In article , lid says...

On 08/05/2018 09:29 PM, VanguardLH wrote:

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I doubt 1-2 seconds

plus the time it takes to FIND the key (or at least go and get it)


to turn the ignition to On will matter regarding how
much water has rained into your car. By the time you realize that you
need to close the window, it has already started or has been raining.
The problem is the car owner refusing to let you have their car key to
close their windows (because they won't or cannot); however, in that
case, you're not getting into their car to close the window, anyway,
whether the window is mechanical or electrical.

There are rural locations where car owners leave their cars unlocked all
the time, even when going into "town" (grain silos with one convenience
store). Are we making generalizations based on unusual scenarios? Do
those folks actually have a higher density of new cars or are they
mostly driving old and rusty pickups?

I remember that (no need to lock doors) from when I was a child. It
would be nice to live in a place like that again.

I live ib a place like that. My lawn tractor spends most of it's summer
simply parked in drivewazy with the key in it even when not home. Same
with 1/2 dozen other things. Barn doors are always open. In fact seldom
even lock the house when we go out and it's empty. Car is never locked
when in the driveway and seldom when in local villages. In
Halifax/Dartmout & or Truro Yes I push the fob button and lock it. Oh,
and no neighbours can even see our house but it's easily seen by
passerbyers on road so it'd not be easy to steal stuff entirely
unnoticed. And also when I want I can run a complete survelience system
covers entire aproaches to house from any direction.