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> Car keys seems to be moving towards contactless

Moving towards? I don’t think you can buy a car that has a physical key anymore can you (except for the emergency key you can pry out.)




And there's the weakness. An emergency key that you can use means there's an emergency keyway that can be picked.

And thank goodness, too. I spoke to a locksmith a while back and he told me about some fancy import sports car with no emergency keyway and there was a child locked in, and of course the key was in the vehicle.

He did get the door open, IIRC there was a button to press to unlock, but not where his long-reach tool could easily get to. He said a cop had to watch from the other side and guide him to the button. He said it took around an hour to open.


There is no shortage of those Dacia Spring Dacia Sandero Stepway Renault Clio Renault Captur Renault Megane VW T-Cross ...

I'm tired to list more.


In US and some EU countries perhaps, but I can assure you that is not the case for most of us out here.




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