Audi's key mistake
01-05-2019, 08:20 AM
#11
My solutions: Audi smart key is on a small carabiner hooked to a my pants belt loop.Won't lose the key without the pants.Only convenient if the key is smart.
Mini motor-home spare dumb key is in magnetic box tucked on top of rear frame member. Saved me some trouble in Mojave Desert b/c I locked the key inside. Can't seem to find these magnetic boxes anymore.
Mini motor-home spare dumb key is in magnetic box tucked on top of rear frame member. Saved me some trouble in Mojave Desert b/c I locked the key inside. Can't seem to find these magnetic boxes anymore.
01-05-2019, 08:37 AM
#12
AudiWorld Super User
Thread Starter
Originally Posted by lmariorod;25257351[color=#2980b9
]I use to keep it in my wallet, but decided to do this instead. Been there for 5+ years and luckily never needed.
That's where the tow hook goes. The square piece just pops out using any flat object.
Black plastic tie holds key once pushed inside opening. No issues staying there for 5 years.[/color]
That's where the tow hook goes. The square piece just pops out using any flat object.
Black plastic tie holds key once pushed inside opening. No issues staying there for 5 years.[/color]
Everybody here is telling me how they try to prevent from losing their key, but what happens if the unthinkable happens, and you lose the key while far away from home?
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01-05-2019, 08:47 AM
#13
AudiWorld Member
^^^ valid point. I guess the answer is, we'd be screwed? 
The car can't be locked with a remote-key inside, correct? So I guess you'd have to carry a second remote key all the time to reduce that risk.
The car can't be locked with a remote-key inside, correct? So I guess you'd have to carry a second remote key all the time to reduce that risk.
01-05-2019, 01:02 PM
#14
You can unlock the doors with the mobile app now, but you can’t start the car without the remote fob. This makes our cars much harder to steal than in the past. When the dealer handed me my keys, he said “don’t lose them, they’re very expensive”. I def wont
01-05-2019, 01:06 PM
#15
AudiWorld Senior Member
I never put my B9 key fob on a key ring. When I head out of the house with the car, I always keep it separate and put it in my jeans or shorts front pocket or zip it in a coat pocket if I’m wearing one. Then, all the time I’m out with car and whatever I’m doing, I never touch the key. This might not work for everyone but it works well for me.
I started doing this a couple of cars ago ago. I always have to be going for my key ring for a key or store loyalty card. I was dropping my key ring way too often and my expensive car key fobs were really taking a beating as they bounced off the deck. Plus it added a lot of bulk to my key ring I didn’t want.
I started doing this a couple of cars ago ago. I always have to be going for my key ring for a key or store loyalty card. I was dropping my key ring way too often and my expensive car key fobs were really taking a beating as they bounced off the deck. Plus it added a lot of bulk to my key ring I didn’t want.
With keyless entry and ignition, it never leaves my pocket ... except when I'm washing the car, then it's inside the car.
01-05-2019, 02:30 PM
#16
AudiWorld Junior Member
Keeping your Audi fob/key separate as standalone from your keyring? Wha? You guys are nuts.
My “keys” (much like my wallet and phone) stay with me in my front pocket and I simply don’t lose them. This all sounds like a hunt for solutions in the absence of a problem. Don’t get drunk in a cornfield and lose your keys - “problem” solved!
My “keys” (much like my wallet and phone) stay with me in my front pocket and I simply don’t lose them. This all sounds like a hunt for solutions in the absence of a problem. Don’t get drunk in a cornfield and lose your keys - “problem” solved!
01-05-2019, 03:27 PM
#17
AudiWorld Senior Member
Keeping your Audi fob/key separate as standalone from your keyring? Wha? You guys are nuts.
My “keys” (much like my wallet and phone) stay with me in my front pocket and I simply don’t lose them. This all sounds like a hunt for solutions in the absence of a problem. Don’t get drunk in a cornfield and lose your keys - “problem” solved!
My “keys” (much like my wallet and phone) stay with me in my front pocket and I simply don’t lose them. This all sounds like a hunt for solutions in the absence of a problem. Don’t get drunk in a cornfield and lose your keys - “problem” solved!
Once upon a time, back when GM still had separate door/ignition keys, one cool thing you could do to protect yourself from clumsily locking the key in the car was make a copy of the door key (nice thin metal-only key with no electronics) and keep it in, say, your wallet. Seemed like a good idea and it only cost a few dollars for a random store that does key cutting to copy your door key. Of course, fob-based systems have more or less made it impossible to lock the keys in the car (though I came dangerously close to locking my A4 fob in the car once right after picking it up from the dealer's service department...).
The thing is, if you're trying to protect yourself against key loss rather than key locked in car, you need the full-fledged key/fob/whatever to not only get in the car, but successfully start/drive it, otherwise you haven't really gotten that far ahead...
In the long term, I guess Tesla-style bluetooth cell phone access control systems may 'solve' this, but I don't know about you guys, but having had some iPhones with moody batteries, _I_ certainly prefer having a separate fob for the car...
01-06-2019, 04:38 AM
#18
AudiWorld Super User
One would be screwed in that situation. It's like asking what happens when one steps in front of an oncoming bus. The wisest response would be to look both ways before entering the street and not step out in front of an oncoming bus.
01-06-2019, 05:25 AM
#19
AudiWorld Member
Why wouldn’t this work? Take the second key fob, place it in one of those “rf shielding pouches” and place it in the car. Take the physical key, place it behind the tow hook cover as previously pictured. If you loose your key fob, use the physical key/connect app to unlock door, retrieve key fob from the pouch, start car.
