And now the Bull starts - Page 9

 



"Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B" wrote:

    I think it was a '46 chevy coupe that was the first car I saw where you
pushed a button on the dash to start the car. It was considered cutting
edge technology. A big step forward from stepping on a pedal on the
floor.

 


I can remember cars from between the wars having starter buttons as
standard, it was a long time later that there was another space (other
than off and on) that allowed you to crank the engine with the key.
--
Clive

 

On Sat, 27 Feb 2010 14:15:05 -0600, jim wrote:


I was talking in terms of modern, electrically controlled ignition rather
than have a button on the dash in place of a soleniod.

But you knew that.

 

On Fri, 26 Feb 2010 23:15:21 -0700, Ashton Crusher wrote:


"God shut the car off" tells me all I need to know to determine she needs
to ride the bus.


So, how has she been shutting the car off since she bought it?
Buses aren't very expensive to ride.


A MONTH!!! Holy Crap! Mine have gone YEARS, but then, I don't expect an
Econobox to have Porsche performance.

 

Hachiroku wrote:

Conceptually the electronically controlled transmission can be inhibited
from switching to neutral whenever a wide-open throttle input is received.

Catch-22. Can't release the throttle, therefore you can't shift to
neutral, brakes don't override throttle and return the engine to idle,
and you have to hold the "start" button for >4 seconds to shut down the
engine.

Now only a moron would program a PCM that way. But then I thought only a
moron would fail to include brake-overrides-throttle logic in EVERY
electronic throttle model too. Silly me.