Ridiculous start/stop button question...

xdeslitx · 03-31-2011, 04:05 AM

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Originally Posted by KillerBee370

Ahh well.. I guess it's just me.

just you mike

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Chan Chee Hoe · 03-31-2011, 07:30 AM

Do not need to press & hold,just depress the brake,press & release,the car will start itself.

kielbasa16 · 03-31-2011, 09:15 AM

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Originally Posted by wdkwang

ive been driving cars that use keys to start since i was 17 including my last car but ever since i got used to the z, ive been embarassing myself reaching for a nonexistent push start button on my friends' and parents' cars, with the exception of my old car before i sold it cause it was a matter of muscle memory and familiarity if that makes sense

This. Im always looking for a start button to push when I get in other cars now, freakin muscle memory! I also find myself with my right hand on the shifter of automatic cars out of habit.

KillerBee370 · 03-31-2011, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by kielbasa16

This. Im always looking for a start button to push when I get in other cars now, freakin muscle memory! I also find myself with my right hand on the shifter of automatic cars out of habit.

I too find myself doing this in my new Sequoia (standard key ignition) since both my other cars are push button (Z and Jag XF). A push button is just so much more efficient IMO.

HKYStormFront · 03-31-2011, 11:04 AM

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Originally Posted by cfweber

I'd settle for a regular key

when you turn a key type ignition, all it does is rotate the lock so that it pushes a button in the switch... keyless start is just eliminating the key itself (which is a good thing). the keys have been trasmitting to the cars for 20 years now, that's nothing new, why not have keyless?

also of note: higher end cars have not required the operator to hold the key in ignition position (usually position #4 just past "ON") for a while. my step mom's last car was a 2000 BMW 740iL and all you had to do was just tap it into ignition and let go and the car would hold the starter circuit until it had fully started.

Jeffblue · 03-31-2011, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by happytheman

Dude..what're you like <20 yrs old?

Not that there's anything wrong with that, but I remember driving my Grandparents Buick Regal with the pimpin 8-track (shudder)!

I'm 23....

i learned to drive on my mom's 2002 Lincoln LS v8 (key)
my 'first' car was the last 4 months of my dads '05 lincoln LS v8 (Key)
After my mom's lincoln she leased an 05 m35x (push button)
after my dad's lincoln he bought a 2008 g35x (push button)
after my dad's lincoln i bought a 2008 altima coupe (push button)
after my mom's m35x she leased a 2009 g37x (push button)
after i got bored of my 2008 altima coupe i bought the 370z (push button)
3 weeks ago i bought a 1994 300zx twin turbo.... (push button... just kidding)

so as you can see, most of my driving has been done on push button start nissans.

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Originally Posted by OldGuy

Hold briefly when you start and turn off engine---it's that simple.

I press the button for as long as it needs to be pressed, which isn't very long. tapping the button as long as the clutch is depressed is enough to start the car.

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Originally Posted by HKYStormFront

when you turn a key type ignition, all it does is rotate the lock so that it pushes a button in the switch... keyless start is just eliminating the key itself (which is a good thing). the keys have been trasmitting to the cars for 20 years now, that's nothing new, why not have keyless?

also of note: higher end cars have not required the operator to hold the key in ignition position (usually position #4 just past "ON") for a while. my step mom's last car was a 2000 BMW 740iL and all you had to do was just tap it into ignition and let go and the car would hold the starter circuit until it had fully started.

Jeffblue · 03-31-2011, 12:15 PM

Steve

^Spam

Cmike2780 · 03-31-2011, 12:20 PM

I'm sure there's a failsafe, but can the push button shut down the car while your driving? What if you had to shut it off because of a stuck accellerator?

I'm guessing you would have to hold it down for a few seconds to shut it off. Not exactly something I want to try, just curious.

VCuomo · 03-31-2011, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by SoCal 370Z

I actually owned a Quadraphonic 8-track!

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Originally Posted by happytheman

... SoCal, do you remember having to push the button to skip tracks, and the (*clunk*) we had to listen to as it switched sides?

Man, brings back memories of my high school days...

Red__Zed · 03-31-2011, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Cmike2780

I'm sure there's a failsafe, but can the push button shut down the car while your driving? What if you had to shut it off because of a stuck accellerator?

I'm guessing you would have to hold it down for a few seconds to shut it off. Not exactly something I want to try, just curious.

That's an interesting question. I'm kinda curious what would happen.

Jeffblue · 03-31-2011, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Red__Zed

That's an interesting question. I'm kinda curious what would happen.

my friend has pushed the button in his lexus IS250 while driving and it doesn't do anything.

TypeOne · 03-31-2011, 04:45 PM

I thought you had to hold the button down for like the first 2 weeks I had my car. (I've never had a car with push button start.)

Then I touched it once and it came on... I was like... hell yea!

I wuz noobz

^^^

I tried pushing the button while driving and it doesn't shut off. I don't know about holding it... but you can push it all you want and nothing should happen.

srbrubak · 03-31-2011, 05:06 PM

I have to admit I probably push the start/stop button longer than needed. I push and hold until ON lights up and then let go. Stopping just requires a quick tap.

OldGuy · 03-31-2011, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by kielbasa16

This. Im always looking for a start button to push when I get in other cars now, freakin muscle memory! I also find myself with my right hand on the shifter of automatic cars out of habit.

Hope your not reaching for a shift lever mounted on the steering column! I drove one of those in high school back in the early 60's!

HKYStormFront · 03-31-2011, 05:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeffblue

my friend has pushed the button in his lexus IS250 while driving and it doesn't do anything.

yea i don't think that it does anything while driving, but i definitely wouldn't try it. if you have a stuck accelerator, take the car out of gear and pull over

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03-31-2011, 07:30 AM	#17 (permalink)
Chan Chee Hoe Track Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Singapore Posts: 861 Drives: 370z,Yellow,7sp A Rep Power: 17	Do not need to press & hold,just depress the brake,press & release,the car will start itself.

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Jeffblue A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: NY Age: 36 Posts: 9,192 Drives: Z32TT & 335xi Coupe Rep Power: 37	Steve ^Spam

03-31-2011, 04:45 PM	#27 (permalink)
TypeOne A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Baton Rouge, LA Posts: 2,682 Drives: BSM 370 Rep Power: 1851	I thought you had to hold the button down for like the first 2 weeks I had my car. (I've never had a car with push button start.) Then I touched it once and it came on... I was like... hell yea! I wuz noobz ^^^ I tried pushing the button while driving and it doesn't shut off. I don't know about holding it... but you can push it all you want and nothing should happen.

03-31-2011, 05:06 PM	#28 (permalink)
srbrubak Base Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Cedar Rapids, Iowa Posts: 144 Drives: 2010 370Z Blue 6MT Rep Power: 15	I have to admit I probably push the start/stop button longer than needed. I push and hold until ON lights up and then let go. Stopping just requires a quick tap.