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    Why, What Do You Use? An iPod? Pssh.

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    Your iPhone Is Now Your Car Keys

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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    10/28/09

    In reply to Why, What Do You Use? An iPod? Pssh.
    Couldn't find a drive with a black faceplate to at least blend in with the dash a little better?? #carcdrom
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    Image of planetarian planetarian
    10/28/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Bright Idea®: One with an audio jack? not too likely, i feel. #carcdrom
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    10/28/09

    @planetarian: You mean like this one?

    [www.pacificgeek.com] #carcdrom
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    Image of walker2151 walker2151
    10/28/09

    In reply to Why, What Do You Use? An iPod? Pssh.
    Um, how do you switch tracks and tell it what to do? #carcdrom
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    Image of bzr bzr
    10/28/09

    @walker2151: You DON'T. You SIT THERE, and listen to the ENTIRE DAMN THING in ONE SITTING. That's right, you damn kids got it too spoiled these days, with your "next" button and your "fast forward" and whatnot. In my day, we had to switch to Side B on our Lenny Kravitz cassettes, dammit! When we were walking uphill 15 miles in the snow and... #carcdrom
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    Image of djdare djdare
    10/28/09

    @bzr: Do you remember how fantastic it was when a good song would line up with another good song on opposite sides of the cassette, so like you could listen to the song on Side A, flip the cassette (or auto reverse if you were ballin' cept we didn't say ballin' we said "phat" I think, I dunno, it was a long time ago, possibly "da bomb") but you'd flip that shit to Side B, and maybe have to rewind or fastforward just a little bit to hear the other good song on the album... yah, it was money. Cds changed things, but napster... wow how the times have changed. I used to have to listen to the same stupid cassette for like a month until I saved enough to buy another damn cassette... you kids these days. #carcdrom
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    Image of SeventhExile SeventhExile
    10/28/09

    In reply to Why, What Do You Use? An iPod? Pssh.
    that's actually pretty bad ass.. #carcdrom
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    Image of Odin Odin
    10/14/09

    In reply to Your iPhone Is Now Your Car Keys
    But can you drive it ala James Bond?
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    Image of Wburg Wburg
    10/13/09

    In reply to Your iPhone Is Now Your Car Keys
    Theft or hacking is the only thing i'd be worried about, but it would sure be nice to have on winter mornings!
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    10/13/09

    In reply to Your iPhone Is Now Your Car Keys
    Seeing as my Insight was free, I like it. I love the steering (teeny turn radius). Also, the key to driving a hybrid is, believe it or not, jamming on the gas to quickly accelerate. It's why the Insight has an electric assist motor.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    10/13/09

    In reply to Your iPhone Is Now Your Car Keys
    This reminds me of a car alarm system from back in the day that had a beeper with it and would page you if someone was trying to break into your car.
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    10/13/09

    In reply to Unmanned Car Uses iPhone, Cameras, and Lasers to Travel, Kill Grannies
    And due to excessive web traffic, your iPhone Taxi in New York pulls away from the curb 40 minutes after you sat in it. At the Grand Canyon, your iBus drives off the edge when it hits an area without coverage.
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    10/13/09

    In reply to Unmanned Car Uses iPhone, Cameras, and Lasers to Travel, Kill Grannies
    i love the iphone
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    Image of Shamoononon: I shave my legs. Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
    10/13/09

    @couto27: I don't.
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    Image of TheSonOfKrypton TheSonOfKrypton
    10/13/09

    @Shamoononon: I shave my legs.: *Tear.
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    10/13/09

    In reply to Unmanned Car Uses iPhone, Cameras, and Lasers to Travel, Kill Grannies
    If their carrier changes to a data limit cap, it will be booted, literally.
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    10/13/09

    In reply to Your iPhone Is Now Your Car Keys
    "no line of sight contact necessary, not that the iPhone has the IR hardware for anything like that anyway."

    i wonder if this can be done without silly annual fees over wifi. sure your car has to be pretty close, but i dont see any other real obstacles.

    question - which has greater range on iphone/ipod touch: wifi or BT?

    (and is it any better than a regular RF Fob? my guess, no)

    so... this app is for people who live kind of far from where they park, eh?
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    Image of Xeno Xeno
    10/13/09

    In reply to Your iPhone Is Now Your Car Keys
    I still maintain that this is a bad idea. If you break/rundown/loose your phone you are stranded. Technically impressive but practically flawed.
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    Image of Wburg Wburg
    10/13/09

    @Xeno: I feel like not many people would use this totally instead of keys. It's easier for me to pull out my keys than my phone and start an app. This would be really good for cold winter days when you want the heat going, rainy days when you want the door unlocked, hot days when you want the a/c on, etc. before you get to the car.
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    10/13/09

    In reply to Your iPhone Is Now Your Car Keys
    I had a paging system installed on one of my cars years ago- it would alert you if the alarm was tripped. If this had push notifications I would spring for it.
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    Image of dnono dnono
    10/13/09

    In reply to Your iPhone Is Now Your Car Keys
    but can it engage the clutch as well?
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    10/13/09

    @dnono: You can bypass a clutch for remote start. You can even install sensors that won't allow the car to start if it is in gear, or the e-brake isn't engaged.
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    10/13/09

    @leavethegun-takethecannoli:

    yep. so long as it's in neutral, the only thing that the clutch has to do with it is a little switch that closes when the clutch is in, which is easily bypassed. good to do if you ever think you'll be in the unfortunate position of starter-motor-throttling to move the car for some reason if it wont start.
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    Image of echo off echo off
    10/13/09

    In reply to Your iPhone Is Now Your Car Keys
    where i live, keeping the engine of your car running, just so the heater heats up the interior, is illegal. in the us, they advertise it.
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    Image of Barry99705 Barry99705
    10/13/09

    @echo off: Where I used to live if you left your car off for more than four or five hours in the winter you might not get it restarted.
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    10/13/09

    @echo off:

    i can't imagine it's very enforcable.
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