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Originally Posted by RoadKillGrill
The pushstart needs to be able to have a way to turn off the engine but keep accessories on... or roll up the windows without starting the car again.
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You just have to hit the button once to activate the switches again, without having the start the car. Unless that's what you meant, then sorry.
But I agree it's annoying
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Originally Posted by RoadKillGrill
How I do that in Manual?  |
As far as I heard you can't...
My personal feeling on the tech, is I understand why it's there, but I would prefer a car without 99% of it.
People become too reliant on the car doing the thinking for us, causing laziness and a distinct lack of skill.
Traction control, assisted steering, self parking, auto braking, blind spot indicators, lane warnings (ie you are drifting out of your lane), etc. these things are becoming not only standard, but in a lot of cases mandatory in new cars. I grew up with old cars that had maybe the power steering, nothing else.
I learned to drive properly, and because of that, I can reverse into spots way quicker and more accurately than 99.9% of the drivers I see. I move my head for my blind spots. And I drive to the conditions.
Because I learned without them, I have a lot more respect for that I'm driving heavy missile, and won't rely on cool tech to get me out of it.
Even those entertainment things that people like, such as touch screen, DVD players, huds, multiple-screen read outs, etc...I was fine before them. I concentrate too much on the road and surroundings to use most of the features. And why would you watch DVD while driving...I know you have to modify the system for that ability, but most people installing DVD players do.
And I don't care about Bluetooth really.
And while tech in the engines and gearboxes make for more power, economy, etc...it also means that I'm lost when It comes to something going wrong. I am really only allowed to change oil, filters, and coolant, under the warranty. Everything else Toyota have to do. This is really frustrating to someone who always fixed their own car.
My last car exemplified what I'm saying really well. I loved it for its lack of tech.
It was an old Hilux Surf and I had power steering (which is almost necessary in a heavy 4wd) and a CD player with a couple buttons and 2 speakers.
I had removed all other electronics such as power antenna, windows, we'll that was all that was there.
I even removed the small ecu it had that was used to control emissions and control vacuum. Ran fine without it. But if it was in and something went wrong, the car would have had issues.
If something went wrong, I always had a few spares and bits, and a basic toolkit with me. I could pull off the road/track and either fix it, or dodgy it until I could get home.
With my 86, if something goes wrong...stop and call a towing service.