I don’t get this “leave the car running” stuff when parking in front of a Convenience Store.
In Dirty Harry, he stopped the Bank Robbery because the guy in the Getaway Car left it running and Harry took notice.
Are all these people afraid their Slurpees will melt before they get back in their Cars and have to start them?
Anywhere I go, I shut the Car off and lock it.
“leave the car running” means I’m robbing the place or We’re about to run out of gas. Either way it’s poor planning.
The only time I ever left one running was my Ford Explorer which I could lock and unlock with the code panel on the door. It was a five-digit code from 1-10. (5 buttons that went left or right to pick the number.
I ALWAYS carry spare keys. If I need or want to leave a car running, I ALWAYS lock it. At least slow them down. Many crimes could be stopped if people would simply lock their cars or their houses. Yes, there are the types that smash windows. When they rob cars around here (about 30 miles away) they just walk up and open the doors of cars unlocked in the driveway, at night. Makes me SMH.
People with security cameras that leave their cars unlocked in the driveway; especially overnight. I don’t get it.
Indiana can get mighty cold. Leaveing the engine running reduces wear.
“leave the car running”
Its 0 degrees.
Newer cars are impossible to steal without the magnetically coded key. Thus the increase in car jackings. It is really stupid to leave a car running with your kids in it. This is no hero.
“I don’t get this “leave the car running” stuff when parking in front of a Convenience Store”
And leaving your 9 year old in the running vehicle. Story of two dimwits leaving vehicles running in a parking lot for anyone to take