Tell 'Em What They Won! A New Car!

Okay...so maybe we didn't win it, but we finally got our new car two weeks ago! Yay for us! It's a 2007 Toyota Camry SE and I love it! I'm really diggin' the fact that I am no longer only developing my left calf muscle. You know? From the clutch up these freaking mountains? Now...I'm developing NO calf muscles! Wait...maybe that's not such a good thing...

Anyways, the new car has a remote engine start. Something that I thought would be really nifty. We've tested it out a few times and I have decided that I hate the damn thing. It's really simple to turn on, you just have to press the LOCK button twice within two seconds and then hold down the LOCK button on the key for 3 seconds and then it just starts right up. However, if there is any attempt to get inside the car, the stupid thing turns off. Now, I understand what they were trying to accomplish...the whole "we don't want people to steal your car" thing. As I was reading through the manual, this was mentioned several times and the dealership was very proud of this "anti-theft" feature.

What I want to know, then, is why in the hell does the damn car turn off when you put the freaking key in the damn lock or push the UNLOCK button on the key?!!! Obviously, if a thief has your effing key, that feature doesn't really help a whole lot now does it?!

I guess we will basically only use it in the cold winter (we have those in Washington - say goodbye to 85 degree Christmases). We can set it to turn on the defroster and the heater. I guess that's one good thing about it...the only good thing about it.