New car

[bsa-bill]

I think some of you would be happy if you could buy a new car that had a starting handle 

only jesting

[berger]

bill nowt wrong with a starting handle, it would be an advantage on some of these modern things that sap juice while they are stood waiting for the wind to blow and set the alarm off

[Greybeard]

I remember that scene in Ice Cold in Alex when they use the starting handle to crawl the truck up a massive sand dune.

That reminded me. When we moved house about 30 years ago, I had my Austin Seven. I was not in a position to start the Austin engine. I used the starting handle idea to run the car up scaffold planks into a van.

[Black Sheep]

Official Land Rover advice if stuck in mud was to select reverse 4wd, remove spark plugs and use starting handle to back out.

[bsa-bill]

remove spark plugs

 have you seen where they bury the plugs in cars these days

[Butch (cb)]

I remember that scene in Ice Cold in Alex when they use the starting handle to crawl the truck up a massive sand dune.

Twice.