start and walk away its cold!

370zproject · 11-19-2009, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Modshack

Yup....You can drive it til it runs out of gas without the key once it's running.....

yea i dont like that part lol

avitech · 11-19-2009, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Modshack

Yup....You can drive it til it runs out of gas without the key once it's running.....

Wow, me thinks this is a bad design. I should write Nissan USA and tell them that they need to factor this into their design. Driving without a key is like using a computer terminal at some random firm without having the proper authority, access, or permission to use it.

I suppose it wasn't considered in the design.

What if someone were driving their Nissan Z and they stopped at a 7-11 to throw away some trash in their trash can but the driver mistakenly threw away their car key as well and then they proceeded to continue driving without it. I hear these coded keys cost anywhere from $300 to $1,000 USD.

370zproject · 11-19-2009, 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by avitech

Wow, me thinks this is a bad design. I should write Nissan USA and tell them that they need to factor this into their design. Driving without a key is like using a computer terminal at some random firm without having the proper authority, access, or permission to use it.

I suppose it wasn't considered in the design.

What if someone were driving their Nissan Z and they stopped at a 7-11 to throw away some trash in their trash can but the driver mistakenly threw away their car key as well and then they proceeded to continue driving without it. I hear these coded keys cost anywhere from $300 to $1,000 USD.

or if u started ur car and let it warm up went back insde and left ur key in the house then went back to ur car without the key and drove far away and turned ur car off... uh oh... >.>

Pheonix · 11-19-2009, 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by John Bradley

Is it really cold in Memphis ??

It's not that cold here in Memphis yet, but come January we'll start getting around 20 degrees...it will very, very rarely go lower than that.

Modshack · 11-19-2009, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by 370zproject

or if u started ur car and let it warm up went back insde and left ur key in the house then went back to ur car without the key and drove far away and turned ur car off... uh oh... >.>

LOL...There were stories every week on the Corvette forum about guys doing this. Their system works the same way. Tends to PO the wives when they have to drive 50+ miles to rescue the Hubby who left the FOB on the workbench...You usually only do this once....

Modshack · 11-19-2009, 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by avitech

I hear these coded keys cost anywhere from $300 to $1,000 USD.

Once again..

..you heard wrong.

But even at $75 (Corvette) or $125 (Mazda) or $275 (Nissan) that's the price you pay for stupidity..

370Zsteve · 11-19-2009, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by molamann

Haha, great find. +1

+1 x2!

zilent_jay · 11-19-2009, 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by xjrx

its generally not recommended to let a cold motor idle in those temperatures...you should only give it about 30 sec or so to get the oil moving throughout and then proceeed with a light foot. this will decrease the amount of time the engine is operating at colder temperatures

+100

I hate the fact I even have to start my car when it's cold outside. It sounds so pissed off when starting from an ice cold sleep. While the engine was designed with those parameters in mind, it's still not very nice. Definitely not letting it sit there to warm up. I'm not that big of a puss...

mirror · 11-19-2009, 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by vipor

My guess is that the button on the handle doesn't work while the car is running.

The button on the handle works on my Altima while the engine is running so I'd imagine that it's similar for other recent Nissan/Infiniti cars.

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Originally Posted by avitech

What if someone were driving their Nissan Z and they stopped at a 7-11 to throw away some trash in their trash can but the driver mistakenly threw away their car key as well and then they proceeded to continue driving without it.

The car will whine loudly (beeping, NO KEY LCD warning) if it loses contact with the key - it's hard to miss. I'd think it'd be a worse idea if the car shut itself off after losing communication with the keyfob for a while. My current car has shut itself off without warning in traffic at random. Not fun.

The solution here is to turn off your car when it's unattended. You wouldn't leave the keys in the ignition of a locked, non-Intellikey car, would you? All someone would have to do is smash the window and go.

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I hear these coded keys cost anywhere from $300 to $1,000 USD.

I was quoted ~$200 for a new fob, mechanical key and programming at a dealership. It costs a lot more if you've forgotten/lost the security code number/tag that comes with your spare set of keys and all of your other keys.

FricFrac · 11-20-2009, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by G37Sam

And how exactly are you going to lock the car without the keyfob (that's inside) if you're outside?

push the little silver "lock/unlock" the door button on the door handle?

rcm2525 · 11-20-2009, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by avitech

Wow, me thinks this is a bad design. I should write Nissan USA and tell them that they need to factor this into their design. Driving without a key is like using a computer terminal at some random firm without having the proper authority, access, or permission to use it.

I suppose it wasn't considered in the design.

What if someone were driving their Nissan Z and they stopped at a 7-11 to throw away some trash in their trash can but the driver mistakenly threw away their car key as well and then they proceeded to continue driving without it. I hear these coded keys cost anywhere from $300 to $1,000 USD.

Now how does that make any sense?????

Liquid_G · 11-20-2009, 02:55 PM

^^^Exactly... how does this thread make any sense.. Nissan has had those keyfobs for at least 3 years now.

370zproject · 11-28-2010, 01:53 AM

bump

esfourteen · 11-28-2010, 01:56 AM

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Originally Posted by 370zproject

bump

370zproject · 11-28-2010, 01:57 AM

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Originally Posted by esfourteen

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Liquid_G A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Chicago Burbs Posts: 1,439 Drives: 09 370z Supercharged Rep Power: 44	^^^Exactly... how does this thread make any sense.. Nissan has had those keyfobs for at least 3 years now.