It saves you locking the car when you drive off. My missus wanted it coding on her old e46, it made her feel more secure knowing that she would never have to worry about forgetting to lock the doors in dodgy areas. Our local dealer had done it for free by the time we picked the car up.
E46 - Enabling Autolock When Going Over 10mph
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It saves you locking the car when you drive off. My missus wanted it coding on her old e46, it made her feel more secure knowing that she would never have to worry about forgetting to lock the doors in dodgy areas. Our local dealer had done it for free by the time we picked the car up.
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Dads got it on his E60, and I have to say that it's great!
Doors autolock at 10mph and then autounlock when the key is removed from the igntion - and there's a manual unlock button in the middle of the dash.
Dads got it on his E60, and I have to say that it's great!
Doors autolock at 10mph and then autounlock when the key is removed from the igntion - and there's a manual unlock button in the middle of the dash.
Why is it great? Do you need to be locked in your car whilst moving for some inexplicable reason?
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It saves having to lock the doors manually (for the reasons others have mentioned already) and, so far, there hasnt's been a single "ZOMG the doors are locked WTF silly car I didn't want them locked".
You're missing my point, why do you need to lock the car at all if you're driving? Are you concerned some oik is going to bmw-jack you or something?
It happens unfortunately. Also people carry things like laptop bags, kids and other valuables in their cars and as I explained already it gives them peace of mind to know they won't have to worry about forgetting to lock the car in dodgy areas (especially females).
no one is trying to say this is a must-have option, it's just something fairly nice.
You're reading too much into the 10mph bit.
This happens so you cannot accidentally lock your keys inside your car.
At 10mph the doors, boot, etc will all lock.
This means when you're travelling through the more "dodgy" places at night you are safely locked into your car.
No I don't need to be locked in while moving, but the system is a lot easier than stopping at traffic lights, manually locking all the doors, drive off, manually unlock all the doors because they don't need to be locked whilst I'm driving.
With today's vehicles there is only really one way of stealing them - with the key.
That will either be via a burglary or car-jacking.
If you're locked in your car then nobody is going to be opening the doors on you and the second they tried you'd have floored it and be away from harm.
This - I've had a guy try to pull me out of my car. I just stared at him through the driver's window as he tried, desperately, to open the door and punch the window in. In the end I just ran him over and drove off.stoofa;16553110I said:
I always have my doors locked when driving.
Ha ha ha! Love it!
Never had any real need for auto locking but it is a good safety feature for protection and also to stop kids messing about and opening a door whilst the car is moving (although in the E46 it doesn't prevent this).
The double pull to unlock when locked via the inside handle is mechanical so in the event of a crash the lock would always unlock when you pulled the handle - unless something hit you so bad that the door was caved in and would not open but then auto unlock would be the least of your problems
It's from the outside though that the doors and boot will never open once locked from the inside - which I guess is important if you are unconscious in a crash and someone needs to see to you!
I'd always said that I'd never let myself be one of those people who sit there motionless as someone beats the crap out of them. It seems totally illogical to somehow be attacked by a 0.3 HP 80 Kg human being when you are in control of a 100 HP+ 1000 Kg+ metal block! Fortunately he didn't get dragged under the car.
If you don't have the child locks on, then having the doors locked does provide a double defence - the first pull on the door handle will only unlock the door, and it requires a complete release and re-pull to open it. That will probably prevent 99% of accidental openings, though of course the child locks will prevent 100%!
Did you ever remove him from your front bumper?
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OP, Send me your spare key and I will code it for you for free. I will send it back recorded post too if you pay for the costs via paypal 
Thanks!We live near and both work in Slough, enough said.
I also work in Slough and I always lock my doors but on my grand dad car I have to press a button.
Reason I do this is there have been many reports of oiks cycling up whilst you're stationary in traffic and grabbing laptop bags, purses etc... There was even a report of a guy in the Hatfield car park who put his laptop bag in his boot then proceeded to reverse out, whilst doing this somebody came up, opened the boot and nicked the laptop bag. The driver didn't even see the person or where he went.
Can enable it on the Clio and whilst it doesn't auto unlock you don't have to pull the handle twice to get out. As you pull it if the door is locked it unlocks it and opens the door in one go.
My folks porsche does the annoying thing of having to pull the handle twice though
My folks porsche does the annoying thing of having to pull the handle twice though
What would be the law on this? Law says reasonable force. Is driving off reasonable force if he happens to be in the way? What if he then dies?