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With all the cost, trouble, loss-of-use, and inability to shut the vehicle off if electronics fail associated with "smart" keys, if I ever get a car that needs one I think I'd want to adapt it to start and stop with an ordinary mechanical key or other mechanism. Is there any clean, established way to do this? The most obvious solution that comes to mind is permanently mounting the original smart key inside the dash and adding an after-market ignition key unit, but are there better ways to disable the system or issues with leaving the smart key in the vehicle full-time?

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I doubt there is, because anyone that doesn't want to use a smart key should just buy a car that doesn't have a smart key. – hillsons Feb 18 at 3:08
Good luck finding one 5 years from now... – R.. Feb 18 at 3:43
Brand new cars, perhaps. But you don't have any business buying a brand new car if you don't want brand new car features. – hillsons Feb 18 at 5:23
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I don't think your comments are helpful or in the spirit of this site. – R.. Feb 18 at 5:28

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