Key Holder - 2014 BMW 328i xDrive Gran Turismo Long-Term Road Test

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Key Holder - 2014 BMW 328i xDrive Gran Turismo Long-Term Road Test

So where do you store the key fob in a keyless ignition car? An editor finds a good location in Edmunds' long-term 2014 BMW 328i xDrive Gran Turismo.

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fordson1

Keeping the fob in the car rather than on your person is a bad idea for reasons too numerous to mention.

sharpend

MM is a good candidate for a purse, or maybe a manbag.

emajor

I'm with Mike in my dislike of anything in my pockets while driving. I'm also with fordson in feeling squeamish at looking at the key fob in a cubby of a car with keyless ignition. We locked a fob in our car doing that, God knows how, it doesn't autolock when we are in the car. Fortunately it was in our own driveway with the other key in the unlocked house.

I still prefer keyed ignitions. Better mechanical interaction with the car, and it stores the key for you while driving.

allthingshonda

emajor said:

I'm with Mike in my dislike of anything in my pockets while driving. I'm also with fordson in feeling squeamish at looking at the key fob in a cubby of a car with keyless ignition. We locked a fob in our car doing that, God knows how, it doesn't autolock when we are in the car. Fortunately it was in our own driveway with the other key in the unlocked house.

I still prefer keyed ignitions. Better mechanical interaction with the car, and it stores the key for you while driving.

All keyless cars I've been in will not allow the doors to lock if the key is in the car.

atlantad

My experience mirrors allthingshonda... Having a second key on you, which is the active key for locking the car, is the only way to lock the key in a keyless car. Without the second key, they cycle the lock back to unlocked immediately--or if it's the trunk, the trunk releases right after it is shut.