1. Pull handbrake up firmly
2. Don't park on a slope in front of a JCB!
3. Carry a camera (optional step)
Paul
1. Pull handbrake up firmly
2. Don't park on a slope in front of a JCB!
3. Carry a camera (optional step)
Paul
Ouch!
Where I live is on a hill. The house opposite is higher, their drive slopes down to the road and mine slopes down from the road. Saturday before easter, the chap opposite left his car on the drive with just the hand break on, after 10 mins the car rolled down the drive, across the road (it's a cul de sac) and down my drive crashing into my garage door. The garage door is now V shaped, won't open and I can get into my garage or put the bins out. His insurance company are sending me a cheque for a new door. If it was old and tatty I wouldn't have been so annoyed but it's not been in quite 2 years. A lot of kids ride their bikes on the road as it's quiet being a cul de sac - at least no-one got run over!Lisa.
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Never trust a handbrake on it's own. Always leave the car in gear (and of course remember that it's in gear when you start it again...more comedy).
Harsh lessons, but one that will not be forgotten.
PS thanks for sharing your muppetry [img]/forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]. made me smile.
Sounds like one of those videos in a TV show or something you'd get in an e-mail doesn't it. Glad I wasn't at home or it would have been my car that was V shaped!!!!!LDB
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Dear, oh dear - that JCB could have been badly grazed!
Sorry. ;-)
Not sure Autoglass could cope with that one. I mean they're pretty good at removing stone chips from the windscreen but removing a JCB might be asking a bit much!
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I remember having an automatic hire car to replace my company car one time. Parked outside, hand break on and the car in Park. It still managed to roll down the street and into a street sign at the bottom. I didn't half blast the hire car firm - loads of kids in the street, like Lisa, thank God no one was hit!
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4. Don't drive a Multipla
1. Pull handbrake up firmly
2. Don't park on a slope in front of a JCB!
3. Carry a camera (optional step)
Paul
Glad no-one was hurt.
Cheers
David
Never trust a handbrake on it's own. Always leave the car in gear (and of course remember that it's in gear when you start it again...more comedy).
Harsh lessons, but one that will not be forgotten.
PS thanks for sharing your muppetry [img]/forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]. made me smile.
Dilema time... What to do if you have no option other than to park your Series IIa LandRover Diesel on a hill... The handbrakes are often rather less than efficient and the engine can and will bump-start with the "ignition" off...
I always kept the handbrake well adjusted and used a wedge under the downhill side of a wheel, as well as ensuring the front wheels were steering towards the kerb.
IIRC, the problem with many modern cars with rear discs is that the handbrake is applied to hot discs. As they cool they contract, so the pads no longer make enough contact to hold the car. It's always a good idea to hold the clutch pedal down when you start the car since it removes the gearbox from the loading on the starter motor (in a manual!).
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Put it in reverse if facing downhill, 1st if facing uphill. Also, always turn the wheel so that the front wheels are pointing into the kerb.
My dad taught me that when he first taught me to drive (on a Landy IIa !)
My car has completely separate brakes for the park brake.
Also you can't get the key out unless it is in reverse
A fairly effective solution.
Always turn the wheel so that, facing up hill the front wheels are pointing away from the kerb, facing down hill front wheels are pointing towards the kerb. was what I was told.Put it in reverse if facing downhill, 1st if facing uphill. Also, always turn the wheel so that the front wheels are pointing into the kerb.
Well, yes, the downhill side of the wheels pointing in to the kerb (unless you're on Father Ted's Magic Road, where things roll away uphill
My car has completely separate brakes for the park brake.
Also you can't get the key out unless it is in reverse
Saab? My friend got one of them once. He nearly broke the key trying to get it out of the ignition, then ended up leaving it in for a week or so until someone told him it needed to be in reverse.
Got it in one.
Here's what happens if you have handbrake problems on a cliff...Must post my version here...
The handbrake drums and shoes on cars with rear disk brakes are tiny; even on quite big cars.
As soon as the car starts moving with the handbrake on, the friction material just overheats and burns.
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