Everybody start your engines.......or at least try to.

I usually consider myself to be a pretty intelligent person; however, this morning I faced a challenge that if I had asked someone for help, rather than thankfully eventually figuring it out myself, I am sure the word intelligent would have been the last word to come to their minds. What was this challenge you ask????? Starting my car.

I truly believe whoever invented the push button start for these new vehicles has also placed hidden cameras in all of them and is sitting back and laughing hysterically as each unexpected driver gets in and can't figure out how to start the dang thing. Let me explain my morning to you.....

            It was a quiet and peaceful morning in the Hardin Haus and Frau Hardin planned to take her
            son to the grocery store to get some essentials. At 9:15 they made there way into the -14
            degrees Celsius and got into the car, Frau Hardin placed the electronic key in it's slot and
            pushed the electronic start button. Too much avail nothing happened. Frau Hardin tried and
            tried again but still nothing. She then remembered someone saying that diesel vehicles will
            not start if it is below a certain degrees, so she thought maybe this was it. She then got her
           son out of the car and headed back inside. At 10:45 they made there second attempt. Once
           again no engine power. At this point Frau Hardin was frustrated to no end, and her son was
          crying from the early stages of becoming a human possible. Frau Hardin then realized this message
           was continuing to pop up on her dash; however, it was in German and she had no idea what
          it meant. She then wrote it down, go her son out of the car again, came inside the house,
           looked up what the message said on her computer, and discovered YOU MUST HAVE YOUR
          FOOT ON THE BRAKE WHEN PUSHING THE START BUTTON.

So just in case there is anyone reading this blog who works for Volvo or any other manufacture that has push start key less ignitions or for Avis rental cars or any other rental car companies, please post somewhere in the vehicle how to start the dang thing! (or maybe I should just stick to less advance vehicles) :) However, I did feel better once I talked to other people and they had the same problem and had to ask for help.