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So here's a "WTF" sequence of events involving one of these stupid-ass keyless systems...
Wake up to sub-zero temperatures.
Go out with keyfob in pants pocket and start "keyless" car to warm it up.
Go back in house and get pretty while car warms up.
Leave house a few minutes later and hop in slightly warmed-up car wearing different pants than the one the keyfob was in.
Drive several miles to grocery store and then turn car off.
Try to lock car but realize keyfob is still at home.
Go shopping.
Call taxi to haul oneself and groceries back home.
Unload groceries from taxi.
Get back into taxi with keyfob to retrieve erstwhile incapacitated car.
Now I ask, who the bloody hell designs an ignition system that actually allows the occupant to take the car out of park and drive away without the goddamned key? Well, Mitsubishi, that's who. I hope most other car companies thought this through a little more thoroughly.
There is a similar story about wife dropping husband off at airport. He drives to airport, gets dropped at curb, she drives to mall. You know the rest of the story
Now I ask, who the bloody hell designs an ignition system that actually allows the occupant to take the car out of park and drive away without the goddamned key? Well, Mitsubishi, that's who. I hope most other car companies thought this through a little more thoroughly.
I never thought about that with my car. I just did a quick google and it appears that could also happen with my Challenger.
The good thing is I have autostart and you can't drive the car without having the keyfob in the car itself after autostarting.
We have a Lexus with push button. Still trying to get used to it and only have one remote. It will be over $300 to get another one. It does have the "mechanical key" incase battery goes dead but it does make you think carefully when getting in and out.
On another front, I remember starting my dad's '59 chevy fleetside pickup. It had the starter on the floor above the gas pedal. You would push down on that while holding in the clutch, otherwise the thing would lurch forward. LOL That old truck really taught me how to drive standard. Made me love my 5 speed Accords!! LOL
We have a Lexus with push button. Still trying to get used to it and only have one remote. It will be over $300 to get another one. It does have the "mechanical key" incase battery goes dead but it does make you think carefully when getting in and out.
On another front, I remember starting my dad's '59 chevy fleetside pickup. It had the starter on the floor above the gas pedal. You would push down on that while holding in the clutch, otherwise the thing would lurch forward. LOL That old truck really taught me how to drive standard. Made me love my 5 speed Accords!! LOL
Early 1950's Studebakers had the starter switch under the clutch pedal, so pushing pedal to floor activated starter. We also had a '51 Buick that had the "push the gas pedal" method. That way you set the automatic choke at same time. (I think auto chokes were new about that time and people would forget to pump the gas once to set it for starting.)
Anybody else old enough to remember when the headlight hi-beam dimmer switch was on the floor ?? Or the brake master cylinder (and Hyd. clutch master cyl) was under the driver's floor pan ?? Oil-bath air cleaners ?? Vacuum powered wipers (that would quit on an uphill )
Early 1950's Studebakers had the starter switch under the clutch pedal, so pushing pedal to floor activated starter. We also had a '51 Buick that had the "push the gas pedal" method. That way you set the automatic choke at same time. (I think auto chokes were new about that time and people would forget to pump the gas once to set it for starting.)
Anybody else old enough to remember when the headlight hi-beam dimmer switch was on the floor ?? Or the brake master cylinder (and Hyd. clutch master cyl) was under the driver's floor pan ?? Oil-bath air cleaners ?? Vacuum powered wipers (that would quit on an uphill )
Yes, my Daily Driver 91 F250 has the floor mounted Hi-beam on-off switch as well as "no draft" side windows
I don't just remember those features... I still use them
I'm glad I have an old fashioned car that needs a key to start and you have to change gears with your hand but it is old, built in 2012.
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to remember when the headlight hi-beam dimmer switch was on the floor ?? Or the brake master cylinder (and Hyd. clutch master cyl) was under the driver's floor pan ?? Oil-bath air cleaners ?? Vacuum powered wipers (that would quit on an uphill 
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