<font size=2 face="sans-serif">You know, I have a funny story about that.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I have a ford explorer and we have a
great drive-in theater here. The first couple times I dealt with
the light staying on for like 10 mins since I had the back door open (way
better way to watch the movie.) Once the light was off, if we opened
another door, it came on for another 10 mins. I spent the whole time
thinking about how I was going to put manual switches on the lights (more
than one light stays on.) I was really aggravated. Then, as
life happens, I forgot all about it till the next time I went to the drive-in.
Again, it bugged me. The next day I spent a ton of time researching
this, if there was a by-pass, etc. TONS of people complained about
it, but even Ford's official answer was "there is no override."</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Then, this past summer, the SO and I
were spending a nice evening at a lake in TN in the truck, again dealing
with that dang light! I got an idea! I just need to find the
little button to make the truck think the door is shut. Aw, success
would be mine, except I could find NO such switch! I was beaten again.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Then, when I got home, I started to
tear into that door, only to find out that the switch for the open door
was in the latch. All I needed to do, was to 'trip' the latch with
a screwdriver when the door was open and 'viola'! No light. (And
I had to remember to 'unlatch' it before shutting it.)</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I still don't know why a company would
think that making products so inflexible is a good idea!</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">moose</font>
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<br><font size=1 color=#5f5f5f face="sans-serif">From:
</font><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Jeff Scarbrough <fishplate@gmail.com></font>
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<br><font size=1 color=#5f5f5f face="sans-serif">Date:
</font><font size=1 face="sans-serif">10/24/2025 11:49</font>
<br><font size=1 color=#5f5f5f face="sans-serif">Subject:
</font><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Re: [Shop-talk]
Turn the engine off</font>
<br><font size=1 color=#5f5f5f face="sans-serif">Sent by:
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<br><font size=3>On Thu, Oct 23, 2025 at 11:09 AM Jim Juhas <</font><a href=mailto:james.f.juhas@snet.net><font size=3 color=blue><u>james.f.juhas@snet.net</u></font></a><font size=3>>
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<br><font size=3> We once took an earlier Mazda to a drive in movie
(Remember those? A few do still exist!) and the modern technique
is to play the sound on your car's FM radio. When the system times out,
the system needs to be recycled, and the automatic lights and the interior
lights come on. Kind of kills the mood and annoys your neighbors.</font>
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