Char Jackson on Mon, 06 Aug 2018 13:05:29 -0500
typed in alt.windows7.general the following:
On Mon, 06 Aug 2018 09:00:35 -0700, pyotr filipivich
wrote:

VanguardLH on Sun, 5 Aug 2018 21:29:09 -0500 typed in
alt.windows7.general the following:
pyotr filipivich wrote:

"Mayayana" on Sun, 5 Aug 2018 14:18:16 -0400
typed in alt.windows7.general the following:

I was most pleased to not have to get electronic ignition
or windows. Both are very expensive and superfluous.
Power windows might be nice when I get too old to
reach across to put down the passenger-side
window. On the other hand, they don't work at all with
the car turned off. That can be maddening at the beach
while you wait for the driver to get in and start the car.

Or you have to get in to turn the key, in order to close the
passenger side window before it rains.

I doubt 1-2 seconds to turn the ignition to On will matter regarding how
much water has rained into your car.

Yes,it is only "a couple seconds" more. It is an annoyance. And
yes, it probably takes less time to put the key in than to manually
crank up each window. But I'd like to be able to just open the door
and close the windows ("command switches on the driver's side"). Not
"open the door, scramble round to get the key in, close the windows,
and pull the key out."

When I was a kid, my dad had a pair of Lincoln Continentals that allowed
you to open/close the power windows without a key. On hot days, one of
us kids would get sent out to 'crack' the windows so the interior
wouldn't get so hot, then we'd have to go back and close the windows in
the evening. The keys were on top of the refrigerator, but they weren't
needed. My mom's cars, on the other hand, all either needed a key to
operate the power windows or they had hand cranks. We'd grab the keys
for the Cadillac and the Mercury, while the three Chevy's had the lowly
hand cranks.

My current vehicles both have power windows, but neither has the
capability to operate the windows without a key being present. Of
course, you don't actually insert a key anymore. These days, just having
the key nearby is good enough. I keep it in my pocket.

Hmmm - nope. "Of course, this being one of the Older Models
(1999), we did have such highfaluting technogizmos in those days."

First world problem and all that.

True that.
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pyotr filipivich
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