Clutch chat!

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 4 Mar 2014, 9:16, 6 replies, latest was 11 years ago)

My car definitely has a driver operated clutch, using a 'foot pedal'

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Tue 4 Mar 2014, 9:17, Reply)

Are you taking the piss?

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Tue 4 Mar 2014, 9:17, Reply)

No, I'm joining in.
Do you have an hand operated accelerator?
( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Tue 4 Mar 2014, 9:18, Reply)

I have 'electric windows', which are rather nifty.

(DBT became a fruitarian on, Tue 4 Mar 2014, 9:21, Reply)

I have electric mirrors!
And, check this; they're heated too!
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Tue 4 Mar 2014, 9:24, Reply)

Mine too!

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 4 Mar 2014, 9:26, Reply)

Oh man.
My stupid old R reg shitheap barely has central locking. Doesn't even have power steering, ffs.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 4 Mar 2014, 9:28, Reply)

My old car had an electric sunroof! The new one doesn't have one, but it does have air-con!

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Tue 4 Mar 2014, 9:30, Reply)

My first car didn't have aircon and the blowers were shit
On a long drive you'd lose about 1/2 a stone
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 4 Mar 2014, 9:30, Reply)

^Downside of living in the North and not being able to open your windows for fear of a car-jacking, right here.

( Kroney, Tue 4 Mar 2014, 9:32, Reply)

I hate driving with my windows open

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 4 Mar 2014, 9:33, Reply)

Because you get assaulted by Scouse heroin rapists
who nick your car and ear fuck you.
( Kroney, Tue 4 Mar 2014, 9:34, Reply)

*winds window down*

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 4 Mar 2014, 9:35, Reply)

Slut.

( Kroney, Tue 4 Mar 2014, 9:37, Reply)

I like to hang my head out whilst driving. Actually thats the dog :(

(DBT became a fruitarian on, Tue 4 Mar 2014, 9:37, Reply)

Mine has a button on the boot lid, which makes the car close the boot but itself!
Which is quite useful when you've got a toddler in one arm & nappy bag in the other.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Tue 4 Mar 2014, 9:32, Reply)

maddie?

( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 4 Mar 2014, 9:35, Reply)

Haha.

(DBT became a fruitarian on, Tue 4 Mar 2014, 9:38, Reply)

Clutch troll chat!
I wouldn't even have thought it possible.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Tue 4 Mar 2014, 9:17, Reply)

I need to press mine down to start the car

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 4 Mar 2014, 9:18, Reply)

You can thank the Yanks and their product liability laws for that

(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Tue 4 Mar 2014, 9:20, Reply)

I keep doing it automatically now in the Mrs' car

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 4 Mar 2014, 9:21, Reply)

It started with a woman suing Audi cos she started her auto in Drive with her foot on the accelerator
shot straight through the back of the garage and killed her husband. Judge ruled it was Audis fault not hers for not being able to drive.
Same as the guy who went into the back of his RV on the interstate to make a brew, cos he thought the cruise control was autopilot so he didn't need to carry on driving.
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Tue 4 Mar 2014, 9:29, Reply)

Why do people still park their cars with it in gear?

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 4 Mar 2014, 9:30, Reply)

I have NEVER done this, but I dreamt I did it last night. Your post has reminded me. Spooky.

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Tue 4 Mar 2014, 9:30, Reply)

wooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 4 Mar 2014, 9:32, Reply)

I do it on a hill because I don't trust a 25 year old handbrake.
But then I am also clever enough to take it out of gear, or engage the clutch, before starting it.
( Kroney, Tue 4 Mar 2014, 9:30, Reply)

I bet you put your seatbelt on as you are driving away

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 4 Mar 2014, 9:35, Reply)

mr b3th puts his on about two thirds into his journey, the massive twat.

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 4 Mar 2014, 9:36, Reply)

No, I do that beforehand
since holding the socket in one hand, the belt in the other and looking down whilst jabbing ineffectually often ends in a bus stop massacre.
( Kroney, Tue 4 Mar 2014, 9:36, Reply)

This pleases me
I hate people doing that. For some reason, it really fucks me off
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 4 Mar 2014, 9:37, Reply)

That's because taking both hands off the wheel is for cunts.

( Kroney, Tue 4 Mar 2014, 9:46, Reply)

Who cares about a load of bus wankers though?

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 4 Mar 2014, 9:38, Reply)

my dad always leaves it in reverse, or in gear if he's facing uphill
it's a hangover from having saabs, in the 70's when you had to do that, apparently. he chooses to ignore the fact that these days he has a modern automatic.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 4 Mar 2014, 9:33, Reply)

I thought it was something to do with the car not wandering off if the handbrake fails, or whatever.
I do it, but mostly because I never remember to take it out of gear when I park up.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 4 Mar 2014, 9:33, Reply)

i always get mad when people pull up the handbrake against the ratchet
horrible sound
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 4 Mar 2014, 9:35, Reply)

and wears out the ratchet, too

(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Tue 4 Mar 2014, 9:39, Reply)

Is that actually actually true?
Because that's weapons-grade retard behaviour from all concerned.
( Kroney, Tue 4 Mar 2014, 9:30, Reply)

Doris had one of them 1 series Beemers for a hire car a month back.
Hold the clutch down and press a start button to turn the engine over. What a palava. What's wrong with an ignition key? You can't just hotwire cars from the ignition stalk anymore.
( Kroney, Tue 4 Mar 2014, 9:23, Reply)

The keys go on the wrong side too
Takes some getting used to
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 4 Mar 2014, 9:24, Reply)

I burned the clutch out on a hire car once.
A purple Nissan Primera.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Tue 4 Mar 2014, 9:20, Reply)

I'm gutted I missed it.
I thought I'd make an early start at work, instead. What a cunt, eh readers?
( Kroney, Tue 4 Mar 2014, 9:20, Reply)

my first car was a 1971 beetle
it was fucking awesome. but the pedals in those old beetles are at a really steep angle, you have to have your knees bent to drive. and apparently you have to double de-clutch, whatever that means, I just did it instinctively, as the fucking thing stalled all the time otherwise.

amazing car though, even if it did break down every 5 minutes.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 4 Mar 2014, 9:34, Reply)

I hate beetles,
and those shit camper vans too. Shitheaps.
(DBT became a fruitarian on, Tue 4 Mar 2014, 9:40, Reply)