For a gymkhana, we had the drivers coast the cars to a stop, ie. feet off
everything, gearbox in neutral. A passenger went along to confirm that the
brake pedal nor the hand brake was applied. Penalty points were awarded for
each meter past the designated stop point. Just for grins, it was placed on
a very slight downslope that many did not detect...
What was funny was a driver in his automatic Stag. He went round all the
course with the selector in "2" as he felt he had more control. He got to
the end, snicked the lever up one notch (as you do), thinking he was putting
the box in neutral and kept piling on the penalty points... He realised his
mistake when the car was still going uphill... He got the hard luck prize.
David Greed
1974 Stag Man O/D
1979 2500S Man O/D
Email: Home: greed@wave.co.nz
Work: david.greed@telecom.co.nz
Webpages: http://www.wave.co.nz/pages/greed
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