First off I'll start with the reason why this feature is important. When I was 16, I was just as forgetful as I am now. I'm not sure if it's gotten worse with age, but it just goes to prove that I don't utilize the memory section of my brain very well and I never have. I've got common sense, I guess that's my special talent. Anyway, when I first started to drive, I always locked my car. I have no idea why, it's not like I ever really had a nice car, and no one in their right mind would want to steal it, and I lived in a small town. If they did steal it, they wouldn't get far before the locals realized it wasn't me driving. The thief would probably drive a lot slower than I would.
It was a very bad habit that I would lock my keys in the car on a weekly basis. I always had extra keys made for the car, they were kept in the house, or with friends, just in case I needed to be rescued from my lack of memory. I remember once I left the car running, ran into the bank and realized that the keys were in the ignition, of course, and I had locked the doors. When I worked in college, I lived 30 minutes away from my work and school. Luckily I had a wonderful Aunt and her patient husband that kept a set of keys at their place (after they had to drive me home and get my extra set one too many times) and they would bring them to me all over the city. They were so sweet about it.
The other day we were looking at the Volvo dealership as my husband needs a new work car and was looking into a pre-owned Volvo. We were talking to the sales guy that sold us our XC60 2 years ago and he mentioned something about keyless locking. I know that I can open the car doors without a key, I just have to have the key on me somewhere and the door will unlock when I open the handle. It's a genius invention. What I didn't know is that there is a button on my handles that also locks the car so I don't have to pull out my keys! You have no idea how amazing this is! I am always losing my keys at the bottom of my purse, or I don't know what pocket they are in. This morning, I went to use the locking function and it wouldn't work because I had left the keys in the car! I know - only I need something like this. But for me, it is simply wonderful! I cannot possibly lock my keys in the car! Even if I can't find them in my pocket or my bag, as long as they car can sense that they are on me, and outside the vehicle, the car will lock and unlock at my command. This is real life magic. Like iTunes!(I'll tell you about that one later).
I haven't stopped liking my car since I got it, but now I have fallen even more in love with it!
As I write this, I realize how dumb I sound. I assure you, I am not dumb, just a little bit ditsy. But in a good, cute way. More like "oh isn't Pam silly", not "jeez that Pam is a total idiot!" ....I hope anyway!
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