As I said, I basically want to mimic the ignition switch, just leaving out accessories and odometer circuits.
My power steering is EPS. It remains ON even when the engine is not running. Brakes are not that fortunate - the vacuum requires engine to keep running to replenish. But with the vacuum reservoir, I am comfortable, can break for 2-3 instances before it runs out on me and I have to stand on on the pedal to brake the car.
I generally don't stand on the pedal, just bump the car so I get back my power brakes.
I don't want to get into an uninformed 'chor-lock' thing, which can be incomplete as well as dangerous. I think just ignition is not what the key switch disables - it also has to address injectors as well as fuel pump, for the switching action to be complete. Just ignition off means injectors keep spewing into the manifold till the engine comes to rest - bad for the cat to have unburnt fuel passing through!
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