Gone are when you couldn't start your car's engine without a physical key. Modern vehicles today come with key fobs that are more useful than just starting your car and locking and unlocking its doors ...

Reads like you replaced the batteries too slowly and the fobs lost the codes. You normally have no more than 10 seconds to replace the batteries, so have to get the new ones out of the packages first.

After graduating with an MBA, Jared pursued his love of cars by becoming an automotive journalist. An internship with CarBuzz grew into his current position as Editor At Large. Jared now flies around ...

Driving a Volvo XC90 SUV for a week taught me a few lessons about the leisure auto market. It also gave me new perspective on city driving and being a short mom. My own car is a little Honda Civic ...