Now, I don't pick up my 2011 SHO (Kona Blue, 402A, nav, perf pack, multi-contour seats) until this coming Thursday, but I did drop by the dealership yesterday to play with it.
I had a 1990 SHO (sorry, no pics) back in the day. It had a physical key pad running horizontally about the driver's door handle. It worked like this:
1. There was a built-in permanent 5 digit unlock code. You could program one additional 5 digit code of your choice.
2. After entering the code, the driver's side door unlocks. Pressing the "3/4" key immediately afterwards unlocked all doors. Pressing the "5/6" key unlocked the trunk.
3. Pressing the "7/8" and "9/0" keys locked the car.
21 years later, this is exactly how the virtual keypad on the 2011 SHO works.
Made me feel kinda nostalgic. Not for the dinky 8" clutch (designed for the 90hp, four-cylinder Taurus of the time) that lasted 10-15000 miles, or the crappy buttons on the ($400) climate control panel that cracked after two years, but for the whole SHOness of it all.
I had a 1990 SHO (sorry, no pics) back in the day. It had a physical key pad running horizontally about the driver's door handle. It worked like this:
1. There was a built-in permanent 5 digit unlock code. You could program one additional 5 digit code of your choice.
2. After entering the code, the driver's side door unlocks. Pressing the "3/4" key immediately afterwards unlocked all doors. Pressing the "5/6" key unlocked the trunk.
3. Pressing the "7/8" and "9/0" keys locked the car.
21 years later, this is exactly how the virtual keypad on the 2011 SHO works.
Made me feel kinda nostalgic. Not for the dinky 8" clutch (designed for the 90hp, four-cylinder Taurus of the time) that lasted 10-15000 miles, or the crappy buttons on the ($400) climate control panel that cracked after two years, but for the whole SHOness of it all.
.
