Good morning everyone!
My car has a push button start with a smart key. As long as the key is within a certain distance of the car, I can unlock the car and start it without having to physically put a key in the ignition.
When we bought the car, I thought that feature was superfluous, until I realized that having a push button start with a smart key meant I would never have to search through my purse for my keys again. The smart key/push button start will work as long as the purse is close enough to the car with the key in it. (Not having to search through your purse is not a big deal for most people, but it is for me, since my purse is Fibber McGee’s Closet in miniature and has a talent for ensuring that whatever you are looking for at that particular moment is buried in the deepest darkest part of it.)
I managed somehow to confuse my car enough on Tuesday, though, so that it refused to start for about five minutes at lunch time. That night, just to be sure that it was a fluke and not a problem with the car, Mark and I decided to swap cars for a few days.
Yesterday I drove his Escape to Birmingham, where I had a meeting. When I finished my meeting, I got back into the Escape to leave and was very frustrated when the Escape failed to start as well – until I realized that I was pushing the air conditioning button repeatedly instead of inserting the Escape’s key in its ignition and turning it on.
Have a great day everyone!
Nancy
Tales from the Mom-Side 