A lucky escape
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MULLEY
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Cornishbx16v
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could have been a lot worse like a lot of people have said!
good mate of mine did the same in 'big w' car park in his 205! came out to find it fully impaled into a fiesta! according to the carpark attendant it wasnt happy with just the one smack as it bounced back and came in for a second go!!! poor chap was mortified when he came out ! although the fiesta was a mess before and turned out to have no tax etc!!
i was taught by my instructer when i passed (1995) to leave the car ingear when parking just incase! so have always done it! normally 2nd though as its a bit more obvious when you get in loL! although the wife never left hers ingear so after i had driven it she used to moan when she tried to start it without checking!!
good mate of mine did the same in 'big w' car park in his 205! came out to find it fully impaled into a fiesta! according to the carpark attendant it wasnt happy with just the one smack as it bounced back and came in for a second go!!! poor chap was mortified when he came out ! although the fiesta was a mess before and turned out to have no tax etc!!
i was taught by my instructer when i passed (1995) to leave the car ingear when parking just incase! so have always done it! normally 2nd though as its a bit more obvious when you get in loL! although the wife never left hers ingear so after i had driven it she used to moan when she tried to start it without checking!!
I also have always left it in gear + handbrake, but for some unknown reason I didn't once and it rolled as explained in previous post, since that day it has got me double checking when parking up.
RED 1993 TZD Turbo EST. 182,661miles
My everyday car for last 9 years, about to be seperated {July 2008}, and then i'll be Bx'less first time in 18 years....
My everyday car for last 9 years, about to be seperated {July 2008}, and then i'll be Bx'less first time in 18 years....
Opposite problem (no longer though as she is now ex) that I went to start after she was in it and car jumps forward. Don't think to check 'cos never leave it in gear myself even on manuals.Cornishbx16v wrote:although the wife never left hers ingear so after i had driven it she used to moan when she tried to start it without checking!!
1991 BX19GTi Auto
Hi , interesting topic about handbrakes and explains why my BX rolled foreward . I`d parked in a steep road in Angouleme France and when I came back it was sitting on the car in front , of course tha suspension had dropped over the 3 hours and it sat there under the other cars bumper against the spoiler , I had applied the handbrake hard , so I lowered the suspension lever before backing off with some Frenchies looking on and there was no damage . Up until today reading this a little late I`d never really understood why it rolled , only I knew the handbrake needed adjustment which I did the day after . Are there any more little querks like starting it`s self up after cooling down because it was boored or missed me.
Rob
Rob