. I just want to get in and drive as fast/efficiently as I can.

Hell I'm changing the locks in my house to fingerprint ones.



The thing is, you have been living without the modern high tech stuff. Go to a caveman and tell him you can press a few screens on your smartphone and food gets delivered to your door. And he can tell you he don't need that shit because that's no place to charge the phone in his cave, he just goes out and collects fruits from trees. He's not wrong, but he's just a caveman.

As for horror stories about tech failing, it happens. But that's the trend these days, cars are becoming a consumable. Modern hacks, I guess that's where insurance with agreed value comes in.

I guess thats ok if one has the $$$ to pay for those features. Its all about the $$$.

 

[ixeo]

Yes but all that convenience/efficiency is also not without a cost and risk. Like I said it makes the cars more expensive, more complicated, higher chance of failure, and actually easier to steal too. Anyway that 97 mins in a year, nothing that I cannot make up with just driving slightly faster, so again it's no big deal.

I believe I've got one of the most complicated car officially sold (not parallel) in Malaysia. So no difference to me.

I hate digging for keys. That's all.

 

[Izso]

I hate digging for keys. That's all.

Something that every rich dude with a dozen cars says. I only have to dig between two sets of keys. So not hard. HAHAHA

 

[6UE5t]

Anyway moot point, Nowadays practically all cars will have that keyless system so like it or not, I guess I just have to accept it.

 

[ixeo]

Something that every rich dude with a dozen cars says. I only have to dig between two sets of keys. So not hard. HAHAHA

From my pocket la. Package too big so pants very tight

 

[vr2turbo]

But every time my wife want to pop down to buy something, the car beeps because the key in her handbag, so still need to dig for the keys.....hhahahhaha

 

[Izso]

From my pocket la. Package too big so pants very tight

Dude... aiyo. First world problem. HAHAHA!

But every time my wife want to pop down to buy something, the car beeps because the key in her handbag, so still need to dig for the keys.....hhahahhaha

There's this aftermarket keyless entry system that I can buy and install for the Myvi. Works pretty damn well but for 2k it's not cheap. But the question is - is it really that useful? Just recently my wife has been forgetting to shut down the car after getting out from it... yes... I know. She once left the car parked RUNNING for an hour not realizing it was on. If this keyless setup works as it should - then I would gladly install it for her. Better than her losing the car to an opportunistic thief.

 

[ixeo]

But every time my wife want to pop down to buy something, the car beeps because the key in her handbag, so still need to dig for the keys.....hhahahhaha

Eh? My car i just need to put the car in P, apply hand brake, a quick stab at the accelerator pedal so the car don't stop in start/stop, then I can exit the driver's side. Car will continue to idle. No beeping whatsoever. No key in car.

 

[vr2turbo]

Mine will beep, and have message on the dash......lol

 

[6UE5t]

Eh? My car i just need to put the car in P, apply hand brake, a quick stab at the accelerator pedal so the car don't stop in start/stop, then I can exit the driver's side. Car will continue to idle. No beeping whatsoever. No key in car.

Your car also got stop start system during traffic? Can it be permanently turned off?

 

[ixeo]

Your car also got stop start system during traffic? Can it be permanently turned off?

Mine is permanently on. Can’t be switched off. Lol

 

[6UE5t]

Mine is permanently on. Can’t be switched off. Lol

Bummer, I hate that system.