Don't start the car with it in gear...

alicrozier · Post by **alicrozier** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 12:20 am

Quick reminder to not start your car when it's in gear.

My boss just phoned me to tell me he did this at the weekend. He was using a ciggie lighter powered compressor to put air in the tyres and decided to start the engine not realising it was in gear. Car ran forward up his drive trapping him as the door hit the fence and dragged him up the drive until it hit the garage door. Taken to A&E but he is OK, just bruised ribs, elbow and badly scraped knees. Faintly laughable in retrospect but I'm sure it was pretty scary.

He'll be off work for a while and we have a vital customer review tomorrow and Tuesday...guess I'll be pretty busy.

Never mind, it's only an order for 37 subsea trees...

Ali

kenny · Post by **kenny** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 12:23 am

Done that in my CTR, 500 quids worth of bumper and front skirt.

I'll only do that once

Baggy · Post by **Baggy** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 12:27 am

I've done that before & stood back in shock as my old Rover SD1 launched it's self accross a car park into the side of a Fiesta...

Won't do it again though....

37 trees is a big job. Africa?

alicrozier · Post by **alicrozier** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 7:09 am

Baggy wrote:
37 trees is a big job. Africa?

Yup, Angola.
250 kBD...should keep you all in go-go juice for a while.

Gareth · Post by **Gareth** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 8:37 am

Baggy wrote:I've done that before & stood back in shock as my old Rover SD1 launched it's self accross a car park into the side of a Fiesta...

Won't do it again though....

37 trees is a big job. Africa?

Wow! 37! I bought two Fern trees at the weekend......

Lazydonkey · Post by **Lazydonkey** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 9:22 am

Gareth wrote:
Baggy wrote:I've done that before & stood back in shock as my old Rover SD1 launched it's self accross a car park into the side of a Fiesta...

Won't do it again though....

37 trees is a big job. Africa?
Wow! 37! I bought two Fern trees at the weekend......