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I have an old beater. It cost me 2300 USD when I bought it. Last year the ignition cylinder broke. My friend is a mechanic and he told me he could replace the c
by nso 3y ago
I have an old beater. It cost me 2300 USD when I bought it. Last year the ignition cylinder broke. My friend is a mechanic and he told me he could replace the cylinder for 90 USD, or buy him a beer to just install a button. I now jokingly call my car a Tesla since it starts with a button (it also requires the key)
- mavhc 3y agoTesla cars don't need a button to start
- _flux 3y agoThe brake pedal is _almost_ like a button.
- incahoots 3y agoThe button was my go-to when I got a new car, I would defeat the lock cylinder without damaging the steering column, and place a button in a obscure spot to start my cars.
- thatcat 3y agoLol. I soldered in an alligator clip jumper wire for my friend to temporarily bypass the failing ignition switch and he left it like that, says he likes the sparking.
- bookofjoe 3y agoOff topic: My first car was a 1966 white Buick Skylark convertible that I bought for $500 cash in the summer of 1976 in Los Angeles when I was 28 years old. Prior to that I had lived in LA from 1966 on and got around on foot and on my bicycle and city buses. I drove that giant Buick — I mean it was HUGE, both in terms of length and width as well as weight — for about five years, the final 2-3 of which featured a caved-in non-functional driver's side door resulting from having been T-boned by a little old lady who ran a stop sign. No worries: I'd just hop over the side or use the passenger side door. After the crash I never worried about theft. Also, amusingly, when I was on freeways, cars in adjacent lanes would quickly move away.