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2013-14 Shelby GT500
any thoughts/suggestions about uses of the MyKey feature?
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<blockquote data-quote="reason4treason" data-source="post: 11661462" data-attributes="member: 134879"><p><span style="color: Yellow">MyKey™</span></p><p><span style="color: Yellow">Standard on every Mustang, the industry-first MyKey owner controls lets you assign separate keys for additional drivers, all coded to enforce your specific driving restrictions. You can limit vehicle functions, including top speed and audio volume, and add warning alerts at pre-selected speeds. When activated, MyKey also encourages smart driving behavior by muting audio until safety belts are buckled, chiming earlier than non-MyKey systems for low-fuel warnings, and prohibiting the shutoff of key features such as AdvanceTrac® Electronic Stability Control.</span></p><p></p><p>Never had a Mustang before so I'm curious about what may be useful about this feature. Is it a one-time deal to select what's coded? In other words, <em>can you come back later and do changes after you create settings?</em> Can <em>you</em> set them or is this done at the dealership? If you have to get it done at a dealership, is there a fee?</p><p></p><p>What specifically are the "warning alerts?" Are they all chimes? Any little flashing icon or anything to that effect? In Cali anything over 100 mph becomes a category called "excessive speed" that has 2 points instead of 1 for anything under 100, and none of those points can be diminished by doing the driving school option. Already have one of those and seriously want to avoid another, along with the risk of being additionally charged with "reckless" for speed alone. In a vehicle that can easily gain speed while one is listening to music or chatting with passengers, I do have a Passport 9500ix but a warning at 99 mph seems like a good idea. With no head-up display, on a sunny day with the sun going low in the sky, it's hard to easily glance down in the shadows and see mph on the speedo.</p><p></p><p>The earlier warning for low fuel sounds like a good idea too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="reason4treason, post: 11661462, member: 134879"] [COLOR="Yellow"]MyKey™ Standard on every Mustang, the industry-first MyKey owner controls lets you assign separate keys for additional drivers, all coded to enforce your specific driving restrictions. You can limit vehicle functions, including top speed and audio volume, and add warning alerts at pre-selected speeds. When activated, MyKey also encourages smart driving behavior by muting audio until safety belts are buckled, chiming earlier than non-MyKey systems for low-fuel warnings, and prohibiting the shutoff of key features such as AdvanceTrac® Electronic Stability Control.[/COLOR] Never had a Mustang before so I'm curious about what may be useful about this feature. Is it a one-time deal to select what's coded? In other words, [I]can you come back later and do changes after you create settings?[/I] Can [I]you[/I] set them or is this done at the dealership? If you have to get it done at a dealership, is there a fee? What specifically are the "warning alerts?" Are they all chimes? Any little flashing icon or anything to that effect? In Cali anything over 100 mph becomes a category called "excessive speed" that has 2 points instead of 1 for anything under 100, and none of those points can be diminished by doing the driving school option. Already have one of those and seriously want to avoid another, along with the risk of being additionally charged with "reckless" for speed alone. In a vehicle that can easily gain speed while one is listening to music or chatting with passengers, I do have a Passport 9500ix but a warning at 99 mph seems like a good idea. With no head-up display, on a sunny day with the sun going low in the sky, it's hard to easily glance down in the shadows and see mph on the speedo. The earlier warning for low fuel sounds like a good idea too. [/QUOTE]
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