Don’t worry about Thomas, Mike, he can only run old cars for so long and with an 03 he may be closer to the technology than he thinks.
Opening the tailgate with a leg is a bit of a faff, no doubt.
Thing is fiddling for a key with both hands full, which I discovered the whereabouts is less likely to be known due to keyless operation, is much more of a faff. Didn’t take me long to get used to not needing a hand to access the boot.