Key?

[Truett Collins]

It all boils down to the only reason for a lock/security system/or what have you is to keep an honest man honest. The criminal will always figure a way to beat any system you might come up with.

 

[Hog]

Must be dating myself a bit, but my '34 plymouth didnt have any keys, just the dimmer switch on the floor. Step on it and the car started. And no one could figure out how to start it.

 

[JP]

Just take the fuel pump fuse when you're leaving the car in a seedy area.

 

[trock59]

Keyless entry- Yes, Remote start- Maybe, Chip in key- No. Most of the Elio colors are so bright and there will be so few Elios across the US (to start with) I don't see theft as a concern. Anywhere you park it there will be 25+ people around it asking questions about it!

 

[skygazer6033]

My old '41 Ford ignition switch was just a toggle switch on the side of the steering column. The key was to operate the steering, door and trunk locks. BMW motorcycles used a pin type ignition key up through the sixties. Tumbler type key lock was used to lock the handlebars.

 

[Jambe]

Seems like GM had a few problems with plain keys.

 

[zelio]

Seems like GM had a few problems with plain keys.

Are you sure they were plain keys? :-) Z

 

[Dustoff]

I believe it was the ignition switch that was defective.

 

[Jambe]

I could get into how it was the plain keys hanging on the ignition key that let the defective ignition switch turn off the car but I wont.

People, it was just an attempt at humor--not meant to be dissected. (Normally I would say Folks, but then "Folks" might be offended. )

And I really don't know if the ignition key was a plain key or a fob. Don't know if they had fobs back in 1998--the last GM vehicle I owned was a 1992 and it was a plain key--oops, plural, keys--one to unlock the door and one for the ignition.

 

[zelio]

I could get into how it was the plain keys hanging on the ignition key that let the defective ignition switch turn off the car but I wont.

People, it was just an attempt at humor--not meant to be dissected. (Normally I would say Folks, but then "Folks" might be offended. )

And I really don't know if the ignition key was a plain key or a fob. Don't know if they had fobs back in 1998--the last GM vehicle I owned was a 1992 and it was a plain key--oops, plural, keys--one to unlock the door and one for the ignition.

You meant it as humor and I was asking an actual question. LOL What a pair we make. I couldn't remember whether it was key or ignition but it makes more sense that it was the ignition switch. At least to me. LOL :-) Z