Older cars, like the one I can afford, didn’t have all the interlocks that the cars you rich bastichies think everyone who isn’t scum drive, did indeed lock up the steering wheel when the ignition was turned off.
Several accidents were reported when the gas prices first spiked as drivers tried to save gas by turning off the engine to coast down hill.
There aren’t that many perfectly straight down-hill runs...
Heck I can even remember when you could move a car whose engine wouldn’t start, by putting it in gear, taking your foot off the clutch, and bumping the starter.
Handy to know should you ever stall out on railroad tracks...
“Rich”?? My ‘96 Ford Explorer (which we bought new) would beg to differ. She has all sorts of complaints, but we tune them out.
First car I had with the steering lock was a plymouth road runner, a real long time ago, and it took two clicks to get to the steering lock, and the tranny had to be in park. Same with the Ford Mustang, and LTD wagons I had in the ‘70s
How old are your rigs?
“Older cars, like the one I can afford, didn’t have all the interlocks that the cars you rich bastichies think everyone who isn’t scum drive, did indeed lock up the steering wheel when the ignition was turned off.”
ALL cars with steering wheel locks have had an off position before the lock position, from day one.
It isn’t that the cars you had couldn’t be turned off without locking the steering, it’s just that you never learned how to operate them.