Parking in first without the handbrake.

[Billy Goat Sverige]

What say you AWIMB? The past three days I’ve woken up to a back wheel that won’t move because the handbrake is frozen. Am I ok just parking it in first?

[PSRB]

What say you AWIMB? The past three days I’ve woken up to a back wheel that won’t move because the handbrake is frozen. Am I ok just parking it in first?

Yes. :driving:

[Sir C]

What say you AWIMB? The past three days I’ve woken up to a back wheel that won’t move because the handbrake is frozen. Am I ok just parking it in first?

Park in first if you're on the flat or facing uphill, reverse if you're pointing downhill. I never use a handbrake. It's a motor industry thing.

[Burney]

Park in first if you're on the flat or facing uphill, reverse if you're pointing downhill. I never use a handbrake. It's a motor industry thing.

I don't get a choice. I've got one of those automatic handbrake jobbies. What that actually means is that I've no idea half the time whether my handbrake is on or off.

[Ash]

I don't get a choice. I've got one of those automatic handbrake jobbies. What that actually means is that I've no idea half the time whether my handbrake is on or off.

Nanny state cars. :thumbdown:

[IUFG]

I don't get a choice. I've got one of those automatic handbrake jobbies. What that actually means is that I've no idea half the time whether my handbrake is on or off.

I was nearly hit on a roundabout this morning when I decided to pull out just as the engine decided it wanted to turn itself off to be 'green'.

There are some things in my car I don't want to be automatic.

[Burney]

I was nearly hit on a roundabout this morning when I decided to pull out just as the engine decided it wanted to turn itself off to be 'green'.

There are some things in my car I don't want to be automatic.

Yes. I seriously hate that in cars. I remember on a press trip once test-driving such a vehicle in the streets around Jaguar's plant in Coventry. I found it utterly disconcerting.

[Burney]

Nanny state cars. :thumbdown:


There is a sort of 'soft' handbrake that comes on when you're stationary, which is quite handy. Although i still don't trust the fücker if I'm in traffic pointing up a hill. I'd much rather have an actual handbrake in such situations.

[Sir C]

I don't get a choice. I've got one of those automatic handbrake jobbies. What that actually means is that I've no idea half the time whether my handbrake is on or off.

Load of old nonsense. I'd pop the relay.

[taxman10]

You can’t do handbrake turns with these electronic handbrakes either

[Pat Vegas]

I was nearly hit on a roundabout this morning when I decided to pull out just as the engine decided it wanted to turn itself off to be 'green'.

There are some things in my car I don't want to be automatic.

I sometimes used to have this problem where the car would decide to speed up as I am turning a corner.

[Burney]

Load of old nonsense. I'd pop the relay.

Yes. Trouble is that I've no idea what that means.

[Sir C]

Yes. Trouble is that I've no idea what that means.

Just find the fusebox in the engine compartment and pull out the fuse/circuit breaker/relay which governs the auto handbrake.

Obviously this might control some other electrical function as well, but hey ho.

[Ash]

I sometimes used to have this problem where the car would decide to speed up as I am turning a corner.

Jesus wept. These dreadful modern contraptions you lot drive sound fiendish!

Thank goodness I've got a proper decent, honest, antiquity to drive around where I'M in charge.

[Burney]

Just find the fusebox in the engine compartment and pull out the fuse/circuit breaker/relay which governs the auto handbrake.

Obviously this might control some other electrical function as well, but hey ho.

Hmmm. I think I'll give it a miss, tbh. Anyway, I'm handing it back this year and will not be getting another European car for obvious reasons.

[Ash]

Just find the fusebox in the engine compartment and pull out the fuse/circuit breaker/relay which governs the auto handbrake.

Obviously this might control some other electrical function as well, but hey ho.

Do the blighters not have control panels and settings menus to allow the user to configure the thing to their needs?

[Alberto Balsam Rodriguez]

What say you AWIMB? The past three days I’ve woken up to a back wheel that won’t move because the handbrake is frozen. Am I ok just parking it in first?

I always do that. I rarely, if ever, use the handbrake

[Sir C]

Do the blighters not have control panels and settings menus to allow the user to configure the thing to their needs?

They do, but they almost never allow you to turn off 'safety' features. Scared of being sued, one assumes.

[Pokster]

Yes. Trouble is that I've no idea what that means.

Dodgy car salesman you see, he'll get you to wind the clock back next

[Sir C]

Hmmm. I think I'll give it a miss, tbh. Anyway, I'm handing it back this year and will not be getting another European car for obvious reasons.

Will you be leasing / contract hiring? If so, I have just the chap for you.

[Burney]

Will you be leasing / contract hiring? If so, I have just the chap for you.

That is certainly the intention, yes.

[Pokster]

Will you be leasing / contract hiring? If so, I have just the chap for you.

I'm due to get a new compnay car in june, looking for an Estate to get the dogs and luggage in... what do you suggest?

[Herbert Augustus Chapman]

It's a motor industry thing.

*no idea if this is actually true

[Pat Vegas]

Jesus wept. These dreadful modern contraptions you lot drive sound fiendish!

Thank goodness I've got a proper decent, honest, antiquity to drive around where I'M in charge.

On a side note. My car has been recalled :banghead:
Of course they can't fix it during the weekend and they close at 6pm so I will have to take time off work to get it sorted.

[Sir C]

I'm due to get a new compnay car in june, looking for an Estate to get the dogs and luggage in... what do you suggest?

My advice for anyone looking for a new car is simple nowadays. Buy the car you like, unless the car you like is a Renault, Citroen or Nissan. No one, except those three bandits, makes a bad car any more. Obviously forget diesel. I'd recommend going hybrid, particularly for P11D efficiency.

Do you really mean 'estate'? It's all about the SUV these days.

I have a lot to do with Lexus and therefore I'm biased, but in your position I'd look carefully at the RX450h.

[Sir C]

That is certainly the intention, yes.

I'll give you details of my charming friend who will do you the best deal evs.

[Herbert Augustus Chapman]

Just find the fusebox in the engine compartment and pull out the fuse/circuit breaker/relay which governs the auto handbrake.

Obviously this might control some other electrical function as well, but hey ho.

This must not involve the use of any kind of hand tool though c. Remember b is a soft handed Jesse and will develop a nasty blister just looking at a screwdriver (chap calls the RAC to unlock his petrol cap FFS!

[Sir C]

*no idea if this is actually true

*It isn't.

[Burney]

I'll give you details of my charming friend who will do you the best deal evs.

Please do. :thumbup:

[Burney]

This must not involve the use of any kind of hand tool though c. Remember b is a soft handed Jesse and will develop a nasty blister just looking at a screwdriver (chap calls the RAC to unlock his petrol cap FFS!

Ahem! Plumbed in my own dishwasher remember.

Also, I would strongly suspect my hands are a lot hornier than yours at the moment due to all my digging activities.

[Sir C]

This must not involve the use of any kind of hand tool though c. Remember b is a soft handed Jesse and will develop a nasty blister just looking at a screwdriver (chap calls the RAC to unlock his petrol cap FFS!

To be fair I'd be amazed if he managed to get the bonnet unlatched.

[Burney]

To be fair I'd be amazed if he managed to get the bonnet unlatched.

I do prefer not to if I can help it.

[Pokster]

My advice for anyone looking for a new car is simple nowadays. Buy the car you like, unless the car you like is a Renault, Citroen or Nissan. No one, except those three bandits, makes a bad car any more. Obviously forget diesel. I'd recommend going hybrid, particularly for P11D efficiency.

Do you really mean 'estate'? It's all about the SUV these days.

I have a lot to do with Lexus and therefore I'm biased, but in your position I'd look carefully at the RX450h.

I do mean Estate, we had an SUV recently and even though it was good just didn't have the boot space required.. I am currently using a mondeo estate for a few months, and if you can get your head round the fact it is a Mondeo it is actually a very good car

[Herbert Augustus Chapman]

To be fair I'd be amazed if he managed to get the bonnet unlatched.

Gracious me, the fellow would call the RAC, the AA and the Fire Brigade for that task and would be all trembly lipped and breathless by the time they got there. :nod:

[Sir C]

I do mean Estate, we had an SUV recently and even though it was good just didn't have the boot space required.. I am currently using a mondeo estate for a few months, and if you can get your head round the fact it is a Mondeo it is actually a very good car

Terrific car. Ford have got things spot on in general at present.

The RX has lots and lots of space in the back, and in March they are launching a lengthened version with 7 seats.

If you're really after an estate you might look at the Volvo V60. A little on the dull side, but extremely competent.

[Herbert Augustus Chapman]

Fords are damn fine cars Pok - would never buy one myself like.

[Sir C]

I do prefer not to if I can help it.

Very wise. No real reason to these days.

[Burney]

Very wise. No real reason to these days.

There's that tiresome business with filling up the washer fluid and that's about it, really. But for that, I'd never have to open the bonnet at all.

[Burney]

Terrific car. Ford have got things spot on in general at present.

The RX has lots and lots of space in the back, and in March they are launching a lengthened version with 7 seats.

If you're really after an estate you might look at the Volvo V60. A little on the dull side, but extremely competent.

Yes, but... Ford. :-( If any company is in need of a rebrand, it's Ford imo.

[PSRB]

On a side note. My car has been recalled :banghead:
Of course they can't fix it during the weekend and they close at 6pm so I will have to take time off work to get it sorted.

I have the same with mine, it's the airbags, so I've just left it.

[Sir C]

Fords are damn fine cars Pok - would never buy one myself like.

Last year I decided to buy myself a restored Mk 2 RS2000, or even a Mk 1 RS1800, just because I so desperately wanted one when I was a teenager. I thought maybe 10k would buy me something nice.

Hahahahaha! 10k buys a basket case. You're looking at 30 for a decent one. :-(

[Sir C]

Yes, but... Ford. :-( If any company is in need of a rebrand, it's Ford imo.

:nono: They have a history of building great cars, in amongst the Sierra-type dross. Consider the early Cortina, the Escort, the 3 litre Granadas. The current Fiesta is an especially fine car. Good company, Ford.

I mean, compare theiur product over the years with their traditional biggest rivel - Vauxhall. :hehe:

[Herbert Augustus Chapman]

There's that tiresome business with filling up the washer fluid and that's about it, really. But for that, I'd never have to open the bonnet at all.

Does the AA man give you a cheeky smile and a wink when he fills it for you b?

[Burney]

:nono: They have a history of building great cars, in amongst the Sierra-type dross. Consider the early Cortina, the Escort, the 3 litre Granadas. The current Fiesta is an especially fine car. Good company, Ford.

I mean, compare theiur product over the years with their traditional biggest rivel - Vauxhall. :hehe:

I don't dispute what you say, but as a brand, they're always going to feel a bit low-rent, aren't they?

I once briefly had a highly-specced Vectra from the work pool and it was an extraordinary piece of shít. It felt like it was made of lead, had all the oomph of a milk float and generally felt like quite a comfortable hearse.

[Burney]

Does the AA man give you a cheeky smile and a wink when he fills it for you b?

Are we still talking about my washer fluid?

[IUFG]

:nono: They have a history of building great cars, in amongst the Sierra-type dross. Consider the early Cortina, the Escort, the 3 litre Granadas. The current Fiesta is an especially fine car. Good company, Ford.

I mean, compare theiur product over the years with their traditional biggest rivel - Vauxhall. :hehe:

Have you driven the Fiesta ST?

Triffic fun :driving:

[Ash]

I don't dispute what you say, but as a brand, they're always going to feel a bit low-rent, aren't they?

I once briefly had a highly-specced Vectra from the work pool and it was an extraordinary piece of shít. It felt like it was made of lead, had all the oomph of a milk float and generally felt like quite a comfortable hearse.

I have a 12 year old Astra SXi, and it's been fab. Zips around and only had one problem with it.

[Herbert Augustus Chapman]

I was totally besotted with those vinyl roofed, 3 litre Granadas favoured by the Sweeney. Think they did about 11MPG .

My first ever car, the 2nd generation Capri, was a thing of great beauty but actually dangerously inept on corners.

[Burney]

I was totally besotted with those vinyl roofed, 3 litre Granadas favoured by the Sweeney. Think they did about 11MPG .

My first ever car, the 2nd generation Capri, was a thing of great beauty but actually dangerously inept on corners.

When I was a teenager, a friend of mine inherited a Granada from his dad. It was enormous. You could get about a dozen people in the fücking thing. Quite handy for blagging lifts back from remote parties.

[Herbert Augustus Chapman]

Are we still talking about my washer fluid?

Well yes, of course, after he's reamed your a-hole out

[IUFG]

My first ever car, the 2nd generation Capri, was a thing of great beauty but actually
dangerously inept on corners.

my mate had a 2.8i Capri. No real view of the road and dangerously quick for the chassis and steering. Great fun.

just had a look on the web. 150ps. what an incredibly inefficient engine by today's standards.

[Burney]

I have a 12 year old Astra SXi, and it's been fab. Zips around and only had one problem with it.

I know nothing of the SXi so cannot comment. The Vectra was my one and only experience of Vauxhalls.

[Pat Vegas]

I have the same with mine, it's the airbags, so I've just left it.

Apparently they need wrap some wires with shielding on mine otherwise it's a fire hazard or something.
On the letter it says it will take approximately 30 minutes.

After calling them they said oh no it will take a day and there is something else we need to do too.

[Burney]

Apparently they need wrap some wires with shielding on mine otherwise it's a fire hazard or something.
On the letter it says it will take approximately 30 minutes.

After calling them they said oh no it will take a day and there is something else we need to do too.

This will cheer you up, f. It's the Tube's 155th birthday today.

I know because my phone just told me for some reason I don't really understand.

[SWv2]

my mate had a 2.8i Capri. No real view of the road and dangerously quick for the chassis and steering. Great fun.

just had a look on the web. 150ps. what an incredibly inefficient engine by today's standards.

I have never fully grasped the concept of how driving a car can be "fun".

Back in the proverbial day when I would be driving around London very stoned in a car for which I bore no costs it was a little like a real life video game but I am sure none of us (responsible adults) would condone such behaviour.

[Herbert Augustus Chapman]

And to think the acceleration in one felt visceral at the time. A modern diesel Passat would leave one in the dust these days.

[IUFG]

I have never fully grasped the concept of how driving a car can be "fun".

Back in the proverbial day when I would be driving around London very stoned in a car for which I bore no costs it was a little like a real life video game but I am sure none of us (responsible adults) would condone such behaviour.

crawling around London in a traffic jam isn't fun of course, sw.

open country roads are a different matter altogether.

and being behind the steering wheel is no place for the stoned :smokin: there are other places for that state...

[Burney]

I have never fully grasped the concept of how driving a car can be "fun".

Back in the proverbial day when I would be driving around London very stoned in a car for which I bore no costs it was a little like a real life video game but I am sure none of us (responsible adults) would condone such behaviour.

Nor me, to be honest. These days I regard any drive of more than half an hour with something approaching dread.

[Burney]

crawling around London in a traffic jam isn't fun of course, sw.

open country roads are a different matter altogether.

and being behind the steering wheel is no place for the stoned :smokin: there are other places for that state...

:nod: One should at least be responsible enough to balance things out with a noseful of coke imo. That way, you're basically sober. FACT.

[SWv2]

crawling around London in a traffic jam isn't fun of course, sw.

open country roads are a different matter altogether.

and being behind the steering wheel is no place for the stoned :smokin: there are other places for that state...


I had to get to work mate. From N4 to EC1.

:driving:

[IUFG]

I had to get to work mate. From N4 to EC1.

:driving:

The Tube..?

[SWv2]

The Tube..?

What would be the point of the company car then?

[Burney]

What would be the point of the company car then?

Impeccable logic, sw. Well done.

[IUFG]

What would be the point of the company car then?

**** it off, get a car allowance. Northern Line.

[SWv2]

**** it off, get a car allowance. Northern Line.

I was given the car would you believe as a form of security I suppose, I did not actually drive as part of the job, simply from Islington/Haringey to Old Street and back.

There was a few incidents where alarms had gone off and the keyholder at the time was sometimes based in Canterbury so they hit on the plan of giving me a car and when he alarm thing happened I would nip in and sort it out. Only ever went in the once and 3-4 of us piled in with assorted household implements with which to protect ourselves, but to no end purpose as it was a false alarm.

Few times of course there was alarms but I simply failed to respond as I was out of the house. No mobiles of course.

Win win.

:driving:

[Ash]

This will cheer you up, f. It's the Tube's 155th birthday today.

I know because my phone just told me for some reason I don't really understand.

Excuse the pedantry, but the Metropolitan Line was cut-and-cover, not a tube. First tube (deep level, tunnelled) was the City and South London line (now part of the Northern).

So Happy Birthday to The Underground.

AHBAMIMO

[Pat Vegas]

This will cheer you up, f. It's the Tube's 155th birthday today.

I know because my phone just told me for some reason I don't really understand.

I've lost interest Burney :-(

[IUFG]

No mobiles of course.:

ahh! the halcyon days of working life before mobile phones came on the seen :cloud9:

[Burney]

Excuse the pedantry, but the Metropolitan Line was cut-and-cover, not a tube. First tube (deep level, tunnelled) was the City and South London line (now part of the Northern).

So Happy Birthday to The Underground.

AHBAMIMO

Blame my phone, not me. :shrug:

[Ash]

my mate had a 2.8i Capri. No real view of the road and dangerously quick for the chassis and steering. Great fun.


My mate pranged his dad's one of them with me in the passenger seat. 80mph crash on the Blackwall tunnel northbound approach. Accelerated to get past a van belching diesel smoke when it pulled out into us. Smacked the central barrier and swung round, but no-one else hit us. Jumped out without a scratch but lucky to be alive. :driving:

[Sir C]

my mate had a 2.8i Capri. No real view of the road and dangerously quick for the chassis and steering. Great fun.

just had a look on the web. 150ps. what an incredibly inefficient engine by today's standards.

I had a black one, then a white 'Special' when they introduced the 5 speed gearbox and the limited slip diff. :cloud9:

160 bhp on cart spring suspension with rear drum brakes :hehe: Never a dull moment.

[Viva Prat Vegas]

:hehe:
Bodie, Doyle and Charlie

[Sir C]

:hehe:
Bodie, Doyle and Charlie

:nono: They had a 3.0S. s. That was before the 2.8i.

[Viva Prat Vegas]

According to my knowledge (RIP) of cars that means you had a slower vehicle
Yes ?
Scorch marks when you braked ?

[Sir C]

According to my knowledge (RIP) of cars that means you had a slower vehicle
Yes ?
Scorch marks when you braked ?

Good God no. The 2.8i V6 'Cologne' engine was 20 bhp more powerful than the old 3.0 'Essex' V6.The 2.8i did 0-60 in 7.9 seconds and had a top speed of 130 mph. Yes, I have remembered those figures for 35 years. :-(

[IUFG]

Good God no. The 2.8i V6 'Cologne' engine was 20 bhp more powerful than the old 3.0 'Essex' V6.The 2.8i did 0-60 in 7.9 seconds and had a top speed of 130 mph. Yes, I have remembered those figures for 35 years. :-(


thats all a bit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6bEm5WSqgQ

[Viva Prat Vegas]

Look on the bright side C
At least your long term memory is in perfect working order

Now did you remember to put new pants on this morning ?