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Originally Posted by Nahoa
Can't offer you anything on adding a third fob.
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Aw, ca'mon don't be so stingy -- If 1000 members on the X3 forum kicked in just 50 cents each, we could buy the original poster a third fob.
Which brings us to the use of the appropriate terminology. The multiple definitions of the word "fob" are:
# a vest pocket to hold a pocket watch
# an adornment that hangs from a watch chain
# flim-flam: deceive somebody; "We tricked the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week"
# short chain or ribbon attaching a pocket watch to a man's vest
None of those describe the thing that unlocks and allows starting of a X3.
A "fob" is something that is attached to, or used in conjunction with a key.
Which raises the question of which came first -- the key or the fob?
or the even more meaningful question of "Why did the fob cross the road?"
In BMW-speak, the thing we're talking about is actually called a "Remote control/key"
So get with the program and ban the use of the word 3-letter "fob" for the much less efficient use of the 18-character "Remote control/key" Bandwidth is cheap.