push button starter
12-21-2002 | 09:23 PM
#42
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Re: push button starter Who wants a good laugh?
I got the push button starter in, with the removeable modification I made to the project. It worked great (notice the past tense?). I wanted to go on a few errands and fired that puppy up. There is something to be said about pushing a button and hearing the engine roar to life. So... I parked the car in the mall lot, and removed the starter button. I got out of the car, secure in the knowledge that it will not be stolen. I put the starter button and pulled out my lighter (I don't smoke in my car). The starter button came with it. Since I wasn't expecting it, I dropped it. I heard it contact the ground, but did not see where. Then I heard the rolling sound it made. I caught sight of it... just as it was rolling into the storm drain.
<img border="0" alt="[Banging Head]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_banghead.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[whiner]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_cry.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[kaboom]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_bomb.gif" />
I got the button back after about two hours waiting for mall maintenance. TRY explaining to security exactly WHY you can't start your car without that button.
Do I get the board's STUPIDITY award or not?
I got the push button starter in, with the removeable modification I made to the project. It worked great (notice the past tense?). I wanted to go on a few errands and fired that puppy up. There is something to be said about pushing a button and hearing the engine roar to life. So... I parked the car in the mall lot, and removed the starter button. I got out of the car, secure in the knowledge that it will not be stolen. I put the starter button and pulled out my lighter (I don't smoke in my car). The starter button came with it. Since I wasn't expecting it, I dropped it. I heard it contact the ground, but did not see where. Then I heard the rolling sound it made. I caught sight of it... just as it was rolling into the storm drain.
<img border="0" alt="[Banging Head]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_banghead.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[whiner]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_cry.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[kaboom]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_bomb.gif" />
I got the button back after about two hours waiting for mall maintenance. TRY explaining to security exactly WHY you can't start your car without that button.
Do I get the board's STUPIDITY award or not?
12-22-2002 | 10:33 AM
#43
Re: push button starter </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by mhulslan:
<strong>Who wants a good laugh?
. . . . I dropped it. I heard it contact the ground, but did not see where. Then I heard the rolling sound it made. I caught sight of it... just as it was rolling into the storm drain.
<img border="0" alt="[Banging Head]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_banghead.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[whiner]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_cry.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[kaboom]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_bomb.gif" />
I got the button back after about two hours waiting for mall maintenance. TRY explaining to security exactly WHY you can't start your car without that button.
Do I get the board's STUPIDITY award or not?</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">D'oh! A huge fear of mine is dropping the car keys down a drain! Ouch. I guess a removable ROUND key is not the solution. Sorry to hear.
<strong>Who wants a good laugh?
. . . . I dropped it. I heard it contact the ground, but did not see where. Then I heard the rolling sound it made. I caught sight of it... just as it was rolling into the storm drain.
<img border="0" alt="[Banging Head]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_banghead.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[whiner]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_cry.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[kaboom]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_bomb.gif" />
I got the button back after about two hours waiting for mall maintenance. TRY explaining to security exactly WHY you can't start your car without that button.
Do I get the board's STUPIDITY award or not?</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">D'oh! A huge fear of mine is dropping the car keys down a drain! Ouch. I guess a removable ROUND key is not the solution. Sorry to hear.
