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Originally Posted by pbanders
Another exciting trick is to get your "assistant" (i.e. current girlfriend) to turn the key to the start position, while you are lying on the ground behind the driver's side rear tire, with your jack handle in hand, underneath the car, whacking on the solenoid to get it to free up and engage. Always a good idea to have her check TWICE that the car isn't in gear, especially reverse.
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Hilarious.
I had a bag of bolts that eventually needed a new ignition switch [or something] and I had all of the ignition stuff taken apart / removed and kept a standard head screw driver on the floor board for 'hot wiring' the car. I did a lot of roll starting with that car too.