[eitally]

I had a 2001 GTI and it similarly only reliably worked within probably 25' of the vehicle. In contrast, my 2017 F150 fob works as much as 150-200' from the vehicle. I tremendously appreciate this, especially with remote start to warm it in the winter.

[fragmede]

If range is desirable, Tesla's, and I imagine other cars have this as well, have a cell modem and an app, so you can control it via the Internet, which is effectively infinite range. It's occasionally handy to be able to unlock the doors to let someone into the car from elsewhere in the world. Eg friend left their bag in the car but I'm not around to let them in.

[toast0]

My Ford has that. Just need to be sure to park in range of ATT 3g. (Well, I pulled the modem this weekend). They had replaced the 2g modem with a 3g modem in 2017... because networks turning off older signals was unfathomable.

[stef25]

Even cheap BMW had this over 5 years ago