I find that it saves me a little bit of time to use the left hand to start the engine while the right reaches for the seat belt all in one motion. Reducing the "scramble time" by using a starter button fits the purpose and image of a sports car.

 

The push button starter is not at all common, just like the S2k.

 

In addition to the cars mentioned above that have adopted the button since the S2K, a good many private aircraft also employee the start button, or so my pilot nephew tells me.

 

Oh yeah, don't forget all of the scooters in Taiwan. LOL. That's the ongoing joke there regarding the technology involved with the button.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by WhataRide
[B]The push button starter is not at all common,

 

Actually, I understnad that aftermarket stater button/switches are used to crank the engine before actually starting it to get the oil up to pressure. For example, when you've parked your car for a month and start it right away the first miliseconds will be doing the most damage and you would want to crank it before you start it.

I think it would've been nice if we could just crank the engine with the key and actually start the engine with the button.

 

I find it a bit confusing . Think I'll write an article for CarPoint .

Lotus' (is that Lotai) have always had starter buttons. It's a race thing. If you spin and stall the car you can still push a big red start button with your gloves on. Considering the repeated accounts of losing the rear end on cold S02's maybe it's a good thing.

 

I thought Bill Gates had a copyright on the start button....

He uses it to log off, doesn't he?

 

I liked it!!

Whenever I stalled from stop in a wrong higher gear I could reach for the start button quickly and shift to 1st gear a lot faster since I could use both hands!

-John M

 

I like the push button - makes it different. Though my wife laughs when I try to push the button to start her "Merc C". It took my brother 10 minutes before he asked how to start the car last weekend - it was his first ever Stook experience. When I finished taking him for a "quick" spin (135 mph) he was asking where they put the optional toilet paper dispensore. Of course I told him it was in the secret compartment.