LOL, I grew up in a small town in the north and people not only left their keys in the car, but they also left their cars running in the parking lot, unlocked, when they went into the grocery store during cold winter months!
The key that started the car was also the key that unlocked the car and there were no key fobs or automatic locks. So if you wanted your car warm when you came back, and if you wanted to avoid it not starting, you just kept her running.
If you wanted your window down, you rolled it down. No automatic anything. If you really had your shit together you hid a coat hanger in the wheel well so if you accidentally locked your car with the keys inside, or with the car running, you could fish the coat hanger through the window and snag the lock and pull it up.
A very different time!
Rocky IV, Top Gun, Spies Like Us, Red Dawn... Reagan Cold War Kids had it all!
LOL, I grew up in a small town in the north and people not only left their keys in the car, but they also left their cars running in the parking lot, unlocked, when they went into the grocery store during cold winter months!
The key that started the car was also the key that unlocked the car and there were no key fobs or automatic locks. So if you wanted your car warm when you came back, and if you wanted to avoid it not starting, you just kept her running.
If you wanted your window down, you rolled it down. No automatic anything. If you really had your shit together you hid a coat hanger in the wheel well so if you accidentally locked your car with the keys inside, or with the car running, you could fish the coat hanger through the window and snag the lock and pull it up.
A very different time!
Rocky IV, Top Gun, Spies Like Us, Red Dawn... Reagan Cold War Kids had it all!