Originally posted by Michigan NSX:
Ditto, except I am irritated more than "a little". This seems to me the perfect way to lock your keys in the car! It makes no sense to me. Anyone (Ken?) know the rationale behind this "feature"?
I think the rationale behind it is as follows.
On the OEM keyless entry on my Integras, there are several options for the car to lock itself. One option is for the car to lock itself if you hit the unlock button and you don't open a door or the hatch for the following 30 or so seconds. This is actually very useful, for example, when you are walking out of the car, if you accidentally hit the button twice (on the '94, which has a single button) or if you accidentally hit the unlock button after the lock button (on the '01, which has separate buttons). It prevents you from walking away from an unlocked car without your knowledge.
I think the designers of the NSX remote just made a user-UNfriendly design decision in allowing the relock function to depend on whether or not the DRIVER'S door has been opened within 30 seconds, rather than the Integra system which won't relock the car if EITHER door has been opened within 30 seconds.
Hope this explanation makes sense.
Incidentally, regarding locking the keys in the car, one other feature of the Integra OEM keyless is that cannot be used to lock the car under any circumstances if the key is left in the ignition. I'm not sure if the NSX system works this way or not. One other feature of the Integra keyless is that these automatic locking functions are switchable, so if you're worried about your car locking you out, you can set the system NOT to use them. And another switchable feature of the Integra keyless is that you can set it to automatically lock the car when you turn it off and close the door and walk away.
These are all reasons why I like the Integra keyless system a whole lot better than that on the NSX.
[This message has been edited by nsxtasy (edited 22 May 2002).]
