big fob supprise yesterday

Some days these forums are like the movie Ground Hog Day.

 

I believe the standard forum response to that would be "search is your friend".

It's fine by me if you ask BTW. I just think it's funny how people react to various things. Like the "sarcastic remark" above. Hilarious.

DO NOT take anything you read on forums too seriously. If you do you will be "shrink fodder" soon.

 

If you run across jerks on this forum, just click their user name and you will see lots of options to click in the little window that pops up including 'Ignore'. Click that and you will never see another post from the jerk EZ

Mike

 

This is the Internet...take nothing at face value. Everyone is an expert at everything....especially on tech forums.

 

This may be review for others but it is new to me so thanks for the info. I, like many others on this forum, can't find the time to read that 5 lb owners manual. In fact I took it out of the glove box to lighten up the car and partially compensate for the trailer hitch I installed.

 

I wish I could do the same with the 50 NEW threads a month about what tires they should buy for my Prius. Or all the NEW threads about rough engine starts. There has to be about 10 NEW threads about replacing the battery in their FOB in the last 2 months with 10 responses each.

I am ok with people like you calling me an Idiot and a jerk. I am ok with anyone that puts me on ignore. All I ask is you use the search button or use google before you start a new thread.

 

I mean no ill will, but my question is why does somebody have to use the search button before starting a new thread? Yes, not doing the search might clutter up the message board a bit. And some people might find it tedious to read the same question over and over again. But isn't it our option to read or not read or respond or not respond to the thread?

The other reason is that I hate searching for threads (I'm lazy in that way). So, maybe what we should do is find the thread and give a link to the OP as a response. But sometimes, maybe it has to be asked again to give new information or to give an "idea" to those who never came across the old thread. Some people might have never thought of the issue (especially me).

And the one I really dislike, is when somebody has a question that was kind of asked before, did the search, bumped an old thread and now you have a bunch of old posts that are no longer relevant or old or whatever.

Also, some threads get off topic real fast (like I'm doing to this one) and somebody might have to read through hundreds of posts to a thread to find the answer that somebody finally gave. I, too, would find it easier to just ask the question on a new thread (again, I'm lazy).

And by the way, I haven't come across the issue of the car giving you notice that the battery is low. So, I'm glad it was posted. But I don't read every post (again, I'm lazy).

Mike

 

And I am the idiot!!! LOL

 

not sure what this thread is about.

 

Wasn't it sumthin about a battery?

Mike

 

or a fob?

 

There's only a finite number of things to discuss on a 3 year old model car. Things need to be repeated or there would be nothing to discuss. Now, if you had asked for what battery needs to go in the fob, then people should cry "Use the search!" or RTFM. Otherwise, you noticed something surprising about your car that someone already noticed a while back. So?

 

Here is the exact same thread from a few weeks ago.

Key Fob Battery Lasted 3 Years! | PriusChat

All the same things. People are surprised the display warned them the battery was low. People talked about the Radio Shack part # they need to replace the battery. There is talk of hold the key to the button to charge it.

Just like my post. Ground Hog Day.

 

If Post #2 of this thread also included the link (as shown in post 17) it would have been viewed as witty and helpful (if not in a mildly sarcastic way). Sometimes the presentation of the information is more valuable than the information itself.

 

I believe that was my point. You said it better.

Mike

 

It took me 5 seconds to search on the word ‘FOB’ to find that. My point is quit being lazy and do just a little bit of work in life.