by NeFaRiOuS_SLE » Sat Jul 29, 2006 9:25 am
MCOjerry wrote:Jai_Jai_Binks wrote:If you insert your key in the trunk-lid and go counter clock-wise, you essentially lock your trunk - making it impossible to open it from inside!
That's WEIRD! Does the emergency pull inside the trunk no longer work too?
My 06 doesn't even have a keyhole on the trunk. Can only be opened with the fob or the lever inside the car.
The emergency tab should work (but then again my 99 doesn't have the emergency release). The keying is the valet function; if you don't want a valet to be messin' with yo' sheeit, you lock it and neither the valet key or the cabin release should work, but the master key and emergency lever would open it.
There is also a little black tab on the back of the seats that could lock the levers on the back seats from making your seats fold down (coupes only)to prevent Mr. Valet from gettng smart when the trunk lid is locked.
What else for "didn't knows"... The Gen1 (at least SLE) actually has an alarm system but the doesn't chirp (but if you open the trunk, hood or door the horn will go off AND hit the "door lock" function every 1.6 seconds). Many people (including Longo when I asked why it didn't chirp when I first bought my car) think that it's not an alarm though.
This isn't about Solaras, but I've almost always noticed that when a Ford (even Lincoln and Mercury) steps on the brakes it almost always blinks like a broken flourescent bulb for the first few seconds (This proves their technological-savviness well, doesn't it?). Hell, I saw an 80's Lincoln do it almost nonstop amidst stop-and-go traffic until he got pulled over, and the cop (in a Crown Victoria) had the taillight blinking too!
At least in SoCal, For 7 out of 10 Gen4 Camries that I see on the road (including my mom's, but it used to belong to my aunt when she was learning how to drive), there's accident damage on the car. I'm not talking a door chip from some prick opening their door too wide or rocks chipping the front bumper, but a big dent, scrape along the side of the car, missing parts (e.g. headlight, bumper) or a different-colored panel somewhere.
MCOjerry wrote:Gen2(.5) has only one keyhole. Driver's door.
... and I haven't learned wtf FOB really stands for yet.
Best theory I've heard is that the "beep beep" gets the attention of the ladies so it's "Finder Of Bitches"
Fob = keyfob = an item that goes onto your keychain.
FOB = Slang for "Fresh Off the Boat", which is irrelevant to cars, but it means that you just came to America (usually used in conjunction with not knowing crap about the cultral differences or what you're doing). However, if the person has literally been here forever, it's used somewhat as a putdown (e.g. "quit acting like a FOB, you know where the post office is, damnit").
Here's a bunch of other acronyms:
http://www.acronymfinder.com/af-query.a ... FOB&p=dict
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