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06-22-2005, 04:10 PM
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Friends: 0 |  New way to unlock Pruii when keys misplaced I kid you not, I left my keys in someone else's office, called home on my cell phone, had my wife click unlock on the extra key fob while I was standing next to the Prius, and the car unlocked. I was about 15 miles from home. I am still shocked that it worked!!!! |
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06-22-2005, 04:21 PM
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Friends: 0 | Re: New way to unlock Pruii when keys misplaced Skeptical is more like it. I'll agree with Dr. Evan on this one... Better Than On Star? Thread just click the link it contains labeled "Urban Legend." And note that he thinks the thread belongs in Fred's. |
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06-22-2005, 04:51 PM
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06-22-2005, 05:52 PM
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Friends: 0 | Re: New way to unlock Pruii when keys misplaced Three much more likely scenarios: 1) You only tried the back doors, called the wife, then tried the driver’s door (which was already unlocked). 2) You’ve been Punk’d, and the episode will be aired sometime in August! 3) You have one of these things in your back yard and have rigged it up to your Prius SmartKey.  |
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06-22-2005, 07:44 PM
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06-22-2005, 07:55 PM
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06-23-2005, 08:43 AM
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Friends: 0 | I tried to recreate this at home last night, but discovered that, while at home, the car responds to the fob through several walls and at greater distances than, say, the parking lot at work. Why I need to walk back to it sometimes to get it to listen is something that bugs me now, but so far I can't say it won't work... |
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06-23-2005, 01:57 PM
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Friends: 27 | Well then, someone recreate this. Or at least see just how far the Prius fob will work. In fact, there's a good reason to try this. If I'm in the sixth floor of an office building and someone's playing with my fob, do I have to be concerned that they unlocked my car in the parking lot? |
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06-23-2005, 02:03 PM
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Friends: 0 | I think the range is about 30 feet, less through walls, especially concrete and steel ones. |
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06-23-2005, 02:20 PM
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Friends: 0 | Re: New way to unlock Pruii when keys misplaced But even if one could get into the Prius, you can't drive it without the FOB right? So, when you have to use the little key because your FOB is dead, you still can't drive it, or can you? |
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