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You can also make a fist around it and puncture with the wire boot end when you smack it with the tip. Both ways will break the hell out of tempered auto glass.
One thing I will never have is auto locking doors. The people that have them love them, and swear by them.....You'll swear alright when you get stuck on a railroad Xing or go into the river with those SOBs locked when you don't want them to be and all your electrical componets short out on impact. You can't kick out a window under water either. You'll need a spark plug or one of those hammers. I also carry a spark plug just in case. Throw that sucker as hard as you can at the window. It will break. Criminals in the hood have been doing it for years to break into cars.
Quit driving into rivers....you wanna help me write the next final destination ? I think you just gave me a great death scene idea.
Pushbutton start seemed gimmicky to me at first. But I like how our Infiniti M35 recognizes the keys in my pocket and allows me to unlock the car and start it without removing the keys.
It's still gimmicky if you ask me. I have keyless entry/keyless start in one of my cars (though I still have to twist a plastic shroud over the ignition keyhole rather than push a button) and I just don't see the benefit versus the cost and complexity. And now thieves are starting to figure out how to get the key code from the ECU and and program a blank. Smash a window, plug a key programmer into the OBDII port, program a blank key, and they're gone in a couple minutes.
It's still gimmicky if you ask me. I have keyless entry/keyless start in one of my cars (though I still have to twist a plastic shroud over the ignition keyhole rather than push a button) and I just don't see the benefit versus the cost and complexity. Plus now thieves have learned that in some marques they can get the key code from the OBDII port and program a blank. Smash a window, plug a key programmer into the OBDII port, program a blank key, and they're gone in a couple minutes.
Dont be smashin on OBDII....I gained 90+ hp from that port !!
It's like the guy who was eaten by a bear because he was dressed in a salmon suit. Unfortunate but unlikely to be repeated.
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