[jdminhbg]

> Keyless fob ignition car ends up in a very strange state where, even though I have the fob in my hand and the car is running, it won't respond because the doors were locked from the inside by the dog? Happened.

This is a good reason to have your car connected to the internet, you can use your app to turn it off and unlock it.

[devilbunny]

I didn't want it off. It was New Orleans in summer. I wanted it unlocked.

I suppose you could dream up some situation in which the fob is outside the car, someone is inside, creepy people come up and take the fob, and you want to be protected by locking from the inside.

But in that case, internet unlocking should be blocked as well, right?

It was a very bizarre experience. Anyway, wouldn't have mattered: it's my wife's car, not mine. So I wouldn't have the app.

[jdminhbg]

I also don't understand the weird rules key fobs and locks have, the states seem totally divorced from the real world.

But part of the nice thing about the app is that there's no cost to having extra "keys," so there's no reason to not have the app for your wife's car on your phone.

[devilbunny]

I would have to have Mercedes.Me service (which we do not) and be willing to let them spy on everything we do. No thanks.

When I press unlock on the fob for my 2001 car, it unlocks unless the battery is dead. I can even reprogram it for two brand-new fobs without going to a dealer.