[Shotimes] OT - Will this work?

Jon Heese shotimes@jonheese.com
Sun, 16 Jan 2005 11:35:27 -0500


Nope.

http://www.snopes.com/autos/techno/keyless.asp

  - Jon

Ron Fleshman wrote:
> Just got this in an email.  I'm skeptical.  What do you guys think?
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> 96 PG (I think)
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>>>>Tip for Locked Keys
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>>>>Very interesting! For those of you who have a car that can be 
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>>>>unlocked by that remote button on your key ring: If you lock your 
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>>>>keys in the car and the spare keys are home, and you don't have 
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>>>>"OnStar," here's your answer to the problem! If some one has access 
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>>>>to the spare remote at your home, call them on your cell phone (or 
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>>>>borrow one from someone if the cell phone is locked in the car 
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>>>>too!) Hold your (or anyone's) cell phone about a foot from your car 
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>>>>door and have the other person at your home press the unlock 
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>>>>button, holding it near the phone on their end. Your car will 
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>>>>unlock. Saves someone from having to drive your keys to you. 
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>>>>Distance is no object. You could be hundreds of miles away, and if 
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>>>>you can reach someone who has the other "remote" for your car, you 
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>>>>can unlock the doors (or the trunk, or have the "horn" signal go 
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>>>>off, or whatever!) (Editor's Note * It works fine! We tried it out 
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>>>>and it unlocked our car over a cell phone!)
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