The Merits Of The Panic Button
 

General question for you folks. How do you feel about the panic button on the key fob?

I have had panic buttons on the keyless entry systems on both the Z and my daily driver, and I have never pressed them once deliberately for legitimate purposes. I could break my own use of the button down into the following: (5% pranking people or messing with the dog, 95% accidental in the pocket).

So, I am curious, because I know that they don't just put those buttons on there for no good reason. Have you used it for legitimate purposes? Has it worked? Do you like it on there?

I won't shout down any opinions here. We're all owners/enthusiasts. I just want to gather the opinions of others.

Panic Button on the Z serves 1 purpose only.... Press it while people are standing next to your car admiring it.

i haven't used the buttons on my remote since may when i got my alarm installed. except sometimes i use it to lock the car if i turn it on and get out.

Even if you use it in a situation where you need help. How many times have you seen anyone come running to help when you/they hear a car alarm, most of the time it's like that A-hole needs to turn that noise off.

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Reminds me of the story that years ago, potential rape victims were instructed to scream "fire" instead of "rape", because people respond more quickly to the threat of their possessions burning up.

so basically this thread is: "If you are getting raped, are you gonna press your panic button?"

I'm always setting the damn thing off on accident. Woke the whole family up one night when I fell asleep on the couch. The Z was in the garage singing at about 2 am.:tiphat:

Yeah that's exactly want i as thinking. So instead of the alarm sounds the car should scream "I'M ON FIRE AND BEING RAPED".:ugh2:

Sometimes I get so anxious, I feel panicky. So I press the button.

I thought that's what it was for.

What?

They should replace it with a button that opens the trunk/hatch.

well what if you're being raped at gunpoint? then i don't think saying 'FIRE!' is a good idea...

Hell yeah that wouold get used a whole lot more.:tup:

Or a button that would instantaneously cause my pants to drop. :icon23:

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I certainly could not agree more with this statement, but that's just an opinion we share.

Come on, no one out there is a strong proponent of the panic button?

No, I think it's "If people are standing next to your car admiring it, yell 'Fire!'".

Never used it, even that night when Shado was following me

I've seen the wife use the one for her car as a means of locating the car in very large parking lots and the like.

dealerships are going be a noisy place...

Zing

Say :eek2:

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That's what the lube is for.

Shhhhhhh

I would qualify that as legitimate, although you could also click the lock button to get a honk. But I was hoping to hear if anyone has used it to actually deter a thief.

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She said the lock/unlock just makes the one honk/flash but the panic goes and goes til you stop it.:shakes head:

I'll not judge. That's one more use than I've ever found for it, and if it works for her, it works.

Yeah i know right. Women can't live with them, can't sleep with dudes and not be call "gay" WTF...

what the hell is the panic button?

On the key fob, you have Lock, Unlock, and Panic. It's the alarm button.

In Belgium the Z FOB is: Lock, Unlock, Waffles!

This sounds like one of those "why cucumbers are better than men" discussions.

veggitto- do you like waffles? :D

Yay waffles

I only like waffles if they are like the ones from a store in a city near my place

http://www.europetraveldestinations....ls-Waffles.jpg

but otherwise I don't really like them.

I am more a fries man.

but my keyfob doesn't have a third button.

GT-r one is lock, unlock, trunk
my Z is lock, unlock, nothing not even clickable.

:yum: yummy~

Damn, :yum:

i've had a panic button on my current and previous truck(s) and have never had a use for it. i've only ever accidentally hit it while in my pocket. and i agree, anytime i hear a car in "panic" mode, i think that the owner just doesn't know how to turn it off, not that there is an emergency.

wanna trade fobs? lol

Want my fob?

yes we take our waffles very seriously.

when I go to america this july il be bringing of boxes of belgian chocolates and other stuff.

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