re dumbest automotive concepts of all tim in article ppg b fvq armory centerline com jimf centerline com jim frost writes joes telxon mis telxon com joe staudt writes in article phoi s armory centerline com jimf centerline com jim frost writes stuff deleted the silly thing about this whole argument is that most of the trunk releases i m tempted to say all but there s bound to be a counterexample only operate if the car is on acc or running thus you can t easily pop the trunk without starting the car most cars the only cars i ve ever seen with this feature have been gm cars my mazda honda and coming soon probe all have cable operated releases my camaro had an electric hatch release that was thankfully independent of the key in the ignition the exception to the rule mentioned in my first sentence i should probably have said glovebox trunk releases i haven t encountered any glovebox releases that are cable operated numerous gm and several ford mercury cars that i ve encountered have electrical releases in the glovebox and all of the ones i ve seen needed the ignition on to some degree to operate your camaro example is noted but since it s a hardtop it s not a big deal i ve never run into a convertible with a cable operated trunk release i d agree that in such an environment a cable or always active electrical release would be rather stupid jim frost jimf centerline com my honda has a cable release that can be locked out with the ignition key the valet key can be left with someone and will not unlock the trunk or enable the cable release i remember my mothers corvette that had an electronic hatch release located on the drivers door which was always active the fact that the car had no real trunk makes the security measure of beign able to dis able the hatch release unnecessary
