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Kinja'd!!! "Wobbles the Mind" (wobblesthemind)
10/13/2015 at 06:39 • Filed to: Pet Peeves

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I have to ask, are there some vehicles where you need to hold down this button until the engine turns over? Just push to start. Frustration level of viewing this isnt as high as people letting the seatbelt slam into the door or B-pillar when they unbuckle, or physically closing anything with powered struts, or seeing body parts outside of vehicles.


DISCUSSION (30)


Kinja'd!!! Drakkon- Most Glorious and Upright Person of Genius > Wobbles the Mind
10/13/2015 at 06:44

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Trucker tan, baby.

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My younger son has a booster seat. Somehow he takes his seatbelt off that curls it one half turn every time. About every 3-4 days I have to unwind his seatbelt. I don’t know how he does it?


Kinja'd!!! Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen > Wobbles the Mind
10/13/2015 at 06:50

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Oldskool, baby!

Push the unmarked button to start, and hold down for about 20 seconds till it stops farting and spluttering and catches properly. You do at least get to skip the seatbelt problems...


Kinja'd!!! Wobbles the Mind > Drakkon- Most Glorious and Upright Person of Genius
10/13/2015 at 06:52

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Ive found that booster seats enable kids an enhanced ability to defeat physics. I actually had to ask my nephew, “how did you get your shirt off?!” I swear kids in car seats and drunk college friends are the exact same thing when you’re driving.


Kinja'd!!! KirkyV > Wobbles the Mind
10/13/2015 at 06:52

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I can see why people would think you had too, since that’s how conventional ignitions work, but I’ve never used a push-button start of any sort, so I wouldn’t know.


Kinja'd!!! hike > Wobbles the Mind
10/13/2015 at 07:00

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I can’t think of any that requires holding the button. Many regular ignition switches don’t even require holding the key (Jeep Wrangler I’m currently driving is like this). Sadly most people don’t even realize this and way precious fractions of a second every time they get in the car holding the button!


Kinja'd!!! Roman Savchuk > Wobbles the Mind
10/13/2015 at 07:04

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2008-13 STI. Not sure about the latest ones


Kinja'd!!! Wobbles the Mind > hike
10/13/2015 at 07:08

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I live everyday like I’m at LeMons. Isn’t saving seconds part of the reason Porsche places the ignition closest to the door?


Kinja'd!!! jariten1781 > Wobbles the Mind
10/13/2015 at 07:09

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No modern ones that I'm aware of...and much like the keys that just initiate a start sequence rather than being a straight switch it can get super obnoxious when trying to diagnose things. Wish there was a way to select 'start sequence' or 'just apply power to the starter asshole'


Kinja'd!!! Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > hike
10/13/2015 at 07:13

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I drive so many modern cars at work where I just flick the key to “start” and it starts that sometimes I get in my Honda and wonder why it only turns over for as long as I hold the key. Genius.


Kinja'd!!! That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > Wobbles the Mind
10/13/2015 at 07:19

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My brother had a ‘62 Inpala wagon with a 454, and the ignition switch broke, so we installed a starter button...a gigantic red button.

Pressing it and holding it until the car started was super satisfying for some reason. Probably because the starter sounded like you were starting the Millennium Falcon and when that sound ended, a cammed 454 began.


Kinja'd!!! Wobbles the Mind > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms
10/13/2015 at 07:32

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My granddad has never bought a vehicle for over $500. I remember a truck he had installed a light switch in to work the headlamps since he had an extra in the front yard. Honestly, had an EXTRA in the YARD! I could spit from the porch and nail the mailbox!


Kinja'd!!! jjhats > Wobbles the Mind
10/13/2015 at 08:04

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i don’t understand what your asking.....yes that is a push button start you need to press it for the car to start. in my focus one quick push puts the car in accessory mode but a slightly longer push allows the engine to turn over provided the clutch is in. but yea I don’t know what your asking


Kinja'd!!! Wobbles the Mind > jjhats
10/13/2015 at 08:14

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If the clutch is engaged do you need to linger any longer on the button for the operation to take place? It’s a genuine curiosity because I haven’t been in a vehicle that requires a sustained depression of the ignition button. It’s the same short press as every other button in the cabin for operation.


Kinja'd!!! jjhats > Wobbles the Mind
10/13/2015 at 08:24

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if you want guaranteed accessory mode its best to just keep off the clutch and do a press, it doesn’t matter how long because the car wont start with the clutch out. in theory yes with clutch in a quick push should still only give you accessory mode but generally the starting part requires a slightly longer push


Kinja'd!!! jvirgs drives a Subaru > Wobbles the Mind
10/13/2015 at 08:35

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My Dart is like that. I don’t mine it though. I feel more connected than if I just push the button and it does the rest


Kinja'd!!! BJ > Wobbles the Mind
10/13/2015 at 08:52

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My 2005 4Runner has a key, and you can turn to start and then release, the engine will be started for you. This truck is a basic machine with few options and a cruise control that doesn’t know it’s ass from a tea kettle.

My 2008 Passat doesn’t have a key, it has a fancy fob that you insert into the dash, like something from Star Trek. And you have to press and hold to start the car. If you don’t hold and the car fails to start, you have to pop the fob out and start over - you can’t just try again by pressing. This car has every stupid feature imaginable, tons of creature comforts, and one of the smoothest cruise controls I’ve ever used... but it can’t start itself. I don’t understand.


Kinja'd!!! RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Wobbles the Mind
10/13/2015 at 08:59

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What if it’s a car in which there’s actually a push-button you hold to operate the starter?

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Kinja'd!!! You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > Wobbles the Mind
10/13/2015 at 09:01

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I’m pretty sure kids are immune to physics. They also result in you asking questions and saying things that you never imagined you would ever say.

http://www.scarymommy.com/10-things-i-ne…


Kinja'd!!! MPA > Wobbles the Mind
10/13/2015 at 09:28

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In my FiST I usually hold it until it starts - I did the same on my C6, but I’d assume now that I could just hit the button once and it would fire up. I’ll have to try at lunch.


Kinja'd!!! Wobbles the Mind > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
10/13/2015 at 09:41

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The Land Rover makes this seem standard issue


Kinja'd!!! WhereAreMyPants > jariten1781
10/13/2015 at 09:46

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On every push-button car I’ve ever driven, you have to also hold down the brake pedal to make it actually start. Pushing the button, with no foot on the brake, just fires up the electrical system. Other than that, why would you want to spin the starter, without actually starting the engine?


Kinja'd!!! RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Wobbles the Mind
10/13/2015 at 09:51

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The toy Land Rover was included by the eBay merchant for context, which made it automatically the best picture. That’s the push-button that was standard from ‘58 to ‘72: it is literally just a big button contactor with points. There isn’t even a starter solenoid - all starter power goes through that.


Kinja'd!!! jariten1781 > WhereAreMyPants
10/13/2015 at 09:55

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Well, the old safety trick of throwing the car in gear and bumping the starter to move it when it’s other wise locked up is a good one. There’s lots of times where you can bump the starter in maintenance as well (compression checks being the big one). Then there's just the general troubleshooting where you're working your way down the fishbone...hard to check that the starter is good when the ECU/BCU/whatever computer intercepts the signal and never sends power to the starter.


Kinja'd!!! WhereAreMyPants > jariten1781
10/13/2015 at 10:03

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Interesting. I’ve never owned a car that would let you spin the starter without the clutch being on the floor. I know you can disengage the lockout, but in nearly 20 years of driving I’ve never had reason to.

I can definitely get it from a diag side, though.


Kinja'd!!! jariten1781 > WhereAreMyPants
10/13/2015 at 10:08

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Yeah it’s a requirement now that there has to be a starter interlock with either the brake or the clutch. Don’t want people running over each other starting in gear I suppose. Grandpa teaching me on old farm trucks, though, ingrained in me that if I was stalled out without being able to refire in a dangerous situation to drive out on the starter.


Kinja'd!!! RiceRocketeer Extraordinaire > Wobbles the Mind
10/13/2015 at 10:17

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S2000?


Kinja'd!!! wiffleballtony > Wobbles the Mind
10/13/2015 at 12:06

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I hate those push button starts. Blade key everytime.


Kinja'd!!! PushToStart > Wobbles the Mind
10/13/2015 at 13:43

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“Just push to start. “

You called?


Kinja'd!!! MPA > Wobbles the Mind
10/13/2015 at 16:15

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Tried it on my FiST - yup, just a single push and it starts. I guess it’s all the old race car movies that make us hold it til it starts


Kinja'd!!! hike > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
10/13/2015 at 16:46

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I did the exact same thing when I worked at a Mercedes dealer. I used to get in my car and just turn it over once.