Our new 2009 Subaru Forester (named “Rory”) is pretty awesome.  We love him.  [28-32 mpg on the highway, by the way.]  Lots of great features like huge moonroof, Sirius Radio, comfy seats, steering wheel controls.  And then there’s the remote key fob which I just love.

No more manually locking and unlocking the doors. 

Yes…but the engineers weren’t quite thinking with this one.  From the manual:

“Vehicle Finder Function

Use this function to find your vehicle parked among many vehicles in a large parking lot.  Provided you are within 30 feet of the vehicle, pressing the lock button three times in a 5-second period will cause your vehicle’s horn to sound once and its turn signal lights to flash three times.”

Sounds cool….but 30 feet?!  30 feet, 10 yards, is a longish golf put, a first down, 14 pairs of my shoes lined up toe to toe, or 5.8 Megans lying down.  If you’re standing 30 feet from your car, and can’t see it, I’d have real reservations about your driving abilities.

Now where did I park my car?