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Old 03-13-12, 02:12 PM
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Anyone else here gotten so used to their IS opening and starting without a physical key that you find yourself doing the same with other cars sometimes?

The other day I caught myself trying to unlock my moms Odyssey by just walking up and putting my hand in the handle
I started getting annoyed that it wouldn't open till I realized what I was doing LOL.... and then when I got in I reached for the push start
I felt so dumb I started laughing at myself a bit.

....Oh how new technology has spoiled us
Old 03-13-12, 02:16 PM
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yeah, that tends to happen when you've owned a car with a key fob
Old 03-13-12, 02:21 PM
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Tell me about! Driving my gf car was a pain when I didn't realize it wasn't like my IS. I was like wtf is going on and my gf started laughing....I tend to forget my car isn't a manual anymore either and try pushing the invisible clutch in....
Old 03-13-12, 02:44 PM
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Haha, happens to me every time i try to start our crv... Go to push the start button and then realize I need to find a key
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the clutch is what gets to me EVERY time LOL

my daily is a 5speed integra
Old 03-13-12, 02:58 PM
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The push start gets me! I Have a manual IS.
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nope work at an automall. use to every type of key entry/start and transmission
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The smart key entry function has even effected my fiance sometimes. I usually take us out in my car, and once in a while when we take her car, she'll forget to give me her key and ask why I won't unlock the car door for us, so she'll unlock it and we get in. Then, when we get inside, she'll expect me to push the start button to start the car, so we sit for a few seconds and I stare at her until she gives me her key.
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The parking brake is what gets me. When I have to drive another vehicle where the parking brake is in a different location, I end up stomping on the floor with my left foot at the parking brake location of the IS.
Old 03-13-12, 03:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Vroomin350
the clutch is what gets to me EVERY time LOL

my daily is a 5speed integra
Manual Trans. Clutch!!!
I have automatic but once in a great while I drive a friends manual, the car comes to a hault. Specially in traffic. He hates it.
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Originally Posted by SB350
The parking brake is what gets me. When I have to drive another vehicle where the parking brake is in a different location, I end up stomping on the floor with my left foot at the parking brake location of the IS.
Me to

Keys are so inconvenient nowadays
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Clutch used to get me ALL the time with my previous cars: '00 EBP EM1, '97 B20v DC2 & '98 DC4)

i have done the handle thing a few times lmao, but not the push start.
my gf on the other hand.......

gf: can i drive?
me: umm.....
gf: i let you drive my car all the time
me: :thinking to myself, damnit!: okay fine
gf: where's the key?
me: there's no key
gf: MICHAEL WHERE'S THE KEY!!
me: i said i dont have a key
gf: okay so then how do i start it??? :being very sarcastic:
me: hold the brake, and watch this..
gf: what will that do?
me: pushes push start
gf: omg that so cool, can i do it?
me: sure, turn it off..
gf: how do i do that?
me: lmaoooooo this is great!
Old 03-13-12, 03:52 PM
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Hmmm..... I have 3 cars, all with different stuff and don't forget how to work them you guys must just be a little slow :P
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^^
lol dead...too funny
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Yep, every time I get in my fiance's car in fact! LOL


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