GhostMercury
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Does the 2010 MS3 have a flip key? If it does hopefully it will work on our MS3's. SO who's got the answer?
Does the MS3 2010 has flip key?
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GhostMercury
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That sucks. I really want a dam flip key- :
- 2011 Mustang GT
Push start only with the tech package. Otherwise it has a key, but I haven't seen the key fob.
GhostMercury
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Well hopefully we finally get a chance to join the modern world and have a flip key
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- 2010 Mazda5 GT
Fob for the Tech Package:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7adlcqpzhWA/SoV5abzRGTI/AAAAAAAABOs/aMYz0ZofDm0/s1600-h/DSC_0048.JPG
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7adlcqpzhWA/SoV5abzRGTI/AAAAAAAABOs/aMYz0ZofDm0/s1600-h/DSC_0048.JPG
GhostMercury
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Easier to carry. This way you don't need a key, and a key fob in your pocket.
Saskatchewan17
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I've been wondering this ever since the 2010 hatch came out.
I had a flip key on my last car that lasted all 7 years that I owned it, so breakage is not really an issue.
It's just nicer to have one compact fob in your pocket than 2 separate items. You really need to have one to realize how nicer it is. As well, my fob keeps hitting the steering column when I drive, which kinda annoys me. This wouldn't happen with a flip key. But that's a petty issue...
And, most important of all, you can scare off punks by flippin' open the key switchblade style. That'll show 'em!
GhostMercury
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So does anyone know the answer to this yet?
Personally I like having a key that has no electronic buttons or anything on it. When I go to the beach I can take all my keys and keyfob off and just keep the key to unlock the doors. By not having a fully integrated key I do not have to worry about it getting wet. It is really nice to not have to hide the key in the gascap or ontop of a tire or burry it somewhere.
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- 2011 Mustang GT
You can actually pop the top half of the switchblade key off and carry it.
this.
With the tech package MS3, you get an electronic key fob With the 3 buttons: lock, unlock, and panic. There is a small switch on the back of the key fob. If you click the switch and pull on the ring portion of the key fob, the fob separates and you have a real metal key AND the separate electronic portion. The key can then be used to unlock the doors. There is also a "trap door" in the steering column that you can stick the key into and then push the start button to start the car.
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- 2010 Mazda CX-9 GT Dolphin Gray
Flip without tech
Flip without tech package
Transponder fob/push start with tech
FYI My wife's 5 has the flip key and one thing I like is that retracting the key will prevent any inadvertent scratching the car with the bare key. It's also more comfortable in the pocket.
Flip without tech package
Transponder fob/push start with tech
FYI My wife's 5 has the flip key and one thing I like is that retracting the key will prevent any inadvertent scratching the car with the bare key. It's also more comfortable in the pocket.
I had a flip key on my Mazda 5 too. I wasn't crazy about it. What bothered me most is that it would often open up in my pocket and jab me in the leg... And it always felt quite fragile. My fob for my MZ3 tech package feels much sturdier and it never has to come out of my pocket...
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Yeah that happens to me as well.
yeah the flip will open in your pocket. The only downside. IMO
yeah the flip will open in your pocket. The only downside. IMO
OneEyedHito
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FYI for my 1st Post
Just got the wife an '10 3 GT (White) with Tech Pkg., and the fob is slick except that it doesn't automatically lock and unlock the doors based on Proximity to the car. You have to lock the car door with the fob lock button, but you can unlock the door as long as the fob is on your person by pressing the little black button (it's called the request button) in the door handle.
Does anyone know what the 'hold' button on the fob is for, it would save me a trip through the OM.
Thanks in Advance.
1IH
Just got the wife an '10 3 GT (White) with Tech Pkg., and the fob is slick except that it doesn't automatically lock and unlock the doors based on Proximity to the car. You have to lock the car door with the fob lock button, but you can unlock the door as long as the fob is on your person by pressing the little black button (it's called the request button) in the door handle.
Does anyone know what the 'hold' button on the fob is for, it would save me a trip through the OM.
Thanks in Advance.
1IH
GhostMercury
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We need to find out if the non tech package, flip key can be used on the previous MS3s!!!
