67King
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You might be able to do this. My wife cannot, because her wallet isn't small enough to do what you're suggesting. I suppose she could buy a different wallet? But then she'd have to alter some other part of her lifestyle to accommodate the car.
Her point is that she literally never has never had to think about the key fob in our other cars. With the Tesla, her phone sometimes doesn't work, and the result is a frantic dig through her bag to find the key card and pull it out of her wallet.
Her other point, which I take, is that there are things about the Tesla that really seem designed by tech guys, for tech guys, without any consideration of how other people might (or might not) like them. A phone key with a wallet based backup is fine if your paradigm is "my wallet is always in my pocket and is easy to take out and slap against the car." If your paradigm is "my wallet is zippered up inside my handbag," it makes less sense. Similarly, controls for the side mirrors buried in submenus on the main touch screen make sense if you set the mirrors once and then don't touch them. If you wear heels sometimes and flats other times, and adjust the seat slightly accordingly, it's a bigger pain in the ass. Could you set different profiles for each preferred setting? I guess. Is that easier than just having a mirror switch? No.
Forgive my skepticism, but:
1. Put the keycard towards teh outside of the wallet.
2. She would have to "frantically dig" through her wallet for a key fob. Which of course does NOT fit in a wallet, therefore is an added "thing" to add to her purse she would otherwise not have.
3. Your wife should learn proper foot placement if the heels determine where her mirrors go. You drive with the balls of your feet. And the seat position affects arm position to the steering wheel, too. I've worn boots, and driven without shoes, never adjusted. Been with the same lady, either dating, engaged, or marrried, for nearly 30 years. And she has more &^%*ing shoes than Corizon Aquino, and she has never had to adjust the seat or mirror or anything due to her shoes. And even if she DOES have to adjust, there can't possibly be an infinite number of positions, so just set up an extra driver profile.