The bleeping smart driving features are off by default. If you want them, you have to specifically turn them on every time you start the car.

I have a hard time with cars that panic if I reach in through an open window to undo the lock.

> Good post. And that's why if I ever by a car it'll be older and not require a proprietary computer sensor to maintain.

If that day comes you should find a way to secure it because almost all older cars are very easy to steal. Those computer bits make new cars much more difficult to snatch.

Except when they steal your dongle signal and use that to open the door and start the car.

Nobody really bothers to steal older cars though. Not enough money in them for the risk.

They are in fact the most popular cars to steal. Especially Honda's.

http://www.dmv.org/insurance/most-stolen-cars-and-other-vehi...