neiman, a old guard french lock company whose founding
dates back to the ancien regime, is today OEM supplier
for car keys for: BMW, peugeot, renault and citroen
cars. the company pioneered "remote access auto entry"
technology in the mid 1980's. peugeot was first to buy
the product, outfitting neiman's generation 1 system,
termed "PLIP" (a french acronym...don't ask) on
selected models. offered on peugeot's high-spec.
models across the range in the 1987 model year, it was
an an industry first. US-bound 505 turbos featured the
newfangled system and were the first cars sold in the
US with such a device (a "bell and whistle" for sure,
but who really disputes the utility of the device?).
in 1989, all US-bound 405 S and 405 Mi 16s had PLIP
fitted, standard. so far, so good.
while not "defective", gen 1 PLIPs are frustratingly
erratic(as i'm sure everyone who has one is painfully
aware.) and i'm sure their spotty performance here in
the US could only have underscored the somewhat unfair
image that peugeot electrics were to be considered
suspect. many owners, after trying them out initally,
just tucked them into an oddments drawer. many surely
failed to transfer onto the 2nd owners.
out in the real world (or should i have used "on the
ground?") depending on them often required a degree of
faith, with owners learning to stand on their heads
with one shoe off to get them to operate successfully.
sighting a direct line to the receiver sited by the
inside rear view mirror is helps, but did not always
ensure success. for me with the 5 peugeot's i've owned
so equipped, standing hard by the driver's side rear
door seems to be most effective. who hasn't looked the
fool with non-sensical "pokes in the wind" to get the
car to open. and it never fails that when i'm
transporting a friend who happens to own a
contemporary german or japanese car, NOTHING can
induce the device to work -- NOTHING. i chalk it up to
the perverse humour of Gaul!
well, le temps s'en va. today, one can reliably open a
european peugeot practically from the bordering
arondisement! even here in the US, nearly all cars,
french or not, are so equipped. the technology is
ubiquitous. one can unlock one's car, put down all the
windows, stow tops, even get your car to sit up and
beg.
but remember, neiman and peugeot were there first! in
europe, that legacy means that with ALL such devices,
neiman sourced or not (most often not) the common term
used is "PLIP." it may have even made it into the
oxford dictionary, following illustrious terms like
BCBG, guillotinne, silhouette, fuesellage, etc...
and who is old enough (or in the early '60's came from
a family wealthy enough) to refer to that device used
to change a television's viewed station remotely as a
"clicker"? and, who know why that term was the one
coined in the early '60's?
by
Kenneth Gunnar Ramonet
Wer Ersatzteile braucht, der findet sie hier.:
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Plip Abdeckung.: http://cx-basis.de/eshop/product_info.p ... cts_id=261
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