Re: manufacturer fail...
Many Austins / Rovers (e.g. Montego) had a little fuel pump switch behind the centre console to cut off automatically in the event of an impact. Pull it up, kill pump. Push it down, power restored.
Granted, if you were nicking one, there was a good chance it would break down or a body part would fall off within a mile anyway, but that's a different story.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
