Stupid car question

[jfkbengals]

(01-31-2019, 08:52 PM)michaelsean Wrote: Yesterday, thanks in part to the cold, I discovered I needed a new battery. I got a jump and a new battery without a problem, but I started wondering, why don’t they make cars with cranks anymore.  Battery died?  No problem. Crank her up and go get a new one.  I believe they used to make cars with batteries and a crank. Seems you could hide the place you insert the crank easily enough. Would it just not work with today’s cars?

There's no way anyone is going to turn over a modern car engine by hand.

Now I do think they could add in a small single start backup battery that you could switch to in situations like you were in to solve the issue...