Re: [T3] Anti-theft?

[Jens Vagelpohl <jens@dataflake.org>]

<x-flowed>at least for the US market there aren't any cars you can start if they 
are not in the "P" park or "N" neutral position i think. on my manual 
stick golf you cannot start unless you press down the clutch. it's all 
insurance against overly litigious americans (i'm too dumb to use this 
thing and i broke something, gotta go sue the manufacturer)  :P

jens


On Friday, Dec 13, 2002, at 02:29 US/Eastern, Daniel Baum wrote:

> I wonder whether your average thief would realise that an automatic 
> Type 3
> can only be started in neutral? I suspect that he'd try a bit, and 
> then give
> up and try something a bit newer. It's almost like having a
> factory-installed immobilizer.
>
>
> Daniel Baum
> 1969 Type 34 automatic
> http://www.qldesign.com/type34


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