Do you think it will buff out?
Lol!
and the b"st$rd just drives off!!
hope they got the driver
I hope he got caught!
Little git!
What a Plonker
Mike
I don't mean to be sexist but I'd guess that was a woman, having worked in and around carparks for some time, women in that kind of car are generally the most hopeless at parking.
So thats how swmbo dented the car!
Only joking - she isn`t too bad at parking, just leaves a generous gap from the pavement.
Seriously though - how can you do that! I think the person mistook the brake and accelerator. Did you see how long it took them to drive off - more of
a hit, reverse a bit, forward a bit, reverse a bit, then run!]Darren
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Originally posted by speedyxjs
It was'nt me
Mike
[Edited on 29-10-2009 by miikae]
And these people are ALLOWED to drive!
I wouldn't be surprised if it was an automatic gearbox - everything happens in a BIG hurry if you hit the wrong pedal...
Only if your an idiot. The beauty of an auto is you've got another foot for emergancies, I've driven tired and hit the wrong pedal but
I'd instantly realise and swap pedals (I've done it in a car that would do 10mph with the handbrake fully on and nothing on the
accellerator).
I don't get why they didn't stop when they mounted the first car
I didn't say that a decent driver would get caught out by an auto!
Only that if you do get it wrong, and you're a wally, then things happen fast, and BIG!
awesome!!! just goes to show 4x4 are the future - if you were to have head on, the 4x5 goes over the top.
Sorry, I wasn't calling you personally an idiot, but I do believe anyone who could make said mistake IN THEIR OWN CAR without being able to fix it is an idiot. The worst is forgetting the car is in N and dropping the handbrake whilts using the accelerater and slipping backwards as needle jumps up the rev counter.
quote:
Originally posted by morcus
Sorry, I wasn't calling you personally an idiot.
or if the pedals are close and the driver is wearing boots.
Auto:
Right foot ---> Throttle
Left foot ---> Brake
Simples!
I had a semi-auto VW Beetle many years ago - no matter what I did, it would not tickover cleanly so had to forever tickle the throttle pedal. This
rather conveniently left the other foot for the brake. So I've stuck with the one-foot-per-pedal technique.
With a manual box, the left foot is used to pushing down sharply and lifting slowly so you have to retrain yourself to drive an auto using both
feet.
This is, I believe, rather at variance with most drivers of auto transmissions who keep the left foot bolted to the floor.
John.
Must admit I did a similar thing in my first car, I think I'd been driving about a year by this point. Coming up to the mini roundabout in the
supermarket I reacted rather quickly to someone coming from my right and slammed on the throttle. Lucky for me I slammed on the clutch too and was
left with a slightly-less-embarrasing loud revving and moving forward at about 1mph.
I think if it was automatic I would have come to a stop in the petrol station... 
First automatic I drove was a P6 V8. All OK as I got used to it and thought about what I was doing - then a dog ran across the road...
Now this was at about 20 mph in a housing estate. In a manual car you'd de-clutch and brake hardish - the dog was only about 10 feet ahead of
me.
In an automatic, when you (instinctively) 'declutch' and brake hardish, BOTH of your feet land on the (large) brake pedal.....
Fortunately there was no vehicle behind me.
John.
My current car is a robotised manual so I currently use the two foot method (The brake pedal works the clutch as does pushing nothing) Its great for hill starts.