I have to use the 'spare' key for my partners MCS. It doesn't have the button but you can lock/unlock from the physical lock and it sets the alarm. You have to put the key in the ignition to get the alarm to dearm, but you don't have to turn it at all - and as said above you only have a few seconds to do it.
On a supermarket note - came out of Sainsbury's this morning and discovered someone had parked their Astra so their wing mirror was almost touching on the driver's side.
So I had to reach down, unlock the door, run around the back and dive through the passenger door to get the key in before the alarm went off. Must have looked quite funny.
I was really proud that I managed to avoid dragging my key down the side of that pillock's Astra. |