[TR] Off-topic -deadly floormats?

[TeriAnn J. Wakeman]

>>> Not to mention, if in a driver's panic s/he switched the 
>>> ignition ALL the way
>>> off, the steering locks...sending you into a tree?
>>>       
>> As opposed to leaving the road at 120 mph, flying 100ft through the air, 
>> and
>> winding up in a ball of flames ?  I'd take the chance.
>>
>>     
> Besides, the ignition key is interlocked to the shifter and won't go into 
> the locked position unless the shifter is in Park.  Just for that reason.
>
> Also, doesn't this model car have the push button?  Push it once to start 
> and push it again to stop the engine?  How do those work, anyway?  I've never 
> driven a Lexus

I knew newer cars were more complicated but I never thought about them 
in terms of them being designed to do you in if you need to do an 
emergency shut down at speed.  Makes me wonder if I could just get in 
one and be able to drive it without first reading the owners manual.  At 
least push button start I understand since both of my cars have it.  But 
this thread makes me glad that my newest car is a 1961 TR3A.

Teriann

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