Surely
This is WHY you should always park your car in gear. So when the handbrake fails it stays where you left it ?
Only utter imbeciles don't park their car in gear (and steered towards the kerb when on an incline)
( , Thu 23 Oct 2014, 22:50, Share, Reply)
This is WHY you should always park your car in gear. So when the handbrake fails it stays where you left it ?
Only utter imbeciles don't park their car in gear (and steered towards the kerb when on an incline)
( , Thu 23 Oct 2014, 22:50, Share, Reply)
Let me amend my previous statement
This is why you don't leave your car in gear when the engine is running
( , Thu 23 Oct 2014, 22:54, Share, Reply)
This is why you don't leave your car in gear when the engine is running
( , Thu 23 Oct 2014, 22:54, Share, Reply)
I can settle this.
If you're a Yank who can't drive a normal car, never leave your car in gear. If, like the rest of the world, you are not baffled by simple controls, leave your car in gear.
( , Thu 23 Oct 2014, 23:00, Share, Reply)
If you're a Yank who can't drive a normal car, never leave your car in gear. If, like the rest of the world, you are not baffled by simple controls, leave your car in gear.
( , Thu 23 Oct 2014, 23:00, Share, Reply)
I used to think like this.
Until I did get a car with an automatic. For your dreary, basic, day to day driving, it's fucking fantastic, though I also have a tiny Spitfire on the side for a bit of manual fun :)
( , Thu 23 Oct 2014, 23:04, Share, Reply)
Until I did get a car with an automatic. For your dreary, basic, day to day driving, it's fucking fantastic, though I also have a tiny Spitfire on the side for a bit of manual fun :)
( , Thu 23 Oct 2014, 23:04, Share, Reply)
To be honest,
I live in Florida and drive an automatic, but I just can't resist the chance to take the piss out of the natives of my new home country.
( , Thu 23 Oct 2014, 23:10, Share, Reply)
I live in Florida and drive an automatic, but I just can't resist the chance to take the piss out of the natives of my new home country.
( , Thu 23 Oct 2014, 23:10, Share, Reply)
fact is.... the car was not in gear.
I also drive an automatic (Outlander PHEV) and a manual (TVR Chimaera)
( , Thu 23 Oct 2014, 23:13, Share, Reply)
I also drive an automatic (Outlander PHEV) and a manual (TVR Chimaera)
( , Thu 23 Oct 2014, 23:13, Share, Reply)
It's on a level floor.
The car shouldn't roll off on its own. I'm not familiar with the slushboxes on old Mustangs, but if it has an electric gear selector, anything could happen.
( , Thu 23 Oct 2014, 23:23, Share, Reply)
The car shouldn't roll off on its own. I'm not familiar with the slushboxes on old Mustangs, but if it has an electric gear selector, anything could happen.
( , Thu 23 Oct 2014, 23:23, Share, Reply)
^This^
If I lived in a part of the world where I could stay in one gear for more than two or three minutes, I'd love a manual. Also, automatics have a fun 'go-karty' appeal as well. Well, they do if you drive a knackered 20yr old thing like mine.
( , Fri 24 Oct 2014, 0:40, Share, Reply)
If I lived in a part of the world where I could stay in one gear for more than two or three minutes, I'd love a manual. Also, automatics have a fun 'go-karty' appeal as well. Well, they do if you drive a knackered 20yr old thing like mine.
( , Fri 24 Oct 2014, 0:40, Share, Reply)
Now try doing that with an off road crane on the side of a steep mountain.
I managed to push my ass into the air parking brake button, and away we started going down a very steep hill with me facing backwards. I managed to get turned around in time to avoid death, but not after a tree had taken the door off.
( , Thu 23 Oct 2014, 23:58, Share, Reply)
I managed to push my ass into the air parking brake button, and away we started going down a very steep hill with me facing backwards. I managed to get turned around in time to avoid death, but not after a tree had taken the door off.
( , Thu 23 Oct 2014, 23:58, Share, Reply)