Something made my father skeptical. His chief argument was that a power window could get cranked down, and then wouldn't go up again, and you'd have a security

Something made my father skeptical. His chief argument was that a power window could get cranked down, and then wouldn't go up again, and you'd have a security issue. Keep in mind that this was more than 20 years ago: try 40 years ago. There is, apparently, not much to be done with power windows that break. https://www.wikihow.com/Manually-Roll-Up-a-Power-Window https://www.wikihow.com/Manually-Roll-Up-a-Power-Window Perhaps TFA is about being trapped without power for the locks, but a rolled-down window can ruin your day, even if it just precipitates before you can get it going.