reaudioxxx
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Registered: 29th Dec 07
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sad to hear
http://jalopnik.com/5500228/dealership-remote-starts-customers-mustang-into-pond-car-totalled
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Linch
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Registered: 4th May 06
Location: Whickham, Tyne and Wear
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Stupid, whats wrong with putting the key in the ignition.
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reaudioxxx
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Registered: 29th Dec 07
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exactly
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djgritt
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Registered: 1st Nov 07
Location: Dorset Drives: Focus ST / Hyundai i20N
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Dealership, IMO, has a point here;
quote: The dealer has refused to admit responsibility for the incident claiming the lack of a neutral safety switch on the system absolves them of responsibility
Though, they should still have some of the responsibility due to the fact someone from the dealer just used the remote start and not the conventional start.
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RCoughtrie
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Registered: 31st Oct 04
Location: East Ayrshire Scotland
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ouch
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Ian
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Location: Liverpool
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There's no neutral detection on the key, and that doesn't cause me too much problem.
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John
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Registered: 30th Jun 03
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I'm surprised you can buy a kit like that without a neutral switch, unless it was bypassed, especially in America.
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oceansoul
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Location: Sunbury, Surrey
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I thought they ALL had to have a switch so they will only start in N or P :/
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Graham88
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Registered: 16th Apr 07
Location: South East Kent Drives: E46 M3
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I'm struggling to understand how they can blame it not having a safety device when it's a factory option? Bloody americans.
It's driver error, no different to starting the car in gear with a key, no excuse for it.
[Edited on 26-03-2010 by Graham88]
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SVM 286
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Registered: 13th Feb 05
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quote: Originally posted by reaudioxxx
sad to hear
http://jalopnik.com/5500228/dealership-remote-starts-customers-mustang-into-pond-car-totalled
Poor little car.
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SVM 286
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The irony of the owners user name.
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Root
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Registered: 28th Dec 08
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Sounds like the dealership just don't want to pay out, cheap bastards. They should pay it, it's their fault.
It's similar to saying:
"you owe me a new watch"
-"you told me it was waterproof, but you didn't say only to 5 meters, you should have it waterproof to 50 meters".
Ok. I admit there are probably better examples I could have used, but you get the idea. It's their fault for being stupid.
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