[Mgs] Determine build date for an O/D transmission?

[Charley Robinson]

My '07 Prius has a metal door key slotted into the fob.  After you get 
into the car you plug the fob into a slot in the dash and then press the 
"Start" button and she fires up.

CR

On 11/13/2019 2:37 PM, Dan DiBiase via Mgs wrote:
> Isn't there a 'hidden' key in the key fob, Hans? My Mazda CX-5 has 
> push-button start, but there is a key inside the fob that can be 
> removed in case of the battery in the fob dying..... So the the least, 
> you can always get in the car.
>
> And in that scenario, if you use the key fob itself to push the start 
> button, the car will start....
>
> Dan D
> Central NJ USA
> http://dandibiase.cbintouch.com/
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 13, 2019 at 12:38 PM Hans Duinhoven via Mgs 
> <mgs at autox.team.net <mailto:mgs at autox.team.net>> wrote:
>
>     So true. This week my wife hardly could get the doors unlocked of
>     our business Mazda 6 sw. reason was that the battery of the key
>     became empty. Stupid thing does that without a warning. One should
>     carry the spare key with them, in order to prevent such thing
>     making someone stranded in the middle of nowhere…
>
>     Cheers,
>
>     Hans
>
>     71 BGT where everything is manual, unless operated by foot
>
>     *Van:*Mgs [mailto:mgs-bounces at autox.team.net
>     <mailto:mgs-bounces at autox.team.net>] *Namens *Barrie Robinson via Mgs
>     *Verzonden:* woensdag 13 november 2019 16:46
>     *Aan:* mgs at autox.team.net <mailto:mgs at autox.team.net>
>     *Onderwerp:* Re: [Mgs] Determine build date for an O/D transmission?
>
>     Hello folks,
>
>     OMG.   Isn't it amazing how current technology demands
>     complications. Used to be you put in a key turned it and "broom
>     broom".  Now is having something in your pocket, and  switching on
>     and then pushing 'Start', But then everything these days is
>     "marketing groomed".   My new radio has oodles of "features" (most
>     of which I do not understand) but a lousy weak station reception -
>     my $40 portable radio is MUCH better IN the car that the $$$$$$
>     "car" radio !!!!!!
>
>     Barrie - he of MGB GT V8 fame:-)
>
>     On 11/12/2019 12:19 PM, Max Heim via Mgs wrote:
>
>         As an interface designer, I am puzzled by the “push for on”
>         solution. It seems somehow inappropriate as well as
>         unnecessarily complex.
>
>         Overdrive seems to me to be a function where a clear on/off
>         toggle is the natural mode of engagement. Sometimes I want it
>         on, sometimes off, and I want to know which mode it is in.
>
>         But then, I think the “start button” on modern cars is
>         idiotic. So YMMV.
>
>         --
>
>         Max Heim
>
>         '66 MGB
>
>             On Nov 12, 2019, at 5:43 AM, Charley Robinson
>             <Charley38 at twc.com <mailto:Charley38 at twc.com>> wrote:
>
>             I have a neat little module that does as you describe
>             except it has no warning light.  It is plugged into the
>             wiring between the manual OD switch and the transmission
>             switches. In the case of my CBB it's sitting on the shelf
>             on the passenger side of the heater box.  It's all solid
>             state, has never given me any trouble.   I bought the
>             thing on line a few years ago but I don't remember the
>             name of the seller.  I absolutely love the thing!
>
>             CR
>
>             On 11/12/2019 2:26 AM, PaulHunt73 via Mgs wrote:
>
>                 
>
>                 I got fed up with OD auto-engaging as I changed from
>                 2nd to 3rd so built a circuit that once out of an OD
>                 gear, it locked it out semi-permanently until I turned
>                 the manual switch off and back on again.  That has a
>                 warning light to say it has been locked out, rather
>                 than one to say it is engaged.  More info
>                 herehttp://www.mgb-stuff.org.uk/gearstext.htm#sequencer
>
>                 PaulH.
>
>
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