Keys.. Was Four OFF the Ground?

[Larry C Leung]

On Wed, 29 Aug 2001 01:31:16 -0400 Huw Powell <audi at mediaone.net> writes:
>
>I never encountered this "feature," but then I don;t drive a lot of
>cars.  I guess the Saabs make you shift to neutral to get their key 
>out,
>I thought it was a fairly unique feature.

Manual Transmission Saabs require the gearshift to be in reverse rather
than neutral. And at least my earlier Saab (1975) didn't lock the
steering column at all!

>
>What *would* be nice is if the steering wheel did not lock when you 
>turn
>the key "off" but only when you pull it out.

Guess that's not a problem for an early Saab (No BTDT on current ones).
Also, pre-1969 cars didn't have steering column locks at all. 


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>Huw Powell
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