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Originally Posted by TeamOxford
Actually, push button starters are an "old fashioned" technology, rather than "high-end tech". They were quite common in early cars, starting in 1912.
In fact, when garages actually repaired cars instead of just replacing parts, and virtually every working man was a shade tree mechanic, a common fix for a broken ignition switch was to install a momentary on switch as a push button starter. I even installed one on my 1995 S14.
Just sayin'...........
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I didn't know that! That's kinda cool! I don't get why they decided to go to key ignitions as the standard! I'm a bit young so I don't know much about cars earlier than 1994. Being 20 and relatively new to cars I'm still finding out all sorts of things.