Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 20:11:50 -0500 From: Four Weis <mweinopsamcom> Subject: Re: Automatically locking doors?
Terje Johan Abrahamsen wrote: > On Sat, 16 Mar 2002 23:36:02 -0500, Four Weis <mweinopsamcom> wrote: > > > > > > >Terje Johan Abrahamsen wrote: > > > >> On Fri, 15 Mar 2002 21:31:38 -0500, Four Weis <mweinopsamcom> wrote: > >> > >> >I disconnected the power lock on the tailgate of my wagon. This way, the only > >> >way you can access the rear cargo area from the outside is with the key in hand > >> >- and NOT in the ignition. How many of you have the absolute faith in the Park > >> >position and parking brake to stand behind a car with a running engine? Read > >> >your Owner's Manual. I certainly would not stand behind a car with a manual in > >> >neutral and only the parking brake holding the car - with the engine running. I > >> >would suspect more people are injured by 'accidents' like this than by all of > >> >the car jackings in the world - and the car maker gets blamed every time. > >> > >> What can happen if you stand behind the car when it is in neutral? Its > >> not going to jump into gear. > > > >Re think what you just said "it is not going to jump into gear" . You obviously do > >not have curious young children. They just love pushing buttons, turning dials and > >PULLING LEVERS. > > I don't have kids and don't have a dog, so I didn't really think about > that. So, with kids in the car, I agree that your assumptions hold. > But, without kids, dogs or anything else that can put it in gear. I > think I have about the same change of my car jumping into gear as I > have in winning the lottery. You got me on the dog - I did not think of that. If you are the only living object near the car, a manual transmission should not move on it own. That does not hold true for automatics however, especially Ford automatics. I was driving a Ford with an automatic and I saw the shift lever move on its own from Drive to 2nd - a haunted car? I understand automatics have moved from Park to Reverse on its own.