Why is is such a goddamn f'ing procedure now! First find the correct button on the remote to gain entry, press once if just driver, twice for driver +1 and thrice for driver + passenger and a fucking load of bags you are struggling to hold on to! Once in the vehicle inset fob into slot thing, making sure it's the correct way up, almost impossible in the sodding dark! Then press the big button, nothing, oh bollox, press the clutch down, then press gain! Then finally you are a way! What was wrong with a bloody key? and what if one day you are being chased by a pissed off T-Rex, like in the films? You're fucked, that's what!
I walk upto my car, it unlocks , I get in and press "start" with clutch down cos I'd do that anyway in case it's been left in gear. Done. T-Rex wouldn't even be close
On an Alfa key (of 15 years ago) there are 2 buttons: one opens and closes doors, one opens the hatch at the back. One is bigger than the other. So it's press big button, get in, put key in ignition and turn it. Job done. I hate technology in cars. I spend enough time with a computer as it is. I don't want to drive one.
My Merc has a radio frequency remote which locks/unlocks the car from several yards away. Or plan B is that the remote also has an infra red transmitter which locks/unlocks the car if in line of sight to the driver's door handle. Or plan C is that there is a little metal key inside the remote which can be slipped out and used in a mechanical lock in the door. The remote sits in a holder on the dash, turning it slightly starts the car. It all works really well. Aren't all cars like this nowadays?
To start my old A35 I had to get in and pull the bonnet release,get out and lift the bonnet,squirt lighter fuel into the carb.This was after removing the air filter.Put everything back,get into the car and start it,hopefully it would start!
Back in the day (about 1967), a school friend of mine got an old Bond Minicar. To start it he had to open the bonnet, put his leg inside, and kickstart the Villiers two-stroke engine.
I had a VW Beetle that had a duff battery / shitty starter..............so to start it I used a 1/2" ratchet and socket on the dynamo like a starting handle..... ..........when it eventually fired up, the ratchet came out of the socket, and I had to wait for the socket to fly off..... .............trouble is it was always stalling at traffic lights........what an embarassment.
The Bond Bug was quite upmarket compared to the original Bond cars, it used a rear mounted Hillman Imp 875cc engine I seem to remember.
bikes are far more messing about..... Go down into garage...remove cover...... remove optimate.... remove chains&disclock.....open garage door....push bike outside.......put leathers on......shut garage door..... start bike up..... helmet on... gloves on.... sit on bike ready to go..... forget youve not locked door and have to repeat most of the procedure again...
I don't have a car,but I use the one that my son owns and my wife insures. It has wind down windows,no power steering or central locking.It does have a radio/cassette player. I sometimes look at super dooper cars and think would be nice....that's as far as it goes though. Horses for courses and all that.Looking forward to Mrs Mervyn getting her small MPV though.
