[Chicory]

They have a thing that looks like a key, and a place in the car to put the key, then you use a button to start the car?

And they didn’t expect people to forget to push to stop button? First of all, if you pull out the key, then after XX years of driving, you expect the car to turn itself off. Secondly, everything in the world has an automatic cut-off.

Of course people will not remember to push a button to turn the car off!!!

And if only to protect themselves, the makers of those cars should have them in case someone ****dies**** for lack of one!!!!!!!! Sheesh!

[dfwgator]

I suppose cars could come with built-in Carbon Monoxide detectors that could shut off the engine if a high-level is observed.

[sharkhawk]

They have a thing that looks like a key, and a place in the car to put the key, then you use a button to start the car?

Mine doesn't have a place to put the key. You have the key in your pocket push the button and the car starts. Push the stop button and it turns off.

[SouthParkRepublican]

"They have a thing that looks like a key, and a place in the car to put the key, then you use a button to start the car?" There is a slot where you can insert the key fob in the event it's battery is dead but when functioning properly it's hands free. When you walk up to the vehicle it senses you are close and you push a button on the handle to unlock the door(s). When you are in the car, it senses the fob and allows the car to start with a push of the start/stop button. I have two vehicles, one with this system and one with a standard key. It took a while to get used to but IMHO it's a pretty good system. No fumbling through your pockets if you're carrying something and it senses if the fob is left in the vehicle and wont let you lock it in your car. I've never had a single instance where the engine was left on with either vehicle.

[tiki]

I have one and I still haven’t gotten used to it. I carry mine in my pocket. It beeps at you if you get out of the car and it is still running.

[gunnut]

Maybe you don’t want your car to turn off. If I get out of my car to get the mail etc., I don’t want it to shutoff. In my Ford, if I do get out and walk more than a two feet from the truck, the horn beeps twice to tell me I left it running without the key being inside.

It is just as easy to leave the fob in the car and walk away in the garage so an automatic shutoff based on the fob does not work either.

[Smittie]

You don't place the fob in the ignition like a key and the car gives you a loud audible warning if you step out of the car with it.

I would be more leery of an auto shutoff system that might turn the car off when it wasn't supposed to.

[NorthMountain]

They have a thing that looks like a key, and a place in the car to put the key, then you use a button to start the car?

No. (So the rest of your post is pointless ...)

The electronic "key" stays in your pocket. There's a big, lit-up start/stop button on the dashboard. Oddly enough, you use it to stop and start the engine. Funny how it works that way.