jasonstang
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ok N yes.^^^ With an automatic, you need to be in P or N.
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ok N yes.^^^ With an automatic, you need to be in P or N.
yepp,, didn't think of it at that moment. :doh:I would guess you could have popped it into neutral to avoid stopping.
If your car happens to hit a bump as you're reaching for a switch or whatever that happens to be located near the PTS button, accidentally shutting off the engineIf you're that concerned about this practice how to restart the car once it has been turned off in case the situation arises when you don't expect it to.
Honestly this is something that should very rarely happen on accident. Don't randomly poke for buttons without looking or keep items stored by the shifter
that could potentially press the button. This really seems like a non-issue to me.
Would look kinda cool as well if we have those flip up covers over the push buttons. like you would see in movies when the launch the rockets or something.If your car happens to hit a bump as you're reaching for a switch or whatever that happens to be located near the PTS button, accidentally shutting off the engine
becomes a distinct possibility and a forseeable risk no matter how much attention you may be diverting to the task.
At some level the OE's didn't think this one through very well at all.
What these PTS buttons all need is a flip-up hood that physically prevents inadvertent pushing without making intentional shutdowns unreasonably difficult. Like the
ignition switch on a race car. Something like this ↓↓↓ except with the 'Engine Start' button located where the toggle switch is, and with a wider hood to cover the entire
button.
Hell, even a hood that didn't flip up would be better than what they've done as long as there's enough room to get a finger in there to push the button.
what really scares me is the possibility that somewhere, somebody is already thinking about making PTS a touchscreen function.
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Someone on here already does that. They make a flip up plastic cap/cover that goes over the start button. It's on a little hinge to flip up. I was thinking of getting one (I think they were less than $20). You just double-sided tape the frame of it around your start button and you're done. I believe it comes in a few different styles/colors as well. I'll have to see if I can find them again unless someone else knows and can post it...Would look kinda cool as well if we have those flip up covers over the push buttons. like you would see in movies when the launch the rockets or something.
moreover we have some designers here who have already been producing those push button designer stickers may be someday we would get these flip up covers as well... useful and looks cool as well !!
Video of the start button cover.EDIT 2: To save you some searching in the above thread, here is a link to the guy's actual sellers page. PTS covers are at the bottom: http://www.shapeways.com/shops/s550parts
Haven't tried it yet...but once again, no ignition key. So you can't turn the ignition to run without hitting the "start" button...so a traditional bump start (from a low battery or faulty starter) is out of the question. I'll have to experiment with it and find out if you can pop the clutch with the car still rolling after a stall and see if it restarts ;) So far, though, every time I've killed the car is because automatic drivers ahead of me are starting really slow, and the 750 RPM idle setting of the Ecoboost is really too low. Almost every other computer controlled stick I've owned idles at 1,000 RPM...Question: if a stick-shift car is turned off while moving, will it come back (i.e., get started) on its own for the same reason as roll-starting a manual car?
I actually don't know how to roll start a manual car with PTS, if I think about it. Never owned a car with PTS.