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Emergency boot release on my Griffith 500 was behind the velcroed rear number plate, pull of the plate, pull the lever, stick the plate back on!

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The process is the passenger pulls the handle, then pulls harder, then starts slamming their shoulder into the door.  Then they reach with the other hand to pull harder and hopefully by then I've told them to "pull twice" so they dont break it off. 

[quote="Karl"]
[quote="bolus"]
Another on the Mini.  pull twice on the inside handle to open a locked door.  Most people pull once and then keep on pulling  harder until the handle breaks
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All BMWs.  What did these people do when cars didn't have this convenience function at all, and you had to manually unlock them?  Did they just sit there holding the handle?  Were a lot of people getting stuck in their cars in the 1980s?
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Most cars I drove in those days the door would open with a single pull on the inside handle, locked or not. The lock only prevented opening from the outside. The double pull is obviously to protect us from ourselves accidentally opening the door when it is locked. Sort of a 'nanny state' thing.

Old Humbers had the fuel filler behind the rear reflectors, old Land Rovers had the filler under the passenger seat.

I had a Citroen ZX that had a digital clock that also indicated whether it was am, or pm. How spaced out would you have to be, to be driving along and look at the clock at whatever time it was and wonder, 'Is it morning or evening'?

[quote="bolus"]
Another on the Mini.  pull twice on the inside handle to open a locked door.  Most people pull once and then keep on pulling  harder until the handle breaks
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All BMWs.  What did these people do when cars didn't have this convenience function at all, and you had to manually unlock them?  Did they just sit there holding the handle?  Were a lot of people getting stuck in their cars in the 1980s?

It's not that strange, but the indicators on my Alvis are a switch around the horn boss...

[quote="bolus"]
Another on the Mini.  pull twice on the inside handle to open a locked door. 
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That's the same on my Volvo...

Fuel door (tail light) release button (reflector) 1950 Cadillac 

Starter button on '59 Buick - Under the accelerator pedal

[quote="Curator"]
Saab 9000 gas door release..never found it...
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This reminded me of a story - a couple apparent joyriders steal a late production DeLorean, gas station attendant sees them circling the car. They leave without buying gas and abandon it a couple miles away.

How is a trunk release in the glove box a weird place? Lots of cars have the remote release there.

Another on the Mini.  pull twice on the inside handle to open a locked door.  Most people pull once and then keep on pulling  harder until the handle breaks

[quote="Bruce Fielding"]
[quote="bolus"]
Mini cooper bonnet release -> outside footwell on the passenger side.  You cant reach it from the driver's side
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Yes you can... it's just to the right of the accelerator...


oh...

hang on...
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Haha, true

Pretty much everything on a TVR...

Door releases under door mirrors and on the dashboard, for example...

[quote="bolus"]
Mini cooper bonnet release -> outside footwell on the passenger side.  You cant reach it from the driver's side
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Yes you can... it's just to the right of the accelerator...


oh...

hang on...