Go on then, get on with it! 😁

For me personally you can do whatever you like with your car (long as it's legal obviously) - but the advantage of older cars is their lack of too many unnecessarily complications - and as my wife's VWŠkoda 2015 Fabia Mk3, not counting the remote fob, only has and electric button for releasing the hatch door and the button part isn't currently working so the remote fob has to be used I wish it had fully mechanical over any electric.

O/T warning

But then I prefer a keyblade over a remote fob and manual wind up windows to electric windows, I'd have to strip out D.Fylaktos car a lot if I had it. 😁

And can I say how good you're looking in that photo.

I sincerely apologize.

46 minutes ago, nta16 said:

only has and electric button for releasing the hatch door and the button part isn't currently working so the remote fob has to be used I wish it had fully mechanical over any electric.

Τhe same with electronic hand-brake in sports cars, the manufactures supposed saved some money but instead caused to the users (drivers) too many problems which cost a lot of money (repairs).

12 minutes ago, D.FYLAKTOS said:

Τhe same with electronic hand-brake in sports cars, the manufactures supposed saved some money but instead caused to the users (drivers) too many problems which cost a lot of money (repairs).

Not to mention the ability to not be able to modulate it in case of a brake failure, although these systems supposedly, when engineered properly they will register the emergency and modulate it accordingly.

Electronic handbrake was possibly both a money saving and money creating, manual handbrakes can last many years and even decades with just usual brake adjustment (unless they're designed badly like on my wife's previous car whereas electronic are not as long lasting and more expense and generally haste to sort. A neighbour's new in 2023 Nissan Cashcow had the electronic handbrake fail to come off so he had to be recovered and it was horrible to operate particularly in a manual gearbox car. Don't get me goin' on modern cars unnecessary 'features' and "assists" . . . 😄

The main reason that i wanted a Flip key (and a Keyless entry) is that i hate the ''jingling'' noise.

I have the main key, the alarm control, 2 keys for the steering wheel-gear lever anti-thief lock na done for the gas tank cap (the old cap had a lock damage and i had to replace the cap).

I potholes-road bumps or in left-right suddenly turns the ''jing-jing'' noise drives my crazy.

41 minutes ago, nta16 said:

Electronic handbrake was possibly both a money saving and money creating, manual handbrakes can last many years and even decades with just usual brake adjustment (unless they're designed badly like on my wife's previous car whereas electronic are not as long lasting and more expense and generally haste to sort. A neighbour's new in 2023 Nissan Cashcow had the electronic handbrake fail to come off so he had to be recovered and it was horrible to operate particularly in a manual gearbox car. Don't get me goin' on modern cars unnecessary 'features' and "assists"

It actually follows the idea of removing many responsibilities from the driver, because they don't trust us we will pull it hard enough to park, and it will roll. It's not cheaper to develop, nor easier to implement, but it makes them tons of money when it fails and it ofcourse fails. Every linear actuator with a soft limit based on a current threshold will fail eventually. Because the balancing act of setting a current limit that will not cause an instant failure but will apply enough clamping force is very fine...

Edited 15 November, 202515 Nov by Thefeliciahacker

Yes of course, we have a lot to thank some stupid Americans for. I remember getting a brand new car in 1999 and reading the handbook, a third of it was safety warnings many to cater for the very dim, it almost had text and drawing for something like don't put you head under a wheel a let someone drive over it, I couldn't believe it I could understands it perhaps for the litigation obsessed American market but I can't remember that we were at that time so much into blaming others for the lack of self-responsibility.

After a certain time it will be cheaper for the car manufacturers to always fit an electronic handbrake than offer the 'traditional' longer lasting mechanical version. Going back can be expensive such as fitting manual wind-up windows instead of (the absolutely marvellous, must have) electric windows demanded by certain market(?), no idea if this still happens in 2025.

I did see even the great German engineers of VW are going back from some of the gimmicks they put on in more recent years, probably already researched low costing and quality plastics for these parts, making hay on the "travelling" and "entertainment" expenses accounts before everything clams up at VW and its groups (except executive and perhaps management "expenses" of course).

12 hours ago, nta16 said:

I couldn't believe it I could understands it perhaps for the litigation obsessed American market but I can't remember that we were at that time so much into blaming others for the lack of self-responsibility.

''I will sue anybody for everything'' is one of their motto.

An example: Gerald Wiegert sued Goodyear-Vantage cigarettes-Autoweek car publication, all the proceeds from those court victories went to finance Vector's first car, the Vector W8, (with this interiror) which left the automaker's California factory in 1989.

15 hours ago, Thefeliciahacker said:

It's not cheaper to develop, nor easier to implement, but it makes them tons of money when it fails and it ofcourse fails.

''money first" manufactures rule:

Service

https://braketechparts.co.uk/products/land-rover-parking-brake-module

and repair

https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/cars/article-10216489/Electronic-parking-brakes-norm-cost-682-fix.html

If I bought a new car I would just not engage the parking brake, I would stick it in park and call it good. Except if on a steep incline ofc

On 02/09/2024 at 16:25, R_U_AFA said:

Basically if I press the trunk release button on the folding key, it replicates what the release cable at the side of the drivers seat does.

You can't really see it in the video, you can hear it "pop" better.

You may just see that the key position is still in lock position. At the same time the alarm is disabled, and the other doors are also unlocked.

And I promise there isn't anyone pulling the leaver next to the drivers seat.

I know It's not like some of the more upmarket cars nowadays, where the trunk rises with opening, but as Papez said, the factory system has the second button option but is pointless, so maybe skoda had thoughts to this, but then didn't bother.

Porsche 993 turbo (1993-1998) had a key with a small light on it,far more bright than Felicia's one.