Key Fob Question

[aklein11]

Can you guys tell me the pros and cons of inserting the fob into the dash? If the car can be started with it in my pocket, why bother to ever insert it? Are there any differences or pros or cons one way or the other?

Thanks.

[backtoreality15]

Thats IF you get the comfort access...

[aklein11]

I ordered comfort access and that is why I asked the question.......

[Rearro]

Sooner or later the Battery in the fob will die, so.... you need to insert the "FOBS " from time to time to let the battery in the fob CHARGE! I am going to insert each of the two fobs at least once a month on longer rides to ensure the batteries don't crap out on me!

I hope this answers your questions!

[cracka]

Actually, the Comfort Access remotes don't have rechargeable batteries. I don't know of any advantage to inserting your fob in the ignition if you have CA. Okay, maybe one... it's a good spot to place it when you're about to hand the car over to a valet, so they'll know where to find it & to make sure you don't take it with you.

[BMWc33]

Originally Posted by cracka

Actually, the Comfort Access remotes don't have rechargeable batteries. I don't know of any advantage to inserting your fob in the ignition if you have CA. Okay, maybe one... it's a good spot to place it when you're about to hand the car over to a valet, so they'll know where to find it & to make sure you don't take it with you.

Coming from someone who currently valets for Horseshoe Casino, I will NEVER valet my car from what my co-workers and honestly to admit I, have done in guests cars from time to time...I would hate to think of what others were doing to my new 1 when I handed it over to them...

[aklein11]

Originally Posted by BMWc33

Coming from someone who currently valets for Horseshoe Casino, I will NEVER valet my car from what my co-workers and honestly to admit I, have done in guests cars from time to time...I would hate to think of what others were doing to my new 1 when I handed it over to them...

Well, since you put it out there.......now we must know. We have all valeted our cars.

Examples please.....

[backtoreality15]

Originally Posted by aklein11

I ordered comfort access and that is why I asked the question.......

Haha, sorry if I came off as a wise-ass. That was not what I was going for.

But this is what I got from some googling:

And should the electronic key control system ever fail to operate, the driver can insert the ID sensor into a slot in the instrument panel in order to drive the car just as conveniently the “conventional” way."

[BMWc33]

Originally Posted by aklein11

Well, since you put it out there.......now we must know. We have all valeted our cars.

Examples please.....

Ok not trying to thread jack but here are a few examples...anytime the garage is wet, we ebrake around corners, if theres a truck ive seen guys get out of the truck as its going up the ramp and get in the bed of the truck and "surf" in the back as it idles up the garage...people speed...people tend to sit in the cars for 45+ min if they can get away with it and sit there and listen to the radio,talk on the phone, and have the A/C on full blast if its summer time...ive seen people race, turn stereo up so loud i could almost say it would blow a speaker, look through personal belongings...I remember one time a valet attendant sat in the back of a navigator and nearly ate all their food in the back while he drank a beer. And to top it off, I knew guys that would take pills and break the pills up on peoples center consoles and snort them or whatever! I personally have NEVER done anything near as bad as these maybe just like switch radio stations or move seats which is prohibited as well...I have a huge respect for cars and would hate to have something like that done to my 1. But think about it next time you valet your car and it goes into a huge garage or something out of sight. The horseshoe im currently at doesnt do any of this but the casino i previously worked at did because there are no cameras except for the bottom floor. But those are a few examples...I'm sure elsewhere there have been similar and far worse examples of what happens in valet...

[mateo]

I pay the valet to watch my car.

I go have breakfast every Monday at a 5 star hotel, and I'm there for less than an hour, and they are very happy to watch it, and let me park up front for a simple 5 spot. Hell I have tipped the valet more than my servers on average. LOL

[BMW Dreamer]

NO VALET, NEVER. Take a cab.

[GatoGrande]

ok the owners manual says the FOB IS chargeable. So, do
plug it in from time to time.

[joelk]

Originally Posted by GatoGrande

ok the owners manual says the FOB IS chargeable. So, do
plug it in from time to time.

that was my impression as well. thanks for posting.

[cracka]

Okay, so the wording is slightly ambiguous, but the manual very strongly implies that the CA remote (called Convenient Access in the manual) is not rechargeable. I've also heard this elsewhere previously, but I can't cite the source. Anyhow, here's what it says fwiw:

Attachment 5217 Attachment 5218

[cracka]

Originally Posted by mateo

I pay the valet to watch my car.

I go have breakfast every Monday at a 5 star hotel, and I'm there for less than an hour, and they are very happy to watch it, and let me park up front for a simple 5 spot. Hell I have tipped the valet more than my servers on average. LOL

Please tell me you eat said breakfast in full Stig gear. :biggrin:

[AchtungF80]

Never, ever, ever ever ever ever valet your car.

I used to do that back in college between semesters, like Nicholas Cage said "I didn't do it for the money, I did it for the cars."

[dclee1]

Originally Posted by BMWc33

Ok not trying to thread jack but here are a few examples...anytime the garage is wet, we ebrake around corners, if theres a truck ive seen guys get out of the truck as its going up the ramp and get in the bed of the truck and "surf" in the back as it idles up the garage...people speed...people tend to sit in the cars for 45+ min if they can get away with it and sit there and listen to the radio,talk on the phone, and have the A/C on full blast if its summer time...ive seen people race, turn stereo up so loud i could almost say it would blow a speaker, look through personal belongings...I remember one time a valet attendant sat in the back of a navigator and nearly ate all their food in the back while he drank a beer. And to top it off, I knew guys that would take pills and break the pills up on peoples center consoles and snort them or whatever! I personally have NEVER done anything near as bad as these maybe just like switch radio stations or move seats which is prohibited as well...I have a huge respect for cars and would hate to have something like that done to my 1. But think about it next time you valet your car and it goes into a huge garage or something out of sight. The horseshoe im currently at doesnt do any of this but the casino i previously worked at did because there are no cameras except for the bottom floor. But those are a few examples...I'm sure elsewhere there have been similar and far worse examples of what happens in valet...

I'd never valet my car after having a bunch of friends work as valets back in the day...especially if I had a fast car. Laying rubber all over the street, racing, dropping clutches and just general hooliganism that not only my friends participated in, but the other valets working there as well. The problem is that the valet companies are independent of the restaurants that hire them, so they have no affiliation with the establishments themselves, meaning the caliber of the restaurant often has nothing to do with the quality of the valets.

[BMWc33]

Originally Posted by dclee1

I'd never valet my car after having a bunch of friends work as valets back in the day...especially if I had a fast car. Laying rubber all over the street, racing, dropping clutches and just general hooliganism that not only my friends participated in, but the other valets working there as well. The problem is that the valet companies are independent of the restaurants that hire them, so they have no affiliation with the establishments themselves, meaning the caliber of the restaurant often has nothing to do with the quality of the valets.

VERY TRUE...the place of which I speak that I experienced all this happen was a very nice casino just poor hiring of valet attendants and the supervisors that were on schedule were very sub-par...Ill take the extra 30 or so feet to walk from where I can free park my car in an empty section of the parking garage and know theres security on duty.

[Jewpac]

Originally Posted by BMWc33

Coming from someone who currently valets for Horseshoe Casino, I will NEVER valet my car from what my co-workers and honestly to admit I, have done in guests cars from time to time...I would hate to think of what others were doing to my new 1 when I handed it over to them...

I used to Valet as well and I wouldnt trust my car to a valet either.

[Brainofjjj]

thread hi jack!!!

I valeted at a very nice hotel in college and did all sorts of things, but only to rental cars....never buy one of those.
Once however, one of the guys took a porsche 930 out for a test drive and was gone over an hour. turned out he got a ticket for speeding and used some excuse that he was taking the car out to get it washed for the owner....

[Crowley]

Originally Posted by cracka

Okay, so the wording is slightly ambiguous, but the manual very strongly implies that the CA remote (called Convenient Access in the manual) is not rechargeable. I've also heard this elsewhere previously, but I can't cite the source. Anyhow, here's what it says fwiw:

Attachment 5217 Attachment 5218

Thanks for this ....

Crowley

[jdesclafani]

so if u order the CA the key slot is still there in the car? thats kind of stupid