Central Locking

[Bramley]

My 172 central locking only seems to work from maximum 6ft away.

Is this right?

 

[bmh.01]

Pretty much, some of them are better than others. Only thing to try is to change the battery in the key.

 

[Bramley]

Thats abit cack. You could do my fiesta from 20m away

 

[bmh.01]

My 1.2 was useless, about 6ft as you say. The 1.6 and 172 were far better more "normal" so to speak range wise.

 

[Bramley]

yer mine is pretty bad, might change the remote battery

 

[Jonny1*2]

sounds like i'm taking the pi55, and you might look a bit silly, but try holding the remote by your head and then click it. It works - Fact!!!

 

[Bramley]

sounds like i'm taking the pi55, and you might look a bit silly, but try holding the remote by your head and then click it. It works - Fact!!!

First thing I tried, its meant to amplify the signal but doesnt work for me in this case!

 

[Rob]

Spam bot much??? A very subtle one mind.

A question, why the f**k do you need to lock/unlock your car from 20m away? Have you got really long arms?

 

[Neat]

A question, why the f**k do you need to lock/unlock your car from 20m away?

Just what I was wondering - surely you car doesn't need to be unlocked until you get there. And as for locking it's a good idea to still be close enough to know for sure that it has actually locked.

Early car alarms you could use really far away but then criminals started to use those code grabber type things. A short range was seen as being better (although I don't think that matters anymore - the code changes each time doesn't it :S )

 

[Bramley]

Spam bot much??? A very subtle one mind.

A question, why the f**k do you need to lock/unlock your car from 20m away? Have you got really long arms?

Because I f**king do!

Really no need to word it like that mate.

My car is parked at the end of my garden, about 15m away. Thats why!!!!