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I believe the term "big whoop" is appropriate here.

Though the transponders are becoming more prevalent, there are still a massive number of cars on the road that don't have them (likely most don't).

I never said transponders were installed on the majority of the cars that operate on the road today. I simply stated that those keys alone would not start many cars, which I backed up in my previous post with a small list of cars.

I think you overstated "start almost any car". Plenty of cars out there they won't start and that number increases each day.

Talking down tryout keys on the grounds that they don't work with transponder systems is like talking down traditional lock-picks because they don't work on tubular locks - two different problems solved by two different tools.

Yes, but the topic was stealing a car not opening locks. Those keys can work on a number of cars, but if the car is newer it has a higher probability of being transponder equipped and those keys won't help achieve his objective if it is transponder equipped. On the other hand, calling a locksmith out will (in most cases) resolve his problem since they have all tools required to generate keys and if necessary reprogram the security system.