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Re: How to defeat locking steering wheel?

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Subject: Re: How to defeat locking steering wheel?
From: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2002 11:31:52 -0700
Heck, on my B I can remove the key with the engine running... for example,
to open the glovebox. Passengers sometimes are astonished by this feature. I
don't know why...

on 9/27/02 8:33 PM, Eric at eric@erickson.on.net wrote:

> "Telewest (PH)" wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> How about leaving the key in the ignition while you service the car but
>> taking it with you when you walk away!  There should be a position where
>> the wheel is unlocked but the ignition is still off.
>> 
> 
> Isn't this what used to cause a few problems where people would turn the
> ignition off while moving (I dunno why... rolling the car forward or
> saving fuel :-) and they suddenly found they had a moving car but locked
> steering?
> 
> Maybe they just turned it to the wrong position?
> 
> There certainly SHOULD be a position where the ignition is off and the
> steering is not locked, but I am not sure every car maker lets you
> remove the keys at this point.
> 
> Hey, what would *I* know... I drive pre-steering-lock era cars :-)
> 
> 



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Max Heim
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