Hi All -- did some searching on the forum but just giving my perspective (plus some hopeful conjecture).
Took delivery of my LR AWD Model 3 on Saturday. Due to a bunch of finagling and negotiation was able to get $2,000 off of the price due to the recent sales promotion. Score! While at the delivery center I checked to see if they had any key fobs available (as they had always been sold out when I had looked recently) and initially they said they were out but when I asked someone else, they said they had a few. So since I had saved a few bucks already I figured I'd get a fob.
Primarily I was thinking my keyring would feel weird without a car key on it, plus I *thought* I would be getting something very cool and supplemental to the phone key. Silly me, I should have read up on the fob before buying.
So after delivery I dropped off the car for PPF but that hour of driving was absolutely amazing! I love the car already.
Spent the weekend reading the manual as I won't have the car back for a week, and after reading about the key fob not being usable for passive entry and walk away lock. Was discouraged that I may have spent $150 for nothing.
But now reading that some Android phones don't work as reliably with the phone as key. Plus hearing about the Labor Day fiasco where cars were disabled due to the update.
So now perhaps feeling a little better about having the fob. Assuming I leave my phone (Google Pixel XL) as a phone key and leaving the fob in my pocket, then assuming the phone works when I will rarely need to use the fob; though summon might be something to play with.
If I have both the phone and the fob with me, I understand most of the time I won't use the fob. It's a backup for the phone. But the fob won't act as a passive key in the car unless I put it by the cup holder console, correct? And though the fob won't work with walk away lock the phone should? So there's no issue having both the phone and the fob with me in the car?
Is there any conjecture or expectation that they may add the passive entry and walk away lock in a future update? Maybe an Elon tweet?
Thanks for reading this lengthy post -- it's a way to ease my anxiety of not having the car for a week!
Took delivery of my LR AWD Model 3 on Saturday. Due to a bunch of finagling and negotiation was able to get $2,000 off of the price due to the recent sales promotion. Score! While at the delivery center I checked to see if they had any key fobs available (as they had always been sold out when I had looked recently) and initially they said they were out but when I asked someone else, they said they had a few. So since I had saved a few bucks already I figured I'd get a fob.
Primarily I was thinking my keyring would feel weird without a car key on it, plus I *thought* I would be getting something very cool and supplemental to the phone key. Silly me, I should have read up on the fob before buying.
So after delivery I dropped off the car for PPF but that hour of driving was absolutely amazing! I love the car already.
Spent the weekend reading the manual as I won't have the car back for a week, and after reading about the key fob not being usable for passive entry and walk away lock. Was discouraged that I may have spent $150 for nothing.
But now reading that some Android phones don't work as reliably with the phone as key. Plus hearing about the Labor Day fiasco where cars were disabled due to the update.
So now perhaps feeling a little better about having the fob. Assuming I leave my phone (Google Pixel XL) as a phone key and leaving the fob in my pocket, then assuming the phone works when I will rarely need to use the fob; though summon might be something to play with.
If I have both the phone and the fob with me, I understand most of the time I won't use the fob. It's a backup for the phone. But the fob won't act as a passive key in the car unless I put it by the cup holder console, correct? And though the fob won't work with walk away lock the phone should? So there's no issue having both the phone and the fob with me in the car?
Is there any conjecture or expectation that they may add the passive entry and walk away lock in a future update? Maybe an Elon tweet?
Thanks for reading this lengthy post -- it's a way to ease my anxiety of not having the car for a week!