What an excellent design feature ...

[subfiver]

I didn't know the key fob did this. I only found out when I pulled my keys outa my jean's pocket to find I no longer own a fob. It's come adrift sometime today, out and about somewhere.
(The wife's fob pictured)
Dealer tomorrow then ....

 

[tsedge]

It is supposed to do that - you use the button opposite to open it up, this is how you access the manual emergency key (which should be inside). It should just click back in. You also need to do this to open it to change the keyfob battery.

 

[subfiver]

Yes, I understand that, but it has opened of it's own volition and the fob has dropped off my keyring without me noticing. Other keyfobs I've had the split ring is attached to an immovable part of the fob, the emergency key access via another mechanism ....

 

[siteguru]

I never have my car key dangling on a keyring - it's always in a trouser or jacket pocket when I'm out and about.

 

[DBedford]

It opened because the button on the side was pressed, just like a pocket phone call, Stuff happens !! LOL.

 

[subfiver]

100km round-trip to find it by the roadside where i'd last parked ....

 

[Ian Key]

I use a silicone rubber cover over my key fob. It stops it opening and loosing the physical key as well as stopping it getting scratched.

https://amzn.eu/d/dgS6O0K

 

[salty]

100km round-trip to find it by the roadside where i'd last parked ....

WOW! Bloody lucky. Result!

 

[securespark]

I use a silicone rubber cover over my key fob. It stops it opening and loosing the physical key as well as stopping it getting scratched.

https://amzn.eu/d/dgS6O0K

I use a pouchey thing.
It stays zipped in the pouch and the pouch stays in my pocket. I use the door button to get in and out and if Mrs S forgets her key, me being in the passenger seat is enough for the car to recognise the key.

But if I need the buttons, they are there. Plus, the key is protected from knocks and scrapes.

 

[Slipstream]

I never have my car key dangling on a keyring - it's always in a trouser or jacket pocket when I'm out and about.

Yes keep mine separate as well.

 

[OriginalBigAl]

100km round-trip to find it by the roadside where i'd last parked ....

I bet you enjoyed the last 50 kms.

 

[Amun]

I use a pouchey thing.

When in use, it goes in it's own zipped pocket in my trousers. The rest of the time it's in a Faraday pouch.

 

[securespark]

My sister has recently pointed out that "pouchey" is not a word!

Fair point, sis!

 

[siteguru]

My sister has recently pointed out that "pouchey" is not a word!

Fair point, sis!

Was your reply more "punchy"?

 

[securespark]

Nah, fair cop....both our parents were teachers of English and my Dad taught English as a foreign language in multiple countries overseas, so I should know better!

 

[Bam Bam]

My sister has recently pointed out that "pouchey" is not a word!

Fair point, sis!

It is a word now!

Pebbles is wearing an oodie with a big pouch so maybe I'll put it into use with her tonight.

On second thoughts might avoid that one.

 

[securespark]

Pouchy is a word, though...

 

[DixieTGS]

I hope you're not thinking of urban dictionary. That's not a good place to look up any word.

 

[decrep]

As far as I'm concerned, anything the average person can understand is a word.
Word's come and go, language changes with the times, getting too pedantic about stuff is not productive.

Where precise meaning is needed it's a different matter.
Ambiguity, can be a recipe for disaster.

 

[Ian Key]

According to the Cambridge dictionary pouchy is a word.

And according to the Merriam Webster dictionary it was first used in 1786