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Old 05-18-2014, 08:39 AM   #70
ChrisBlair
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Drives: 1970 Buick, 2012 1SS LS3
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Originally Posted by wayne watson View Post
exactly right, it's not just our brand who has this issue. maybe if all cars were push button start, everyone would be safer.

Then again, I feel you really could hang a brick off a keychain for my '70 Buick's ignition switch and it would shut off by itself- and I replaced that back in the '90s. The new one was a sstiff as the old one.

Just as a guess, the electronic rotary switch has less mass and friction than an oldskool analog rotary switch that actually had to move parts over contacts by means of an actuating rod.
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