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POLL: Secret latch
01-10-2013, 01:03 AM
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01-10-2013, 07:19 AM
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i know about it. had to use it when i was removing the rear garnish and unhooked the connector harness then closed the trunk. whoops.
01-10-2013, 07:51 AM
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^open the ski pass through in the backseat and put your hand through it and go straight up and you'll feel a little cloth tag and yank on it.
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01-10-2013, 07:57 AM
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this option already existed on 2nd TL.
01-10-2013, 08:03 AM
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01-10-2013, 08:06 AM
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^i'm on the edge of my seat.
01-10-2013, 08:31 AM
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I knew there was a thing in the trunk to pull but I never really looked to find out where it was located, so I guess I did not know you could get to it through the cabin. Good to know since I keep my jumpers in the trunk, they'd be difficult to get to if the battery was completely drained.
01-10-2013, 08:33 AM
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I'm not seeing a "Whiskers" option! 
01-10-2013, 08:46 AM
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01-10-2013, 08:50 AM
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Yeah but I took mine out so they can't get out 
01-10-2013, 10:21 AM
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Yeah, usually I see them as a glow in the dark handle like on the ceiling of the trunk, not through the hole to the back seat.
01-10-2013, 10:25 AM
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I'm pretty sure every car is required to have this feature.
01-10-2013, 11:29 AM
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its not some fancy option we have. its a law to have these, every car i have owned has this.
http://blogs.cars.com/kickingtires/2...ves-lives.html
http://blogs.cars.com/kickingtires/2...ves-lives.html
01-10-2013, 11:56 AM
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01-10-2013, 04:23 PM
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its not some fancy option we have. its a law to have these, every car i have owned has this.
http://blogs.cars.com/kickingtires/2...ves-lives.html
http://blogs.cars.com/kickingtires/2...ves-lives.html
01-10-2013, 04:38 PM
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I knew about the emergency inside trunk release, but not about the one in the pass through. Interesting info.
To the people mentioning trunk releases being required, yeah, it's actually been federally mandated on cars sold after 2002 that any vehicle with a compartment wholly separated from the passenger compartment of a vehicle and capable of fitting a 3 year old child dummy must have an emergency mechanical inside release.
While this mostly applies to cars with trunks, it also weirdly applies to thinks like the "Rambox" bedside storage compartments on Ram pickups. The releases also must be glow in the dark and have a pictogram describing their function (which is often a person humorously jumping out of a trunk and running away).
http://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/49/571.401
Run away!! Lol.
To the people mentioning trunk releases being required, yeah, it's actually been federally mandated on cars sold after 2002 that any vehicle with a compartment wholly separated from the passenger compartment of a vehicle and capable of fitting a 3 year old child dummy must have an emergency mechanical inside release.
While this mostly applies to cars with trunks, it also weirdly applies to thinks like the "Rambox" bedside storage compartments on Ram pickups. The releases also must be glow in the dark and have a pictogram describing their function (which is often a person humorously jumping out of a trunk and running away).
http://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/49/571.401
Run away!! Lol.
01-10-2013, 05:14 PM
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Please raise your hand now if you didn't read the manual.
Keep your hand up-I'll let you know when you can put it down......
Keep your hand up-I'll let you know when you can put it down......
01-10-2013, 07:30 PM
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mine is behind a big ol speaker.
01-10-2013, 09:46 PM
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Wait... so this pops the trunk open?
So... that one time I forced 1/3 of my body through the pass-through to get to the cables behind my cargo-net to boost the car... when that entire time I could've pumped my trunk?! ARRRG fail...
So... that one time I forced 1/3 of my body through the pass-through to get to the cables behind my cargo-net to boost the car... when that entire time I could've pumped my trunk?! ARRRG fail...
01-10-2013, 10:17 PM
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Both the in-trunk releases are identified in the owners manual, and I've never ever had occasion to use the in-trunk release in any car.
01-11-2013, 07:38 AM
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^what a horrible gif.
01-11-2013, 08:03 AM
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^a horribly made gif. nothing is lined up, its choppy, bad breaks, etc.
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01-11-2013, 09:22 AM
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pictures dont move...
excuse me while i light mah spliff....
excuse me while i light mah spliff....
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