Well, except it requires me to not use the remote (unless it happens that press and hold the OK button will work; I should try that).

There's a story: my right knee sucks and the bucket seat in the minivan sits high, so I have to bend it. In order to minimize that, I keep the seat all the way back. I can reach the wheel just fine, but I have to lean forward to reach the empeg. Hence, I always drive with the remote in my hand.

I drove all the way to Trenton from Pittsburgh (via Maryland due to a problem on the PA Turnpike) and then back a day later with the remote in my hand, including during rain through the narrow stretches where the lanes are currently narrowed and surrounded by jersey barriers due to construction. Of course, I also didn't take the hand with the remote in it off the wheel during those stretches, but...