On 7/24/2017 12:28 PM, The Real Bev wrote:

Having keyless ignition without proximity sensors seems annoyingly
useless. You have the key in your hand to open the door, but where do
you put it then if not in the handy storage slot? Drop it on the floor?
Put it in a nonexistent pocket? On the seat where it can drop down
into the memory hole between the seats? In my purse where I have to
spend time finding it when I have to lock the car when I leave?

Friend's Lexus has the prox sensors, but you have to push a button on
the key to lock it when you leave. The side mirrors obligingly fold
down when it's locked so you know that it's locked.

My Genesis can be locked by touching a button on the handle. One touch,
all doors lock. You can open the trunk just by standing in back of the
car for 3 seconds. I've found that to be very handy at times.

The Lexus doors should lock with the handle too. Maybe that model does
not or your friend does not know how to do it.

With all the technology in cars, it is very possible to not know of some
features. Or dual function buttons that do different thing in different
modes.