Alternate "Power" button?

gazz · 03-23-2008, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by problemchild

It kinda irritates me that I have to reach over and around the steering wheel with my coffee cup in my hands every morning. Would it be possible to make the CC kill into a power button to fire up the car?

How nice would it be to pull the CC arm back and have it fire up the car. It would also be a stealth power switch.

Don't see the problem, if you drive on the the right side of the road the button is in the perfect position, pull the door shut and press the start button with the same hand, coffee no problems.

jammin012 · 03-23-2008, 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by gazz

Don't see the problem, if you drive on the the right side of the road the button is in the perfect position, pull the door shut and press the start button with the same hand, coffee no problems.

AH HA, it's all a conspiracy against America, I KNEW IT. Ew, wait a minute, we do drive on the right side of the road. HEY, do you mean left side of the road, for right hand drive cars?

gazz · 03-23-2008, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by jammin012

AH HA, it's all a conspiracy against America, I KNEW IT. Ew, wait a minute, we do drive on the right side of the road. HEY, do you mean left side of the road, for right hand drive cars?

There's right and there's right.

must admit we call it right hand drive, you drive a left hand drive car.

jammin012 · 03-23-2008, 05:07 PM

AH HA, it's all a conspiracy against America, I KNEW IT.

my best George Bush impression.

patsparks · 03-23-2008, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by problemchild

OK everyone seems to be missing the big picture and stuck on nothing. The power button is in a weird place. Its not ergo friendly. It would have been better placed on the front of the dash not on top and in front of a big wheel.

I used the coffee as an example and everyone got freaked out and became weird about it.

Its a simple question if you aren't smart enough to reply with an answer about power button relocation then go away and hide under your rock. You brought this reply on your selves.

Name calling?

My car has the power button by the drivers door, right beside the slot for the key fob, very easy to access.
I stand by the the comment that people who drink coffee from a cup while moving are idiots. Especially if there is no place to secure the cup while moving.

The Tramp · 03-23-2008, 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by gazz

There's right and there's right.

must admit we call it right hand drive, you drive a left hand drive car.

Ah, but we keep the right, you keep the wrong!

okiebutnotfrommuskogee · 03-23-2008, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by patsparks

My car has the power button by the drivers door, right beside the slot for the key fob, very easy to access.

I think Pat is referring to this arrangement.

Grunthos · 03-23-2008, 09:39 PM

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Originally Posted by dogfriend

IMO, its not the brightest idea to make the Power button too accessible because it also can turn off the car as well. So you don't want to press it by accident.

While I agree with the consensus that moving the power button isn't a great idea, there isn't any danger of turning the car off while driving as it only turns off while stopped. (Unless of course you held it in for an emergency shutoff.)

Jack66 · 03-23-2008, 09:54 PM

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Originally Posted by okiebutnotfrommuskogee

I think Pat is referring to this arrangement.

I have to admit I like this placement of the power switch -- but would like it on the other side. I see no reason why problemchild couldn't rig his power to the CC since many of us don't use it that ofthen if at all.

BTW, I will stay away from the coffee cup thing, problemchild was right to chide you guys for not staying on topic. I just wish I had a SKS for my coffeepot at work. Wouldn't it be great if your coffeepot recognized when you were near and started brewing?

dogfriend · 03-23-2008, 10:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Grunthos

While I agree with the consensus that moving the power button isn't a great idea, there isn't any danger of turning the car off while driving as it only turns off while stopped. (Unless of course you held it in for an emergency shutoff.)

That was actually my thinking; you wouldn't want it in a location where it could accidentally be pushed and held for a second or so.

I honestly have never considered that it was in an inconvenient location, although the RH drive version is probably in a better location than our NA version.

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