Who the hell cranks a car until the battery is dead?
Three out of four daughters, and their mother.
Re window cranks: The GSA insisted that all vehicles have manual windows, because back in the sixties power windows were an option which cost about ten percent of the cost of the vehicle.
They paid to delete the power doors, after they had become standard, and not an option. They paid to delete them, until all the manufacturers finally told them, “No, deleting power doors, and installing manual doors is not an option, because we would have to make custom window regulators, lock mechanisms, and door panels.”
They also paid to delete standard radios, until the manufacturers refused to make block off plates.
And you are required to run the lowest octane available at the pump. I had a pickup, which recommended 92-octane. Lowest at the pump was 85-octane. The engine management system will ****** timing, and enrich the fuel mixture to minimize detonation. Which kills the fuel economy. I told our fleet manager, that if I floored it under load, it detonated enough, that i could probably destroy the motor. I drove it as my vehicle for 5-years, and it got passed down to a summer hire. He blew the engine in three weeks, by trying to pull a steep grade at 65-mph.
