"Alex Rodriguez" <adr5@columbia.edu> wrote in message
news:cms7ns$7hi$4@newsmaster.cc.columbia.edu...
> In article <%Tbkd.2982$5Y7.1824@news02.roc.ny>,
> seth_lermanNOSPAM@hotmail.com
> says...
>
>>Some people like the feeling of security from car-jackers. Locked door
>>makes it a little more difficult for them. Along the same security lines
>>as
>>why many built-in keyless entry systems only unlock the drivers door on
>>the
>>first press and require a 2nd press to unlock the rest.
>
> The simple solution is to push the button that locks the doors when you
> are
> about to drive off. Those auto lock features are actually stupid.
> Especially

Stupid, in your opinion. Highly desired in other people's opinion.

> the ones that self lock after a certain amount of time. A friend of mine
> had
> to pay a lock smith big bucks when the Honda she borrowed locked itself.

Different paradigm from the self-locking system when the car is running.
And just about all alarm systems have a way to turn this feature off. Most
aftermarket alarms it is off by default.