Agreed, standard feature on newer cars.
However, both myself and my wife have noticed the VW Rabbit has a much stiffer steering lock.
In fact, my wife got stranded because she wasn't strong enough to move the wheel while jiggling the keys to release the lock. Luckily this was at her work which is less than 5 min from our dealership. A quick call, and a mechanic drove to her work (in a CW Rabbit) to help her.

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I have had it happen to me twice and I have to really force it over to get it to release. I'm not sure if it's just "new car" stiff, or if it's a defect.
