Locked in the car
06-19-2005 | 05:56 PM
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OK. In a feeble attempt to actually add something of value to this thread...
And in my own self-defense as well...
My owner's manual only states, in reference to the central locking button:
"Both doors can be electrically locked by pressing the central locking button in the center console. The lamp in the central locking button remains lit while the system is activated.
To deactivate the system with the locking button, switch on the ignition."
(Emphasis mine.)
I just now went out to the garage (with trusty key safely in hand!) and tried it. It's true, you can automatically lock the doors with the button whether the key's in the ignition or not, but you cannot unlock the doors with the button unless the key is in the ignition and in the "on" position. (Engine can either be running or not.)
Another interesting tidbit I didn't know...
If you have the factory automatic alarm system and it isn't properly arming, you can arm the system by closing a door three times in rapid succession. (OM p.15)
See?! I knew there was some sort of a code involved!
And in my own self-defense as well...
My owner's manual only states, in reference to the central locking button:
"Both doors can be electrically locked by pressing the central locking button in the center console. The lamp in the central locking button remains lit while the system is activated.
To deactivate the system with the locking button, switch on the ignition."
(Emphasis mine.)
I just now went out to the garage (with trusty key safely in hand!) and tried it. It's true, you can automatically lock the doors with the button whether the key's in the ignition or not, but you cannot unlock the doors with the button unless the key is in the ignition and in the "on" position. (Engine can either be running or not.)
Another interesting tidbit I didn't know...
If you have the factory automatic alarm system and it isn't properly arming, you can arm the system by closing a door three times in rapid succession. (OM p.15)
See?! I knew there was some sort of a code involved!
06-19-2005 | 06:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Garth S
Bigs, you must have a helluva long arm to reach up through the sunroof and around to the door - but I shouldn't be surprised .... the long arm ( and cold hand) I'm told are prerequisites for your speciality. 
Ahem ..... now for the serious technical content: the central door lock function on my '88 will not activate via the consul button unless the key is set in the 'on' position. With the key on, a single tap will lock - and another will unlock the doors. The engine can be either on or off.
Without a key, both doors centrally lock & unlock via the rotary **** in the door.
Possibly, this simple fail-safe system was further refined and complicated for the GT and GTS models.
Ahem ..... now for the serious technical content: the central door lock function on my '88 will not activate via the consul button unless the key is set in the 'on' position. With the key on, a single tap will lock - and another will unlock the doors. The engine can be either on or off.
Without a key, both doors centrally lock & unlock via the rotary **** in the door.
Possibly, this simple fail-safe system was further refined and complicated for the GT and GTS models.
06-20-2005 | 02:18 AM
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Ernie and Dr. Bigs: Your stories are too funny! They remind me of the day when my Dad borrowed my RX-7 to "show off" at a picnic with his friends from the volleyball club (yeah, that was many years ago, when I was still young and living in Germany...).
So, Dad asks to borrow the car for the first time. Since I know he is button-phobic (and doesn't know anything about the quirks of a rotary engine, and rarely drives manual transmission cars), I am a bit nervous, but it'll be OK. If he breaks something I'm sure he'll get it fixed for me... Here is the story he told when he came back:
He pulled up at the picnic and opened the power window by pushing down the switch. After a few funny and ironic exchanges with his friends, he goes on to park the car and wants to close the window. But in whatever way he presses that button, the window will not move up. In the meantime his friends are watching - some laughing, some trying to help. He starts reading the manual - probably the first time in his life he has even looked at one), and after a wile finally finds that you have to pull the button UP to close the window. So much for showing off the cool sports car in the family...
Dr. Bigs: I had really hoped to meet you at Sharks at the Lake this weekend. Hope you can make it to some other event!!!
But he WAS able to exit the car, I should add!
So, Dad asks to borrow the car for the first time. Since I know he is button-phobic (and doesn't know anything about the quirks of a rotary engine, and rarely drives manual transmission cars), I am a bit nervous, but it'll be OK. If he breaks something I'm sure he'll get it fixed for me... Here is the story he told when he came back:
He pulled up at the picnic and opened the power window by pushing down the switch. After a few funny and ironic exchanges with his friends, he goes on to park the car and wants to close the window. But in whatever way he presses that button, the window will not move up. In the meantime his friends are watching - some laughing, some trying to help. He starts reading the manual - probably the first time in his life he has even looked at one), and after a wile finally finds that you have to pull the button UP to close the window. So much for showing off the cool sports car in the family...
Dr. Bigs: I had really hoped to meet you at Sharks at the Lake this weekend. Hope you can make it to some other event!!!
But he WAS able to exit the car, I should add!
06-20-2005 | 05:17 PM
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Nicole...
Actually, at one point in time, I was planning on coming to Tahoe. I had started to devise an actual strategy with which to persuade my wife and everything!
But her brother had scheduled his wedding for Friday the 17th. Now, get this, he is 67 and this is his third wife. So, as I see it, at some point - either at some age or at some number of marriages - don't you lose the right to put on a big whing-ding and expect that everyone in the family should feel obliged to attend? Makes perfect sense to me.
But, when I floated the idea of skipping the wedding past my wife, she gave me The Look! And, as any experienced husband will tell you, The Look will buckle a man's knees and freeze him in mid-sentence!
So, we attended a wedding instead.
(Little-known factoid: Lake Tahoe was originally named Bigler Lake after one of my shirt-tail relatives. So I do have a little sense of ownership of the area!)
And, it's also where the wifey and I spent our honeymoon 35 years ago! So, man, I thought I had it in the bag! See, I wuz gonna play the "Let's-go-back-to-our-little-honeymoon-cottage-and-have-a-romantic-weekend" card. She saw right through me!
But I still have hopes for some future event!
...But he WAS able to exit the car, I should add!
Well, of course! Hey, merely figuring out how to raise a window is much easier than exiting the car. Exiting the car requires not only advanced push button skills, but also requires the transfer of mass in opposition to the force of gravity, the overcoming of friction, and the application of who knows how many other principles of physics!
Actually, at one point in time, I was planning on coming to Tahoe. I had started to devise an actual strategy with which to persuade my wife and everything!
But her brother had scheduled his wedding for Friday the 17th. Now, get this, he is 67 and this is his third wife. So, as I see it, at some point - either at some age or at some number of marriages - don't you lose the right to put on a big whing-ding and expect that everyone in the family should feel obliged to attend? Makes perfect sense to me.
But, when I floated the idea of skipping the wedding past my wife, she gave me The Look! And, as any experienced husband will tell you, The Look will buckle a man's knees and freeze him in mid-sentence!
So, we attended a wedding instead.
(Little-known factoid: Lake Tahoe was originally named Bigler Lake after one of my shirt-tail relatives. So I do have a little sense of ownership of the area!)
And, it's also where the wifey and I spent our honeymoon 35 years ago! So, man, I thought I had it in the bag! See, I wuz gonna play the "Let's-go-back-to-our-little-honeymoon-cottage-and-have-a-romantic-weekend" card. She saw right through me!
But I still have hopes for some future event!
...But he WAS able to exit the car, I should add!
Well, of course! Hey, merely figuring out how to raise a window is much easier than exiting the car. Exiting the car requires not only advanced push button skills, but also requires the transfer of mass in opposition to the force of gravity, the overcoming of friction, and the application of who knows how many other principles of physics!
06-20-2005 | 06:11 PM
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Originally Posted by bigs
OK. In a feeble attempt to actually add something of value to this thread...
And in my own self-defense as well...
My owner's manual only states, in reference to the central locking button:
"Both doors can be electrically locked by pressing the central locking button in the center console. The lamp in the central locking button remains lit while the system is activated.
To deactivate the system with the locking button, switch on the ignition."
(Emphasis mine.)
I just now went out to the garage (with trusty key safely in hand!) and tried it. It's true, you can automatically lock the doors with the button whether the key's in the ignition or not, but you cannot unlock the doors with the button unless the key is in the ignition and in the "on" position. (Engine can either be running or not.)
Another interesting tidbit I didn't know...
If you have the factory automatic alarm system and it isn't properly arming, you can arm the system by closing a door three times in rapid succession. (OM p.15)
See?! I knew there was some sort of a code involved!
And in my own self-defense as well...
My owner's manual only states, in reference to the central locking button:
"Both doors can be electrically locked by pressing the central locking button in the center console. The lamp in the central locking button remains lit while the system is activated.
To deactivate the system with the locking button, switch on the ignition."
(Emphasis mine.)
I just now went out to the garage (with trusty key safely in hand!) and tried it. It's true, you can automatically lock the doors with the button whether the key's in the ignition or not, but you cannot unlock the doors with the button unless the key is in the ignition and in the "on" position. (Engine can either be running or not.)
Another interesting tidbit I didn't know...
If you have the factory automatic alarm system and it isn't properly arming, you can arm the system by closing a door three times in rapid succession. (OM p.15)
See?! I knew there was some sort of a code involved!
06-21-2005 | 12:43 AM
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Originally Posted by bigs
But, when I floated the idea of skipping the wedding past my wife, she gave me The Look! And, as any experienced husband will tell you, The Look will buckle a man's knees and freeze him in mid-sentence!
But I still have hopes for some future event!
...But he WAS able to exit the car, I should add!
Well, of course! Hey, merely figuring out how to raise a window is much easier than exiting the car. Exiting the car requires not only advanced push button skills, but also requires the transfer of mass in opposition to the force of gravity, the overcoming of friction, and the application of who knows how many other principles of physics!
Well, of course! Hey, merely figuring out how to raise a window is much easier than exiting the car. Exiting the car requires not only advanced push button skills, but also requires the transfer of mass in opposition to the force of gravity, the overcoming of friction, and the application of who knows how many other principles of physics!