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Old Apr 16, 2002 | 07:39 PM
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Been there done that and it doesn't help. The antenna in the trunk is the culprit.
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Old Apr 16, 2002 | 07:47 PM
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Default It doesn't...it just makes you look funny.

At a Christmas party, someone convinced my monther-in-law that if she entered the house backwards, her glasses wouldn't fog up in the transition from the cold outside to the warm house. She bought it. The result? We all laughed everytime she went outside for a smoke. Finally, at the end of the night, we told her it was a joke.

I think the remote to your chin thing is the same deal.
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Old Apr 16, 2002 | 07:53 PM
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Default about as far as I can throw it.....

with a cast on my arm
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Old Apr 16, 2002 | 08:19 PM
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Default I bet they don't know about holding your mouth open like you were whistleing or blowing a kiss to

everyone here who is laughing at you.
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Old Apr 16, 2002 | 08:33 PM
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one battery. Under the chin or right to the temple does help though. Looks a little suicidal though and it will probably cause a tumor or something but it does help.
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Old Apr 16, 2002 | 09:01 PM
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Default I often need to press mine against the rear window to make it work.

Too bad that TSB doesn't apply to 2001.
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Old Apr 16, 2002 | 09:23 PM
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Default Either you walk very fast, or you're REAL slow in raising the remote to your chin....

I've found it works, however, a lot of it depends on what angle you are to the car.
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Old Apr 16, 2002 | 09:24 PM
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Default Have you changed your batteries?

If it worked before, and now it doesn't.......
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Old Apr 16, 2002 | 09:47 PM
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it absolutely does. at least on my car. 15 feet away w/o ..no dice. up to chin = no prob.
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Old Apr 16, 2002 | 09:57 PM
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