Is it just me or is it unbelievably stupid to even think that the car is going to turn itself off? Maybe this is just the result of a dumbing down process where we end up not bothering to engage any brain, or accept any personal responsibility? Oh dear.
tony9,
Sep 7, 1:25pm
Well I must be stupid as well. I thought it was reasonable to expect the engine to shut off, if the car is stopped, idle throttle, no valid nfc key detected and a timeout of about 2 minutes or so.
wayned,
Sep 7, 2:48pm
Should label them start/stop buttons, oh they do.
wayned,
Sep 7, 2:52pm
Also the first time you jumped out at the supermarket, came back and found your car still going, wouldn't you go. "I thought it would turn itself off, it didn't, oh well, won't do that again"
survivalkiwi,
Sep 7, 2:56pm
Health and safety has gone mad. I drive a nissan navara np300. It has push button start. I have never fealt that I should just walk away from it when it is running. Every time I start it I have to press a screen to say that I know that i should not drive the car by looking at the gps. Also every time I move the car without my seat belt on it beeps. I sometimes think it may be better for my mental health to buy a basic old landrover with not wistles or bells donging and dinging all the time.
melonhead1,
Sep 7, 3:03pm
Why have these stupid push start buttons come about? Stick to the good old key ignition. Man those bush button start thingies are so gay.
tamarillo,
Sep 7, 3:05pm
Ha!
gunhand,
Sep 7, 3:13pm
This is what happens when stupid people are introduced to modern tech, and when pointless modern tech is put in cars. Then again people (not all) want all this crap in their cars so they kinda get what they ask for.
beetle1234,
Sep 7, 3:29pm
Oh God,the key should have a trigger that when pointed to a specific point in the temple just put,s them to sleep or is that being too logical?
beetle1234,
Sep 7, 3:32pm
An yeah it called a bullet,these bugga,s should not be allowed to breed letalone drive.
saxman99,
Sep 7, 5:17pm
Push button starting is actually very old. The spring-loaded ignition key barrel came later.
melonhead1,
Sep 7, 5:22pm
It came later, as in, it was an improvement. Its back to the future as far as lamoid gizmos goes for car manufacturers.
pauloc,
Sep 7, 7:18pm
if you leave them with key ignition, some idiots will put half a pound of keys on them then wearing out the barrel early causing another set of problems. Also that bunch of keys then go into the idiots leg in an acident reducing the vehicles safety rating, It's a never ending circle for the poor manufacturer.
elect70,
Sep 8, 11:50am
Serves car makers right . They put ever mote & more electronic gizmos on new cars that are unecessary just to try & be a bit different from others . .Along with all the beeps for different situations its enough to want you to take a big hammer to the f ing thing .
vtecintegra,
Sep 8, 12:19pm
Proximity keys are an extremely convenient feature - not sure why you wouldn't want one (aside from cost reasons I guess)
socram,
Sep 8, 1:08pm
Exactly. Ours has a docking slot which doesn't wear out, but the remote wears out instead! Either the buttons pack up or the unit 'blows' and has to be removed by pliers. I seem to remember that with most of my ancient cars, you could remove the ignition key and leave the engine running anyway, but I can't remember any court cases saying it was the manufacturers' fault.
mainlander05,
Sep 9, 8:21am
There's just simply no answer for peoples stupidity. See it every day in the Tyre world.
frytime,
Sep 9, 2:17pm
Toyota push buttons say engine start, stop
scuba,
Sep 11, 4:11pm
maybe some of you should go back to Model Ts. typical American bull shite - lets find some mug punters and sue for millions- with a bit of luck they will pay us to go away or we find some dumb ass judge to give us a pay out.
gunhand,
Sep 11, 4:12pm
Sounds like a familiar NZ story to
tony461,
Sep 11, 4:20pm
Even relatively smart people get caught out. A lawyer friend of mine, traded in his old Sportage for a new one. The new one had changed to push button start. Early on in ownership, a neighbour popped over late at night to ask if he'd meant to leave his car running for the last 6 hours. I think he's cottoned on now. lol
trade4us2,
Sep 11, 9:02pm
Then there was a guy who killed his whole family when taking a Lexus for a test drive. Nobody told him that the stop button had to be held down for 5 seconds. Who would know that?
gedo1,
Jul 7, 7:07pm
. and then others say their favourite car brand is better than anyone else's because (essentially) it has more gizmos. If you know what I mean!
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