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Ford To Introduce Restrictive Car Keys For Parents

Posted by kdawson on from the no-you-cannot-borrow-my-keys dept.

thesandbender writes "Ford is set to release a management system that will restrict certain aspects of a car's performance based on which key is in the ignition. The speed is limited to 80, you can't turn off traction control, and you can't turn the stereo up to eleven. It's targeted at parents of teenagers and seems like a generally good idea, especially if you get a break on your insurance." The keys will be introduced with the 2010 Focus coupe and will quickly spread to Ford's entire lineup.

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  1. Performance? In a Ford? by b1ng0 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Do Fords even go up to 80?

    1. Re:Performance? In a Ford? by Whiney+Mac+Fanboy · · Score: 4, Funny

      I'm betting the stock stereo on any ford doesn't go up to a (Spinal Tap style) 11 either.

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    2. Re:Performance? In a Ford? by Jonah+Hex · · Score: 4, Funny

      Stock 2008 Ford Fusion Lease with the 6 cylinder engine hits 120 Mph easily, and does 20 to 80 onto the freeway fast enough to give you a bit of G force feeling. My wife thinks she's freaking Mario Andretti in it. On the bad side, MS Sync blows, can't understand voice commands, even with the latest patch. My wife calls her the Sync Bitch and wants her dead daily.
       
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  2. should have had this when i was a kid by seringen · · Score: 5, Funny

    would have saved me the humiliation of "racing" my parents' taurus

  3. Re:All this sounds nice, but there's another side. by binarylarry · · Score: 5, Funny

    Apparently, a Cheetah.

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  4. Re:All this sounds nice, but there's another side. by MagicDude · · Score: 4, Funny

    Just like what if the government decided that everyone should have a 10 PM bedtime, and no desert for a week after yelling at your sister. Parenting a slippery slope people.

  5. Re:So you are stuck with the crap build in stereo by inzy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Apparently, spelling and grammar help readers understand what others are writing.

  6. Re:All this sounds nice, but there's another side. by inzy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Go live in atlanta, dc, or pennsylvania for a while. Then type that with a straight face.

    prolly easier to type with my hands and a keyboard, wherever i am

  7. GM already did that by kimvette · · Score: 5, Funny

    GM already did that in a car where cutting back the car's performance makes a difference - a
    "valet" key limited the 1990-1995 ZR-1 Corvette to 225bhp or so, by shutting off the secondary intake runners and secondary fuel injectors.

    Who's going to notice the difference in a Ford Focus? Limited power or not, 0 to 60 still takes about eight weeks. Traction control? Can a Focus actually break traction on dry ground?

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  8. Re:Possible redundancy... by Utopia+Tree · · Score: 5, Funny

    at that speed you could have just gone back in time to avoid the ticket in the first place

  9. Re:All this sounds nice, but there's another side. by Firehed · · Score: 5, Funny

    Depends on the direction. It could well be accelerating at 9.8m/s^2. But if that's the case, you're screwed anyways.

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  10. True by RichiH · · Score: 4, Funny

    Because they will just download their own cars, for free.

  11. Alternatively.. by Orlando · · Score: 5, Funny

    Alternatively parents could try having a mature and trusting relationship with their teenage children...

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