Yes but I know first hand it only warns you twice, on the third try it will allow you to lock the keys in the trunk! :crying:
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What happens if key fob is separated from running car?
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Yes but I know first hand it only warns you twice, on the third try it will allow you to lock the keys in the trunk! :crying:
Arnold Panz
Model Sig 304, VIN 542
Maybe the Tesla app, when it comes out, will tell you where your keys are if you lose them?
I doubt that it could do that, unless the keys were in the car. This would require the keys to have built in GPS hardware (or equivalent).
Another comparison point - my G37 goes "beep-beep-beep-beep-beep" when you get out of the car with the fob, and then goes right on working normally.
Nice idea - moving the fob away from a running car automatically puts it into Valet Mode.
Assume you know for sure the valet isn't having to shuffle cars around once they're parked this could work. Still, I could see someone punching the off button inadvertently or stupidly before it's parked, then running around the neighborhood trying to find you so they can get your car out of the middle of the road.
spatterso911
P100DL - Raven
Actually, it would be easier to do than that, since there is no "On/Off" button. If they got out of the car to move another car for example. Getting in/out of the car is what turns it on or off. Hope there is a valet mode.
That makes it really easy to steal. May have to patent a flippable farraday cage to prevent this, at least for my car
How about four-digit pin putting the car in "valet mode" with a speed limit of 25mph or something?
Not like I use valets every day, but parking garages up in San Francisco almost always use parking attendants and will need to shuffle cars around at any point. It would be nice to hand off the car with slightly limited access...
Not like I use valets every day, but parking garages up in San Francisco almost always use parking attendants and will need to shuffle cars around at any point. It would be nice to hand off the car with slightly limited access...
I have a feeling the Model S will get parked out front in the 'good' spots for quite some time. I doubt it will be shuffled! :biggrin:
You may be right ElSupreme but svillarrealmd's questions are good ones. Anyone know?
NigelM
Recovering Member
Which is exactly what happens with my Roadster. :smile:
I had heard sometime back that there is a Valet mode but I don't recall ever hearing details.
AndyM
Member
Tesla in-store reps have said that it will be there, and it will be inherited mostly from the Roadster. The mode will limit speed, torque, and keep the glove box from being opened, and maybe other functions limited as well. We haven't seen any demos of this mode on the in-store vehicles or Get Amped vehicles yet.
After all this waiting I'm not feeling like any valet's gonna get there mitts on my S! Maybe after a couple of years. Maybe.
There are urban restaurants where valet parking is the only option, short of parking a few blocks away. Likewise, our favorite New Haven hotel, the Study at Yale, is valet-only. (Of course, we'll be staying in the Omni from now on to use its charger.)
smorgasbord
Active Member
Actually, that's a feature. You drop your car off for service, which will be completed that day. It's either free, or you pay via credit card over the phone. You can get a ride to the shop, but only after it's closed. You have your spare key to open the car with, but how else would the shop get the key you gave them back to you?
I've actually done that several times with my BMWs.
I've done this several times in our Volt. I drop my wife off somewhere, key is in her purse, I drive off...
If the FOB is not present when you go to shut the car off, it shuts off, but let's you start back up with just a tap on the brake.
