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Learned this evening that a co-worker, who owns a "new" Jaguar with all the bells and whistles, tried to open the car with a malfunctioning computerized key. My thought - please note: I carry keys that don't signal "Pluto"...was, perhaps, the battery in the fob needed to be replaced. After looking at the key, I discovered she was SOL and needed an assist from the local dealer $$$$$$$$. None of this is unusual, however, the bloke on the phone asked her if she tried placing the key directly under her chin - placed firmly against the lower mandible - and (stay with me, please) supposedly, the energy emanating from her chin should open the car doors. You know...like something outta a Dr. Who video. Well, being the sport I am, we all walked out into the parking lot and I followed said instruction - placed the fob with key stuck parallel to pavement - and pushed every button. I even faced north. Well, we found water, but she ended up with a service call and most likely, a reprogrammed key. So! What's with that?!?! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/hammer.gif
 
Touching a car alarm remote or other transmitting device to the underside of your chin will greatly increase it's range. Of course this means you are passing the signal through your brain, but with the hundreds of thousands of other waves being transmitted though your body this should not make any noticable difference. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
 
An important part of the solution was obviously forgotten....

You must also stand on one leg, hopping vigorously, in order for the chin-magnification process to work proerly.
 
...I gotta get the camera and sneak over there to document THIS ritual! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/devilgrin.gif
 
I seem to remember some old thread about a guy wondering why he had to open & close his doors after his car would quit.

Can't find it now. Think it had something to do with every time he hit a hard bump.

Found out later that he was unknowingly resetting his fuel pump inertia switch by performing the door ritual.
 
Well of course it did not work. You MUST face coventry, and in a quiet dignified english accent invoke the magic words" Skinner Lucas Lofty William", and then if that does not work, kick it in the nether regions and use some updated anglo saxon words. Old Cars Rule!!
Jesse
 
GOR! ~slaps forehead~ FACE Coventry!!!


...that would'a made ALL th' diff'rence! Thanks Jesse!
 
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I gotta say, I have a 98 Land Rover Disco and I use the under the chin trick all the time and it works everytime.

Strange.

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Yes, notwithstanding the earlier comics /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif. The addition of the body's capacitance will enhance a slightly weak signal.---Keoke-
 
Oh Dear!!! I saw a woman in the local coffee shop wearing one of those once.... If only I had realized. I love all of my old cars though. I extract my key, insert it in the lock, and hey presto it unlocks every time. No magic incantations, no frying of brain cells, and almost foolproof. What will they come up with next...
 
Similar note, my wife is convinced that her sister unlocked her car, when she locked her keys within, by having her point the spare remote into a cell phone whilst her sister had her cell phone next to the car door. A distance of 3 miles away.
I gotta call mythbusters on that one, please tell me it's not possible, because I aint buying it and my man card is already on probation.
No chins or tinfoil hats were used, just cell phones.
 
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Similar note, my wife is convinced that her sister unlocked her car, when she locked her keys within, by having her point the spare remote into a cell phone whilst her sister had her cell phone next to the car door. A distance of 3 miles away.
I gotta call mythbusters on that one, please tell me it's not possible, because I aint buying it and my man card is already on probation.
No chins or tinfoil hats were used, just cell phones.

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You are quite correct, it can't be done. Onstar can do it to appropriately-equipped vehicles because of the direct connection with the vehicle. They transmit the unlock code that way. The radio waves can't be transmitted via cell phone, the transmitter itself has to be within range.
 
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The radio waves can't be transmitted via cell phone

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Cheers Steve!!!!!! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
I'm with you, Jesse. Key, lock, what's th' problem?!? Works every time (so far 40 years' worth) and batteries have nothing to do with it. The KISS rule in action. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
 
Toyota's got full electric rear gates on the 4Runner and the Scion TC (probaly a couple of others I can't tink of right now). there's no physical connection to the latch. the "handle" is actually an electrical button.... I cringe every time one comes in with a "gate inop" problem....
half the time it's the Back door ECU... Yes there's a computer just for the back door!
The new Avalon has no less than 19 onboard computers....
and there have even been documented cases of the "smart key" feature on the Priuses, that generates a field of radio waves inside the car to detect the presence of the key fob anywhere inside the car, interfering with pacemakers... nice huh?!
 
<grabs chest> OH M'GAWD!!!! Th' neighbors just bought a Prius!!!
 
Well, I'm highly "thankful?" and graciously amused to see all of the posts pertaining to my query. I actually spent the day at work with the BCF minimized for easy open access and refreshed the forum hourly to stay updated on the offerings of the group. Shared the views with my co-workers for a good laugh as well. Now I'm trying to plot the course for a day of "fobbing" in the parking lot - kinda like a fobbin' off at work day.

"smits" loves the forum!
 
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Oh Dear!!! I saw a woman in the local coffee shop wearing one of those once.... If only I had realized.

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Was she really wearing one of those, or was she in the process of a dye job with highlights. Usually, the cape is a good indicator unless it's a DYI home job. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/troll.gif
 
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