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      Don’t even need to hit it sometimes - the profile often goes with the key fob too.

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          I guess if you have one set, but there are usually two that come with most cars. Probably whoever grabbed theit preferred car key first means the other grabs their key for the second car?

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      As someone who used to work on other people’s cars, I think I’ve had my knees jammed into the dash way too many times to ever want this on one of my cars. Fuck that.

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        I can relate to this so much lol. I’m very tall and I remember getting into the Mercedes of a little old lady. The seat started moving forward while the steering wheel extended towards me. Felt like I was about to be featured on the hydraulic press channel.

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          Mercedes was the exact brand I was thinking of when I wrote that comment. For me it brings to mind the trash compactor scene from Star wars

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        The absolute panic when you put the keys in the ignition and the seat starts moving forward. You try to move it back before your knee slam into the dash, but the controls arent exactly where you thought

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        You mean due to the risk of accidentally hitting a button that sets the seat to a short position while you drive?

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          Nope, I mean due to them being automatic when you start the car, and linked to the “driver comfort” profile stored in the key.

          As soon as you start the car the seat starts cramming your knees into the dash if it happens to belong to a shorter person. And of course, there’s no sign in the car that the owner is short because the seat moves all the way back when you turn the car off.

          /Rant (sorry, the real problem in my opinion is that there isn’t a resistance/safety sensor that stops the whole thing)

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            Uhh isn’t that why the keys, and some cars have a valet mode? Take the key out of the fob dude.

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              Yeah lemme just disassemble Karen’s custom leather key fob cover, lol.

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      I wish those worked for all the mirrors too. At least mine won’t do that anyway