In article <3C73949A.D9EA6EB2@rave.ac.uk>, James Carruthers
<j.carruthers@rave.ac.uk> writes
>And talking of push starts - if any of you ever have the chance to push
>my car - with
>me in the driving seat - remind me to release the brakes - Ive done it
>about 3 times
>now - with the person behind giving it their all - and then saying they
>can't push it
>- oops.
I've managed something far more idiotic than that. A very long time
ago, I went to stay with my uncle, who owns a bit of land in West
Virginia. One day, we were digging a new well for the horses, and got
his Chevvy pick-up bogged down (sideways on, on a 45 degree slope). He
insisted on pushing, leaving me to operate the accelerator to try to get
the thing shifted. Well, I tried and I tried, but it just wouldn't
budge. After half-an-hour's exertions, my uncle suddenly realised that
I had the automatic transmission in neutral. This was the first time I
had ever come across an automatic gearbox, and I had thought that
"automatic" meant *automatic* - not that you had to *do* anything with
it...
ATB
--
Mike
Michael Hargreave Mawson, author of "Eyewitness in the Crimea"
http://www.greenhillbooks.com/booksheets/eyewitness_in_the_crimea.html
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