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Mike M 12-28-2012 05:04:56 24.140.0.120 Report to Moderator	Push button starters are back in alot of brands. For some reason I think the push button tranny is back ? I don't know if I heard something mentioned about it on motor week ? [Reply]   [No Email]
Blackhole49 12-28-2012 07:08:18 71.227.8.100 Report to Moderator	Re: Things said in 1955!!! Funny reading in reply to Mike M, 12-28-2012 05:04:56   Our late 90"s Topkick dump trucks with the Allison trans were push button. [Reply]  [No Email]
Goose 12-28-2012 05:45:07 70.198.0.173 Report to Moderator	Re: Things said in 1955!!! Funny reading in reply to Mike M, 12-28-2012 05:04:56   Back in the day, I owned a '57 Mercury with a pushbutton transmission. In 150,000 miles, that's the only thing on the car that gave me serious grief. And it only acted up once, but that was when I was on a trip, driving through Indianapolis in a snow storm. I had managed to get it into "Drive" back down the road a ways, and I pulled into the Lincoln Mercury dealer in Indianapolis at noon on a Saturday. All I could see was all the service people walking out for the weekend. All I could do was get a motel room. They replaced the pushbutton unit on Monday and I was back on the road Tuesday morning. [Reply]  [No Email]
Fred Garvin 12-28-2012 05:31:35 184.18.116.253 Report to Moderator	Re: Things said in 1955!!! Funny reading in reply to Mike M, 12-28-2012 05:04:56   Hopefully before too long the automakers will get really high-tech and get the push button starter moved to the floor. [Reply]  [No Email]
Mike (WA) 12-28-2012 08:29:04 69.10.199.107 Report to Moderator	Re: Things said in 1955!!! Funny reading in reply to Fred Garvin, 12-28-2012 05:31:35   I saw your handle on a post further up, and wondered if you were thinking of this guy, or it was just a coincidence. LOL [Reply]  [No Email]
Goose 12-28-2012 05:48:47 70.198.0.173 Report to Moderator	Re: Things said in 1955!!! Funny reading in reply to Fred Garvin, 12-28-2012 05:31:35   I recall my father telling about when his uncle bought a brand new 1915 Model T Ford. It was hand crank, as were all cars at the time. In a bull session with some other men, my father's uncle commented, "The day will come when you just push a button and your engine will start". The other guys laughed at him. [Reply]  [No Email]