N1SM0350z Posted October 8, 2007 Posted October 8, 2007 Forgotten it was left in gear (as my dad never usually does leave it in gear)and obviously you have to start it with the clutch pressed then he let the clutch out, parked next to a wall.. think you can imagine the rest. not too majour damage though, just some nasty scratches and maybe a bent bracket or something. Quote
ByteJuggler Posted October 8, 2007 Posted October 8, 2007 Feel for you man. (That's why I've trained myself to *always* put it in reverse rather than first when I have a wall in front of me. It's so easy to absent mindedly let the clutch out while in gear if you're not careful...) Quote
N1SM0350z Posted October 8, 2007 Author Posted October 8, 2007 this was the otherway around it was left in reverse not first and wall was behind Quote
N1SM0350z Posted October 8, 2007 Author Posted October 8, 2007 like i said he never usually leaves it in gear just one of those 5hitty things Quote
Liam's Z Posted October 8, 2007 Posted October 8, 2007 Always leave the zed in gear. Please don't tell me you have faith in the HB??? Quote
rmmackfc Posted October 9, 2007 Posted October 9, 2007 Always leave any car in gear, especially if your drive is like k2 Hope it fixes up ok mate Quote
H5 Posted October 9, 2007 Posted October 9, 2007 Never left it in gear, just get the HB checked regularly. Had too many incidents with people moving cars to leave it in gear. If on a hill, I leave it in reverse. Hope you can get it fixed up. Scratches polish out or are you needing paint work? Quote
N1SM0350z Posted October 9, 2007 Author Posted October 9, 2007 well if he ddnt trust the HB im sure he would leave it in gear all the time. No its goin to need some paint work Quote
Liam's Z Posted October 9, 2007 Posted October 9, 2007 Never left it in gear, just get the HB checked regularly. Had too many incidents with people moving cars to leave it in gear. If on a hill, I leave it in reverse. Hope you can get it fixed up. Scratches polish out or are you needing paint work? Reverse no longer a gear option? Quote
H5 Posted October 9, 2007 Posted October 9, 2007 Never left it in gear, just get the HB checked regularly. Had too many incidents with people moving cars to leave it in gear. If on a hill, I leave it in reverse. Hope you can get it fixed up. Scratches polish out or are you needing paint work? Reverse no longer a gear option? Yep, slight contradiction! I know what I meant! Have you got somewhere to get the work done? Quote
N1SM0350z Posted October 9, 2007 Author Posted October 9, 2007 i dont think he's got any where in particular in mind. why? any recomendations? Quote
H5 Posted October 10, 2007 Posted October 10, 2007 If you want a real first class finish:- http://www.specialisedpaintwork.com/home.htm Outstanding work on the Lotus, and have seen dozens of other cars they have done. Quote
nixy Posted October 10, 2007 Posted October 10, 2007 I never ever used to leave a car in gear until I got the Z with the amazing handbrake! Now I always do! Quote
Stew Posted October 10, 2007 Posted October 10, 2007 I always leave my cars in gear. Always. Half the time I don't use the handbrake at all. Maybe bad but I often go away for long periods of time and can't be bothered opening the cars to let the handbrake off when I have a taxi waiting for me! Quote
Zedrush Posted October 10, 2007 Posted October 10, 2007 never park on a hill or a slope so dont put in gear Quote
M13KYF Posted October 11, 2007 Posted October 11, 2007 always leave mine in gear too. Once had a nasty experience with a past car wear the handbrake failed and found my car 200m away in someones back garden with one irate house owner Quote
Stew Posted October 11, 2007 Posted October 11, 2007 always leave mine in gear too. Once had a nasty experience with a past car wear the handbrake failed and found my car 200m away in someones back garden with one irate house owner 200m away! I know I shouldn't laugh but I just did! Hilarious! I'm sure it wasn't for you at the time though...... Quote
M13KYF Posted October 11, 2007 Posted October 11, 2007 I did laugh myself as the woman shouted that her husband wasn't going to be very happy when he got home from work. I just shouted to her to give me a push to try and get my car out of her garden. Quote
Stew Posted October 11, 2007 Posted October 11, 2007 Ha ha! Quality. My handbrake was crap on a sxo I owned and I returned late one night and parked up the drive, my mum woke me up in the morning saying that the road was blocked as my car was in the middle of it! It only rolled about 10 feet but was pretty funny all the same. My mum thought I'd parked there on purpose for a laugh! Quote
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