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Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 18:52:51 -0400
From: "Myron Samila REMOVE NO SPAM" <myronx19nopsampam-sympatico.ca>
Subject: Just use electronic contact cleaner!!!


Why not use electronic contact cleaner with silicone lubricants. This is the best bet. Also, I like the fact that the ignition switch is in the center. It is unusual, and down right "neat". Fiat Strada had it on the upper left of the steering wheel (on the dash), Fiat Panorama had it right on top of the steering column, my Alfa Romeo had the power window switches on the top right near the windshield in an "airplane" style switch array. These things make cars "interesting". -- Myron Samila Toronto, ON Canada Samila Racing http://204.101.251.229/myronx19 <davehinznopsamcop.net> wrote in message news:am4s4i$2nqg9$1nopsam34476.news.dfncis.de... > Someone who looks an awful lot like Kenneth S. <nimrodnopsams.com> wrote: > > The positioning of the ignition switch on Saabs seems inexplicable to > > me, and quite possibly indicative of an attitude of the car's designers > > ("we've always done it that way") that is ominous for purchasers. > > We go through this rather often here - here's the short version: > > 1. Safety. Keys that are between the seats, won't be impaled into knees > in frontal collisions. > > 2. Ergonomics / usability: When starting the car, you put on the seat belt, > turn the key, take off the brake, and put the car into gear; all of these > tasks are grouped in the same location, so your hand isn't flailing from one > part of the cockpit to another. > > 3. Security: A direct locking of the gearshift mechanism is easier when > the lock and the gearshift are close to each other as in this design. > > I find it hard to understand why some people fixate on something they just > don't understand, as being somehow "ominous". > > Dave Hinz > >

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