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Old 11-22-2012, 07:53 AM   #19
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Originally Posted by Foobar View Post
If it's anything like other push button start cars, it will turn off as soon as they try to drive off. I'll test it out later today unless someone else confirms.

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Actuuuually, that's what you would think. I thought so for longest time.

Haven't tested with BRZ yet, but a lot of cars allow you to drive without keyfob as long as car is started. Once you shut it off, that's a different story... Won't turn back on without the keyfob.

I work in a bodyshop and have seen Nissan, Toyota, and Lexus do this. Not sure if its on all models or not. Other makes I'm also not sure of since its not something we make habit of doing.

One instance was when a customer had a rental Altima and left key on top of car when putting stuff in. They forgot key and drove home. Lol... Had to tow car back to us so we could get new key and get it reprogrammed.
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