idiots at FORD

[stomachmonkey]

Originally Posted by speeder

Forget it, this guy is hopeless. He wants to be able to leave the keys on the seat, (or the engine running), with all of the windows rolled-up in his truck with auto-locking doors and he doesn't hear or ignores buzzers. And he does not want to be locked out. And it's apparently happened more than once.

He needs a shrink, not us.

It's like talking to my wife.

Her
"Can you help me, this is not working the way I want it to."

Me
Let me look. Ahh, you need to do it this way.

"I don't like that way, I want to do it this way"

Well that way does not work, you need to do it this way.

"But I don't want to do it that way."

OK, do you want it to work?

"Yes"

Then do it this way.

"I don't like that way, this way makes sense to me"

But it won't work that way.

"Well it should"

Maybe, but that doesn't change the fact that it doesn't.

"That's stupid, I'm doing it my way"

Fine, just don't ask me for help when it doesn't work.

[motion]

All this thread needs is a photo of a hairy arm. It could be really big.

[scottbombedout]

Originally Posted by stomachmonkey

It's like talking to my wife.

Her
"Can you help me, this is not working the way I want it to."

Me
Let me look. Ahh, you need to do it this way.

"I don't like that way, I want to do it this way"

Well that way does not work, you need to do it this way.

"But I don't want to do it that way."

OK, do you want it to work?

"Yes"

Then do it this way.

"I don't like that way, this way makes sense to me"

But it won't work that way.

"Well it should"

Maybe, but that doesn't change the fact that it doesn't.

"That's stupid, I'm doing it my way"

Fine, just don't ask me for help when it doesn't work.

That sounds like a Marx Brothers sketch

[1-ev.com]

The the first place thieves are looking for, before they try other venues, that what one cop told me once...

Originally Posted by Baz

I always keep a spare key in a magnetic box under the truck just in case. But don't have the auto-lock feature on either. That would be annoying to me.

[vash]

This thread jinxed me
Damn! Meeting now, AAA later.

[onewhippedpuppy]

Originally Posted by stomachmonkey

It's like talking to my wife.

Her
"Can you help me, this is not working the way I want it to."

Me
Let me look. Ahh, you need to do it this way.

"I don't like that way, I want to do it this way"

Well that way does not work, you need to do it this way.

"But I don't want to do it that way."

OK, do you want it to work?

"Yes"

Then do it this way.

"I don't like that way, this way makes sense to me"

But it won't work that way.

"Well it should"

Maybe, but that doesn't change the fact that it doesn't.

"That's stupid, I'm doing it my way"

Fine, just don't ask me for help when it doesn't work.

Our wives may be sisters. In her mind, broken = doesn't operate the way I think that it should.

[sammyg2]

[T77911S]

i think it is a bad design. most other cars lock the doors either when you put it in drive or after the car reaches a certain speed.
to those like stomach, would you design your car to lock the doors that way if you built a car or would you do it differently? do you think ford has a good design?


just remember, i locked the keys in the first time i drove it jsut to roll up the windows because i did not know it did this. my daughters friend came over and opened the truck and turned on the radio and locked the keys in the truck, all within the first few days. i locked them in it again right after when i put 2 new batteries in it, started it and turned it off then shut the door to finish working on it.

[vash]

Maybe the guy will let me try the slimjim?

[sammyg2]

nom nom nom ......

[vash]

Why even have locks? That got in in 3 seconds.

[onewhippedpuppy]

Originally Posted by vash

Why even have locks? That got in in 3 seconds.

Watching a professional locksmith is a sobering experience. Good thing the average car thief is an unskilled moron meth head.

[stomachmonkey]

Originally Posted by T77911S

i think it is a bad design. most other cars lock the doors either when you put it in drive or after the car reaches a certain speed.
to those like stomach, would you design your car to lock the doors that way if you built a car or would you do it differently? do you think ford has a good design?

My wifes Z had an aftermarket alarm with door locks.

I had taken it out somewhere to run a quick errand before we left for the airport to go on vacation.

Heading back to the house noticed the car was low on gas and figured had 5 minutes to fill it up for her.

I had a habit of always leaving the car running when I gassed up which my wife hates so as I was getting out of the car I turned the ignition off but left the keys.

As I was standing there putting in gas I heard it beep and lock itself.

Crap, now what?

Luckily there was a cop in the parking lot next door who slim jim'd it for me and I was only a little late getting back home and we did not miss our flight.

That was 18 years ago.

Only took one time to learn that lesson.

I have not left the keys in any car ever since.

While it very well may be a bad design it does not ever need to be a problem if you just change your habits.