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Dark
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by Dark » Thu Oct 27, 2011 4:41 pm
I said 'try to break in and steal it' !
So imagine somebody breaks into it, can't start it, trashes it and then legs it. You've got a damaged car and the insurance company are asking why the alarm didn't activate, especially since your insurance declaration states it has an approved alarm fitted!
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neil
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by neil » Thu Oct 27, 2011 4:48 pm
Dark wrote:I said 'try to break in and steal it' !
So imagine somebody breaks into it, can't start it, trashes it and then legs it. You've got a damaged car and the insurance company are asking why the alarm didn't activate, especially since your insurance declaration states it has an approved alarm fitted!
Mark
Whats to say the alarm didn't go off? Most people ignore them anyway
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Scotty C
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by Scotty C » Thu Oct 27, 2011 4:59 pm
park the car pointing down the hill just in case you have to bump start it
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tut
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by tut » Thu Oct 27, 2011 5:23 pm
My kids all had the bloody useless instruction not to leave the car in gear.
They would not listen to me until Ian left it on a slope, hand brake discs cooled down, and the TT knocked a garden wall down.
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by campbell » Thu Oct 27, 2011 5:26 pm
Apparently the other modern "invention" for the test is to require indicating only when there is other traffic to indicate to. That's helpful for good habits now isn't it.
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by rossybee » Thu Oct 27, 2011 8:35 pm
campbell wrote:Apparently the other modern "invention" for the test is to require indicating only when there is other traffic to indicate to. That's helpful for good habits now isn't it.
Only for passing parked vehicles IIRC... but yes, agree
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by campbell » Thu Oct 27, 2011 10:21 pm
rossybee wrote:campbell wrote:Apparently the other modern "invention" for the test is to require indicating only when there is other traffic to indicate to. That's helpful for good habits now isn't it.
Only for passing parked vehicles IIRC... but yes, agree
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by Dominic » Fri Oct 28, 2011 9:29 am
Calling Paul W!!
I had a discussion with the Mrs some time ago; she always had a go at me for leaving her car in gear when I parked it, as when she would get in and start it, the car would kangaroo forward. I argued that she should always start with the clutch depressed, and should always park with it in gear. She had been instructed not to do this, by her instructor. A few of my clients are driving instructors so I asked one of them. I was right! In fact some modern cars now won't start unless the clutch is depressed.
Sorry for the
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by alicrozier » Fri Oct 28, 2011 9:51 am
I have one car that won't start unless foot on the clutch and one unless foot on the brake...
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by rossybee » Fri Oct 28, 2011 9:55 am
Dom - I always taught my pupils to check for neutral prior to starting, so no need to have the clutch depressed iyswim.
The latest spate of motors which will only start with pedal depressed are a PITA!!!
/regularly drives various hire cars faction
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by Dominic » Fri Oct 28, 2011 10:29 am
Is it not better for the car (less strain on the starter motor) to start it with the clutch depressed anyway?
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by campbell » Fri Oct 28, 2011 10:39 am
Dominic wrote:Is it not better for the car (less strain on the starter motor) to start it with the clutch depressed anyway?
This is precisely what my instructor taught me, oh some 23 years ago. He was one of the all-round types who covered mechanical understanding / sympathy and not just the minimum for passing the test.
Depressing the clutch on starting has 2 benefits - less strain on drivetrain/easier for battery to turn the starter; and negates risk of lurching in gear and strking something. What's not to like
He also taught me the very basics of the Limit Point from IAM and laboured the principles of SMOOTH driving (as did my Dad)...I think this latter point is lost on many a modern driver, which is a pet hate actually!
