Originally Posted by turboawd

if you take the pyshical key and put it in the keyslot on the trunk, you turn it either right or left (cant remember), and remove the key when its in that position. the trunk will only open with the key then... the inside button, outside button, and remote button are disabled.

read the manual

Originally Posted by Rudy

The valet key is simply one of the "regular" keys minus the "integrated key". In other words, you lock your trunk and glove box with the metal key and give the valet the remote without the metal key part and you're safe from valet pilfering...

Originally Posted by djdc78

sorry for jacking your thread, but i've always had a question that seems on topic,

if the car alarm is armed and somebody breaks into it, will the trunk be "locked." will pressing the truck open button in the car open the trunk? tried to find out through the manual and nothing. just wanted to see if my belongs in the trunk were safe. thanks for any info you can offer....

dc

Originally Posted by djdc78

sorry for jacking your thread, but i've always had a question that seems on topic,

if the car alarm is armed and somebody breaks into it, will the trunk be "locked." will pressing the truck open button in the car open the trunk? tried to find out through the manual and nothing. just wanted to see if my belongs in the trunk were safe. thanks for any info you can offer....

dc

Originally Posted by mookish

I don't believe there is a valet key for the e60, when I went to buy a second key for my 2004 545, there were only two options, the regular key or the plastic spare key. The spare key will open any lock the regular key opens and will also start the car. Same thing for my 2008 550, only the full integrated key, or the spare. Now my e39 did have the valet key option. Maybe a valet key is a thing of the past.

Originally Posted by Rudy

Believe it or not, there is a valet key for the E60 -- regardless of it's year. On the older style cars, the plastic "wallet" key would not unlock the trunk nor the glove box so it was able to be used as a valet key. On the new style cars (with the "integrated key"), you simply lock the glove box and trunk and remove the metal key from the fob. Hand the fob (without the metal key) over to the valet and you're good to go.

Please don't make me copy/paste excerpts from the owner's manuals...

Originally Posted by mookish

That trick will work for the glove box, but not the trunk. Please post from the manual and prove me wrong.

Originally Posted by tuffluck

you're not being violated if someone looks in your car unless you left nude pictures of your wife or (if you're brett favre) of yourself lying around. you guys obviously don't live in the heart of a city. people look in cars all the time, if for nothing else than to just see what a bmw interior looks like. maybe something caught their eye they want to steal, but just looking in doesn't make them guilty of anything.

unless someone starts touching your car or trying to open doors/trunks, or unless you find your car broken into, you should not feel violated at all. in fact, if someone is touching my car or trying to open doors/trunks but cannot, i wouldn't even care. your car LOCKS for a reason--to keep violators out. if you're concerned about people touching, looking, brushing up against, or occasionally trying to open your car, you should probably not own a car at all and consider alternative methods of travel such as horse, bike, skateboard, or subway.