Sorry to hear about your Father In Law man. Of all things to delete from a car that is not one I would ever think of.
Hope everything is going better now
Hope everything is going better now
So you couldn't shut off the engine and rotate the lock cylinder far enough to lock the column while in motion.
It just takes a secondary motion to rotate it far enough to lock the column,as in the passenger can cut power but not lock the steering.hmmm. How does it reference the car being in motion? Or is this feature assuming you won’t take both hands off the wheel while the car is moving?
Does your father in laws area require safety inspection? In Ontario Canada, before a car is licensed to drive it must pass a safety inspection. Which would include start interlock and 100 other things so many DIY'ers find annoying.
Looks unplated in the pictures.
Not sure what state the OP lives in, but I live in Missouri, which has safety inspections, and I am pretty sure they don't check for things like neutral safety switches, reverse lockout, etc. It is mainly lights, signals, horns, brakes, chassis condition (damage, rust,wear), and depending on the inspector and location, emissions equipment. And judging by some of the junk I see on the road here, some inspection stations aren't very strict.
Soooo, your father in law lives with Ragged Gt?,No, they live 30 minutes from me. We used to have some emissions testing but this state is lax in a lot of things. The only inspections that a vehicle will need is when it is titled. Out of state vehicle will get a better "Once Over" by the Sheriff Dept and that will be mostly electrical because they are no mechanic.
Does your father in laws area require safety inspection? In Ontario Canada, before a car is licensed to drive it must pass a safety inspection. Which would include start interlock and 100 other things so many DIY'ers find annoying.
Looks unplated in the pictures.
As far as I know- he doesn’t lolSoooo, your father in law lives with Ragged Gt?,
To add a bit to Rt jam's post. Here in Ontario the safety inspections (needed to change title to new owner) have gotten much more stringent in the last couple years. My brother is a licensed mechanic here and fills me in on all the new rules. They have to measure and record all kinds of dimensions for brake pad and rotor wear. Almost any holes in the body or structural issues will result in failure. Play in motor/trans mounts is checked. Obviously suspension needs to be tight. This is only part of what is checked. Its a whole prescriptive list they need to sign off against (their license is at risk for falsifying as well). The last 2 DD's I had safetied cost about $120-150 each (with no repairs required). This is a one time inspection so it is a little easier to deal with but definitely more stringent. The issue described by the OP would have failed the car if caught.In Ontario Canada, before a car is licensed to drive it must pass a safety inspection.