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New cars these days don't all have this option: electronic starters have keyless ignition, activated when the key is nearby. http://www.worldwidemotors.com/blo

New cars these days don't all have this option: electronic starters have keyless ignition, activated when the key is nearby. http://www.worldwidemotors.com/blog/how-to-use-push-button-start-in-your-mercedes-benz/ http://www.worldwidemotors.com/blog/how-to-use-push-button-s... Personally, I'm concerned there is no manual brake override. If I drove a Mercedes I'd test using manual ignition, maybe pulling the key out would stop the car.

gruez 9y ago
>activated when the key is nearby. throw the key out the window?
- ceejayoz 9y ago
  I tested this when my dad got one of the push-button start cars. Doesn't work, at least not in his Acura.
  - vegardx 9y ago
    Give it a few minutes and it will start to complain, and then you will lose engine, but not electrical power.
- deleted 9y ago
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- Johnny555 9y ago
  Doesn't help on any keyless car I've ever used - the car will beep at you when the key leaves the vehicle, but the engine won't shut off until you hit the stop/start button. And in this case, that button apparently did not work.
buildbot 9y ago
At least in Audi’s, holding the start stop button will turn off the car at any speed. Source: Don’t rest your hand in the center console on the freeway.
- Piskvorrr 9y ago
  One would assume some sort of molly-guard, precisely against that.
vegardx 9y ago
There is no such thing as "manual break override". You will always be able to use breaks in any car, regardless of what systems they're running. You might be without a booster, but still. You can also just shut the engine down with the ignition switch.
- Skunkleton 9y ago
  That isn't true. There are many models with no mechanical linkages for the breaks.
  - F2 9y ago
    You're confusing the parking brake for the hydraulic braking system. The brake pedal is alway mechanically connected to a split/redundant hydraulic braking system.
- vegardx 9y ago
  Park break, yes. Regular breaks, no.

gruez 9y ago

>activated when the key is nearby. throw the key out the window?

ceejayoz 9y ago
I tested this when my dad got one of the push-button start cars. Doesn't work, at least not in his Acura.
- vegardx 9y ago
  Give it a few minutes and it will start to complain, and then you will lose engine, but not electrical power.
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Johnny555 9y ago
Doesn't help on any keyless car I've ever used - the car will beep at you when the key leaves the vehicle, but the engine won't shut off until you hit the stop/start button. And in this case, that button apparently did not work.

buildbot 9y ago

At least in Audi’s, holding the start stop button will turn off the car at any speed. Source: Don’t rest your hand in the center console on the freeway.

Piskvorrr 9y ago
One would assume some sort of molly-guard, precisely against that.

vegardx 9y ago

There is no such thing as "manual break override". You will always be able to use breaks in any car, regardless of what systems they're running. You might be without a booster, but still. You can also just shut the engine down with the ignition switch.

Skunkleton 9y ago
That isn't true. There are many models with no mechanical linkages for the breaks.
- F2 9y ago
  You're confusing the parking brake for the hydraulic braking system. The brake pedal is alway mechanically connected to a split/redundant hydraulic braking system.
vegardx 9y ago
Park break, yes. Regular breaks, no.