The Merits Of The Panic Button

370Z Purist

It's the general slang term for taking the car door and pulling on it, making the "flip-flop" sound. You'd be surprised, I once eyed down an entire line and found six cars unlocked. There were 21 cars in that line. It's rather disturbing, since it's not as affluent a neighborhood to be secure with not locking your car.

That should boost your street cred/rep/etc.

Yeah, my friend and I came up with that... I was meeting a new person and made that line but, as I quoted myself, I thought I would sound stupid. I did.

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KaienZ34

Look shado you got one vote from someone that like the button. I bet it's racerX

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dcrew1x

Although I would rather have a trunk release button, I still like the panic button. I've used it many times while trying to search for my car in a huge parking lot after long sessions of classes at my school. I can never park in the same spot since open parking spots are scarce, so it comes in handy

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KaienZ34

See shado i told you that you needed to add a "i use it to find my car" option. They have at least two guys and my wife that use it for that.

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SmoothZ

Three if you add me to that list.

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KaienZ34

Added.

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sonic370

remember that old saying....."better to have it and not need it,than need it and not have it"

KaienZ34

say .......just messin

How about this one "my face in your azz no wait i mean your azz in my face, fvck i don't think that's right"

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shadoquad

I disagree. Regardless of purpose, you either (a) like it and use it, (b) are ambivalent, or (c) dislike it. I'm actually glad that people are chiming in that they like using it for the purpose of locating their vehicle. I hadn't expected that.

I was expecting to hear more stories like the one about scaring the kids away from the car. That's, in theory, what the button is there for.

I'd rather not have it at all, or have it in such a way that it doesn't trigger accidentally so often.

chops

i use it!.....so i can figure out where i parked my car

KaienZ34

one more shado

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KaienZ34

You just like to disagree.

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KillerBee370

I rarely use any of those buttons myself as I tend to just use the buttons on the doors and rear hatch.

Maybe i would use the panic button if I couldn't find my car in a large parking lot upon returning to the lot. But if that ever really happened I would more likely have to get my head examined and go purchase a skirt.

KaienZ34

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shadoquad

I'm very pleased with how this one has turned out so far. We've got a good sample. The overwhelming majority is ambivalent to the button, or as sonic370 said, "I'd rather have it and not need it than need it and not have it." Second to that, a lot of folks just don't care for it. But there is a group of people who find it useful, and even some who don't find it useful have cited times when they've used it.

There's also a decent number of people who want bad things to happen to me.

I also learned that Belgian Z's don't have the panic button, and perhaps that's generalized to greater Europe??? I don't know. But that was interesting to learn.