Why in America.....
09-09-2007, 01:27 PM
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Why in America.....
When i first went to test drive the RX8 i couldnt get the thing started and finally realised that i had to hold the clutch down to start it. Im from England originally and im sure that you didnt have to do that. I was just curious if anyone knew whey im America you have to do it?
09-09-2007, 01:48 PM
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im ok with it now, just sometimes like if someobe else uses my car, like valet a auto shop and they would leave it in first and i would forget then i would jolt forward without thinking, i just always wondered why
09-09-2007, 02:18 PM
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Yea, having to disengage the clutch ALL THE WAY is pretty common in the U.S. Not sure about Canada. And yes, its because stupid people know how to get smart lawyers.
09-09-2007, 02:22 PM
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IMHO, it's because too many people put their car in gear when they park, instead of using the parking brake. This breaks them of that habit.
Had an amusing incident a year or so ago. A friend had a gig road testing cars for a local paper. We sat in a Prius hybrid for a long time, with the thing not starting. "Stating" amounts to throwing an on/off switch. Eventually one of our gang, a parts manager for a Toyota dealer, called his service manager. Who looked it up, and said you had to step on the brake for the on switch to work. I guess that with no clutch they need to put that interlock someplace.
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Had an amusing incident a year or so ago. A friend had a gig road testing cars for a local paper. We sat in a Prius hybrid for a long time, with the thing not starting. "Stating" amounts to throwing an on/off switch. Eventually one of our gang, a parts manager for a Toyota dealer, called his service manager. Who looked it up, and said you had to step on the brake for the on switch to work. I guess that with no clutch they need to put that interlock someplace.
Ken
09-09-2007, 02:43 PM
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He's as bad as Can
I think you an figure it out from this thread https://www.rx8club.com/series-i-tech-garage-22/connector-identification-under-dash-124276/
09-09-2007, 04:12 PM
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IMHO, it's because too many people put their car in gear when they park, instead of using the parking brake. This breaks them of that habit.
Had an amusing incident a year or so ago. A friend had a gig road testing cars for a local paper. We sat in a Prius hybrid for a long time, with the thing not starting. "Stating" amounts to throwing an on/off switch. Eventually one of our gang, a parts manager for a Toyota dealer, called his service manager. Who looked it up, and said you had to step on the brake for the on switch to work. I guess that with no clutch they need to put that interlock someplace.
Ken
Had an amusing incident a year or so ago. A friend had a gig road testing cars for a local paper. We sat in a Prius hybrid for a long time, with the thing not starting. "Stating" amounts to throwing an on/off switch. Eventually one of our gang, a parts manager for a Toyota dealer, called his service manager. Who looked it up, and said you had to step on the brake for the on switch to work. I guess that with no clutch they need to put that interlock someplace.
Ken
Well, its nice to have some safety feature sometimes, like this one. cuz I think there are TONS of morons out there who dont check their gears when startin the car.
09-09-2007, 04:55 PM
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I use brake and first gear. Last night i let my dad borrow my 8 and he stalled the thing the moment he took his foot off the clutch after starting it.
Good thing the handbrake was on or he probably would have jumped the car straight into the the cement parking brick that was inches away from the front fender.
09-09-2007, 05:06 PM
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I've talked with English owners who were installing the start button mod - they have a problem with my instructions because they DON'T have the switch at the bottom of the clutch travel.
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09-09-2007, 08:08 PM
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I don't buy Kool-Aid
