No - a stupid, annoying "safety device" dictated by the insurance companies
to ensure the survival of the Darwin-impaired.
Gary McCormick
San Jose, CA
Thomas wrote:
> Some late model cars with a stick have a switch where the starter
> wont work unless you de-clutch. A cheap life insurance?
>
> Thomas
> the Swede
>
> noji wrote:
>
> > Fred_Katz@ci.sf.ca.us wrote:
> > >
> > > On 9/20/2000 10:23 AM noji <noji@snowman.med.umn.edu> wrote:
> > >
> > > <snip>
> > > >Pulled over when I heard screams from under the hood. This is
> > > >something that I normally don't check up on.
> > >
> > > Dana,
> > >
> > > I'll remember to not stand in front of your car!!! (Lose any mechanics
> > > lately?) ;>
> > >
> > > Fred
> >
> > Fred,
> >
> > I'm not so bad. It's my wife that you have to watch out for. She will
> > often come out to lend a hand when I'm working on the car. I always
> > park the car in gear and she never does. The request of starting the
> > car has sent me into the wall more than once.
> >
> > Dana
> > --
> > Dana Nojima, Ph.D.
> > Department of Urology
> > VA Medical Center - 112F
> > 4150 Clement Street
> > San Francisco, CA 94121
> >
> > phone: (415) 221-4810 x 2031
> > fax: (415) 750-6639
> > noji-1@pacbell.net
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