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Wombat
 Post subject: Mini ahead of the game
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Just saw a Suzuki ad on the telly - a selling point it that it features a "racing car style push button start" - My MK1 has got one of them :lol: 8)

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So do the newer gen Prius! Hardly a sporty feature :lol:
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Does go to show that there is nothing new.....

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The old FJ Holden I taught my self to drive in had the old push button start on the dash.
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My A30 was the opposite. It had a Pull Button Start on the Dash.

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My 64 valiant AP5 has a push-button automatic transmission. Some newer cars have this 'new feature' now.
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All 200 LC have a push button so do Camrys, aurions, Klugers, prados Ix35 Hyundais, most euro trash and a few Frods, its getting like it was a few years ago where every car had a crappy spoiler stuck on it only this time its a woopty doo button :lol: :lol:

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Mini_Maxx wrote:
...its getting like it was a few years ago where every car had a crappy spoiler stuck on it only this time its a woopty doo button :lol: :lol:

:lol: :lol: :lol:
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Just wait until they figure out both "features can be on one car 8) :lol:

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My 1959 Mk2 Jag had a push button start.
Sometimes it was a push the car start.
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My 1926 Chev 4 had a push button start. it was a BIG (foot suitable) button on the floor.. :lol:

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So to catch up with the past we need a push button start, push the button on the floor headlight dipper and a push button auto. :D
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MG Rocket wrote:
My 1959 Mk2 Jag had a push button start.
Sometimes it was a push the car start.


:lol: :lol: :lol:

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MG Rocket wrote:
So to catch up with the past we need a push button start, push the button on the floor headlight dipper and a push button auto. :D


Dont forget the foot pump windscreen washers and a good set of King Pins

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Dont forget the foot pump windscreen washers and a good set of King Pins

I drove a truck with a foot operated washer and wiper!

And the damn Euro trucks with a foot operated exhaust brake. I catch my heel on the button because I don't have European feet. The motor makes a nice clatter when you are powering up the highway with the exhaust brake on!
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