so i have my car warming up and the nextdoor neighbor

So not only are you stupid enough to leave a vehicle running with the key in it, you then told this NG in the United Kingdom about it...

FFS why?

Chris

Because he's a troll.

So we can wait at his neighbour's address for some idiot at the house next door to leave his car running, and steal it, duh.

But why would leaving the vehicle running without the key in it be any better?

I know, but there's not been much traffic on Usenet today, and I'm waiting in for a parcel :-)

Chris

Many US vehicles (and some UK ones in the past) have a lock that enables the key to be removed in the running position.

You could then turn the ignition off using the outside of the lock, which formed a sort of knob; the key would be required to restart it. It was meant for exactly the sort of situation where you would leave an unoccupied car running; clearly not a sensible thing to do now.

Chris

The old vauxhall victors used to have that feature , infact i think you could set it so that you didnt need to use a key to start it

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Which is what the Stig apparently did when he delivered a sports car to the boyos for one of their races. Engine running, - doors locked.

He got the Golden Cock award for that. ;-)

He's a fat yank cumsponge?

It can be much, much colder in parts of the US than it is, even on the coldest days, here. There's a big requirement to be able to start the car and leave it to warm up, but I thought this was done with a remote and the engine would stop if the car was put into gear?

I'm curious that nobody rose to the bait about shooting someone for interfering with the car. It seems a bit OTT to me, but maybe I'm just a limey wimp?

You are. In a country where guns are freely available, people have been shot dead for much less.

During the war he'd have saved you a spell behind bars for failing to immobilise a vehicle, thus making it available to a fifth columnist.

Start the car, leave the key in and lock it with the spare key.

Another Dave

google news shows a 'translate to English' option, but it's doesn't seem to work for this post. Any ideas ?

to shoot then burn 1068 one more bad guy gone

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