Thread: My Own Wife?

My own wife has become a slave to technology. I was having some work done on my vehicle and she gave me a ride to pick it up. I had left the rest of my keys and my fob/clicker thing at the house. We were walking out of the place and she asked me if I had my keys, I told her the ignition key was the only one that I had left with the car when I dropped it off. She asks, "How are you going to open your doors?" Wow, really!? I guess it had been such a long time since she had to open a car door with a key that she forgot that it was possible. Further investigation revealed something I had not noticed, apparently on newer cars only the driver's door has manual "key" capability which makes sense because from the drivers door you can hit the power unlock button and unlock all the vehicle's doors. Remember the "down is locked, up is open" days? I even had a few trucks where the door locks were built into the interior door latch handle (they didn't even have the little golf tee looking thing sticking out the top of the door.)

Cars have been like that for a while. No trunk key hole either, just the one on the drivers door.

Hear ya. Our minivan has automatic doors. They recently stopped working - both sides. Oh the complaining when family members have to open the doors the old fashioned way!

I still have to reach across the truck to unlock the door for a passenger, and I didn't know about those features you're talking about...God I'm outdated...