Unintended acceleration

[Dan DiBiase]

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From: Louis-Alain Richard <laraa at sympatico.ca>
To: audi at humanspeakers.com; Brett Dikeman <brett.dikeman at gmail.com>
Cc: Tony Hoffman <auditony at gmail.com>; quattro at audifans.com
Sent: Thu, October 22, 2009 8:10:13 PM
Subject: RE: Unintended acceleration

No sadly, when key is missing, you just get a message (key is missing !) and
an annoying beep.

I was a believer for that keyless entry and start feature, but every now and
then, I find myself wanting a traditional key. It's so intuitive, to turn
that key in the ignition, you always know where it is, you can't forget it
in the car if you have to lock the car with it, etc.
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I agree, especially since I tend to keep my keys in my back pocket when I'm not wearing a jacket (i.e., summertime).
I'm not sure what I would do if I didn't have to plug the keyring in somewhere! And I only have 3 keys on my keyring -
on for each car (plus the remote fob for our van) and a house key. 

Funny story (MAC) - I recently rented a 2010 Buick LaCrosse (yes, I know what the name signifies in French Canadian,
Louis-Alain!) for a trip to Maine. My son and I stopped at the Mass Pike rest area in Charlton to grab some dinner. Came
out and saw that the trunk was wide open. Nothing missing, fortunately. On the way home from Orono, we stopped in
Newport ME for lunch. Someone came into the restaurant saying that a gold Buick's alarm was going off. I went out and
shut it off. Turns out the fob buttons were pretty sensitive and could be turn on just by the pressure of a (ahem) butt cheek!
Needless to say, the keys were not stored in my back-pocket after that. AC - my Audi fob isn't that sensitive.

Dan D
'04 A4 1.8Tq MT-6
Central NJ USA