10 Best Key Fobs

Have to agree with the Infiniti, it's a really well designed piece. I never notice it in my pocket, which is usually one of my major pet peeves with a key fob.

That Bentley one is great too, although I'm surprised they haven't gone wireless yet like the other luxury car brands!?!

Chip-

— Agent004 (View Profile)

Posted on 9/16/2006 11:02:14 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

The last gen Lexus key was just a long stick type deal. I guess they must have upped the ante. Audi/VW's switchblade is pretty nice. Nice to see GM represent with #10. Way to go General!

— pinto4ever (View Profile)

Posted on 9/16/2006 11:13:33 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

"Before a flight from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, baggage screeners selected Rau for a visual bag check. According to Rau, after dumping the contents of his bag on the table, the inspector pulled out his car key and asked what it was for. Rau replied "my car," but his explanation was deemed unsatisfactory. After running his key through the X-ray machine three times, the screeners decided to confiscate it."

For Crying Out Loud !!!!

Are Americans Really That DUMB ????

— I95SPEEDINGTICKETS (View Profile)

Posted on 9/16/2006 11:13:43 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -2   

Guess I better Elaborate.

The key in question was the 2003 Audi A4 key Fob with the FlipOut Key Design.

— I95SPEEDINGTICKETS (View Profile)

Posted on 9/16/2006 11:15:36 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

The BMW key fob is beautiful.

— audirevolution (View Profile)

Posted on 9/16/2006 11:18:52 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

Oh I did not mean to generalise. Very Wrong of me, but every time i think ive heard it all another one comes out of Left Field.

— I95SPEEDINGTICKETS (View Profile)

Posted on 9/16/2006 11:24:51 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

I95SPEEDINGTICKETS,

How do you know it was an American working security?

— MunichRob (View Profile)

Posted on 9/17/2006 4:53:43 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

MunichRob
Not sure if you've been to Dallas, but i guarantee you that anybody working Security at Fort-Worth Airport is an AMERICAN.

Especially after the whole 9/11 debacle and this whole Homeland Security Nonsense.

In the months following 9/11 there was a great Hulabaloo about Illeagal Immigrants & Unqualified Personell working at Airports and how it is Unsafe , Thus affect a change in policy in the Employment Prerequisite

— I95SPEEDINGTICKETS (View Profile)

Posted on 9/17/2006 10:00:43 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

Anyone know who came out with the first flip-out style key fob? Was it Mercedes?

The Porsche Cayenne has a funny looking key fob...looks like a mini-Cayenne.

— Aldairion (View Profile)

Posted on 9/17/2006 12:49:04 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

The new 3-series key fob looks better then the one they show. the fob is so much nicer looking...

— speedracer54 (View Profile)

Posted on 9/17/2006 2:23:54 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

to bad they didnt show pics of them

— sewingmachine (View Profile)

Posted on 9/17/2006 3:52:41 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

speedracer-

I built a 530xi online for the Mrs, and there's a smartkey that you can get that looks better than the BMW key shown here. I believe it's made out of aluminum, very cool.

Mercedes key is nice, so is the new Cadillac. The Jaguar fob looks elegant, but I don't really understand how it's shaped.

— S4cabriofox (View Profile)

Posted on 9/17/2006 5:17:42 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

Aldairion-

Didn't you read the article? It said Mercedes was the first manufacturer to use it but stopped using it soon after, so Audi was pretty much the first one by default.

— S4cabriofox (View Profile)

Posted on 9/17/2006 5:18:48 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

Mercedes Benz was the first to use the "swichblade" key fob, beginning with the SL in the early '90s. I'm not sure when it was first introduced, but it was definitely on the '92 SL. That key was used throughout the brand until the 1998 model year when they introduced the first "Smart Key."

— razerlite (View Profile)

Posted on 9/17/2006 7:30:33 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

Heres the question!!... How much would theses cost to replace if lost or swallowed by the dog...

— clsboy (View Profile)

Posted on 9/17/2006 9:51:32 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

Did anyone else feel that they didn't give the Lexus key fair justice? They made it clear several times that it was plastic, but, I'm sure that most of those keys, if not all, have some plastic somewhere on them. The key is the size of a credit card, that's got to count for something.

— lexusis350 (View Profile)

Posted on 9/17/2006 11:25:44 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

-Heres the question!!... How much would theses cost to
-replace if lost or swallowed by the dog...

a small fortune. seriously.

— sewingmachine (View Profile)

Posted on 9/17/2006 11:50:35 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

well i drive an s40 and my key is $150 to replace. i know on mercedes its about $150-$250, depending on the style and year of the key

— brianlamar (View Profile)

Posted on 9/18/2006 4:11:36 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

Did anyone else feel that they didn't give the Lexus key fair justice? They made it clear several times that it was plastic, but, I'm sure that most of those keys, if not all, have some plastic somewhere on them. The key is the size of a credit card, that's got to count for something.
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All the other key FOBS are made out of plastic too, but they made them appear more STYLISH and perhaps more HQ.

The Bentley key FOB for example is quite handsome. The Mercedes key FOB has real chrome (I had the same key FOB when I had a rental E280 CDI in Europe).

Compared to the others, the Lexus key FOB looks pretty boring. Be realistic and open your eyes. This isn't a rant, it's the truth.

— BMW530i (View Profile)

Posted on 9/18/2006 4:41:33 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

Why is it that you look for every possible opportunity to jump on his back?
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Did I flame him in my post above? No. ;)

I like to pick on LexusIS350 because he is obviously a little kid who posts without thinking or without critical analysis.

— BMW530i (View Profile)

Posted on 9/18/2006 5:59:52 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

Aldairion, If I am not mistaken, it was Audi.

Mitch

— mitchatlexusofmarin (View Profile)

Posted on 9/18/2006 1:49:15 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

a woman came into the dealership to trade a 94 nissan 300zx and it had a reg key with a big z on it, no keyless entry but it was still pretty bitch looking.

— bigslick83 (View Profile)

Posted on 9/18/2006 6:17:25 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

"bitch looking?" Is that a good thing? Anyway, I liked the Bently fob the best. Then again, If I'm paying over a quarter of a million dollars for a car that fob better be laden with diamonds and sing praises to me every time I look at it.

— delan (View Profile)

Posted on 9/18/2006 6:52:37 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

logical, nice of you to show your true colors again. It's depressing to see you mention Audi in anything you post; we understand your retarded view and we don't have to hear it again.

lexusis350-

The paragraph about the Lexus fob was confusing. They weren't actually talking about the new LS's credit-card fob, they were writing about the switchblade employed on the GS if I'm not mistaken. The LS fob, they said, will come out when the car comes out. Oddly enough they only showed the picture of that one.

— S4cabriofox (View Profile)

Posted on 9/19/2006 10:31:19 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

Aldairion and Mitch,

It was actually Mercedes...they used the flip-out key from '92-'97 and wound up introducing the first "smart key" afterwards.

— razerlite (View Profile)

Posted on 9/20/2006 12:52:23 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

S4cabriofox-
Lexus has never had a switchblade key, they've had the remote entry built onto the key and the SmartAccess system. But they've never had the switchblade one.

— lexusis350 (View Profile)

Posted on 9/20/2006 6:07:09 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

I am not sure about the non BMW ones but most of them look like they are one piece, in other words the actual blade key does not separate like the BMW one.

With BMW, you can take the key blade off the fob, turning it into a valet fob. Very handy!!!

— TheBimmerCom (View Profile)

Posted on 9/22/2006 10:16:17 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1