Every disaster scenario mentioned above, along with every desirable feature and more, is included with the Toyota/Lexus Smart Entry system. Once you approach your car in a heavy rain with your arms loaded down with ? and the car unlocks itself will clinch the deal. That is, if you remembered to carry the 2"X1"X½" transponder (mechanical key inside) module somewhere with you. Power steering once seemed needless, now NASCAR and F1 cars have it. It's progress, not everyone wants to ride a horse any longer.

 

Yes I would love to have this in my truck! What a great feature. Additionally, I heard there are like a million (well, a bunch) codes it changes every time you use it so that's great theft protection too.

I don't think it could be retrofitted b/c that might be tied to the ecu? Would be cool if it could be put in tho... something to look into in the future. Considering a Lexus computer chip key is $ bookoo.bucks I would hate to guess the cost of this system!

 

guess i'll have this to look forward to on my 5th or 6th gen 4runner
plus it's more ammo to convince my dad to get a lexus.

 

ditto man. ive been hyping my dad up and i think hes very seriously going to get a 2007 model. he doesnt want the first model year.