Wasn't BMW's advertising slogan, 'Technology that inspires'? Or was it something about 'driving pleasure'? Be that as it may, both of them definitely fit, after all, Bayern build really great cars.
New BMWs are equipped with all kinds of technical refinements and technical helpers - some as standard equipment, some on request. The 'Keyless Go' system is actually something very fine! Why? Well, it allows you to get closer to your BMW, without unlocking it, just get in and WITHOUT fumbling an ignition key out of your pocket to start the engine. Zack and you're on the way!
Great! Right! A great solution if, for example, you have your hands full of shopping bags or little children's hands. Stupid only, if one takes over this mentioned BMW as co-driver hectic-electrical from the owner, eg because this is brought by his good friend to an appointment, to the airport or to the train.
If you swap the driver's seat while the engine is running, you can easily drive off WITHOUT key ownership! No warning! No annoying kissing, as with every other little thing! Nothing! You drive relaxed and relaxed home and is just a little jealous of the dwindling tourist.
The friend sits on the plane or thunders away in the ICE at almost 250 km / h in the opposite direction. Finally vacation, no stress, if not there ... what is so stupid pinching in your pocket? Bloody hell! Oh, the BMW key! Oops !!!
GREAT! And now?
You are lucky if you notice it somewhere at the gate or on the platform. At least the BMW runs, drives and moves on and on. But also further and further away from your key, at least as long as you don't park and turn off the engine. You shouldn't do that anywhere, however, because you can't start 'your' BMW again without a key - comfortably and keyless, so to speak - and you can't even lock it. After all, the display now informs you about it. If you switch to the park position while standing. At least for a vehicle with an automatic transmission. At the moment I am not aware of what the system produces in a car with a manual gearbox. In this situation, however, the BMW can no longer be started again - completely keyless and with comfort. Why should you, without a key. The ones from BMW are not stupid. Otherwise anyone could drive away in the car without a key. Or what?
Incidentally, Keyless Go means comfort access at BMW, since Mercedes has probably legally secured the keyless term. With this system, however, you always have a comfortable, keyless exit and maybe two great, exciting hours of side-seeing through Hamburg with back and forth, checking in and out at the gate and lots of phone calls, how to get to the urgently needed ones keyless vehicle key comes. What a comfortable car world.
I praise the times when, after going to the cinema, as a gentleman of his girlfriend, a man was first “allowed” to unlock the passenger door. For all the younger ones among you, there used to be no central locking. But very chic car keys with a brand logo tag. Those were dreamy times.