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| Author: | JRW_91 [ April 24th, 2009, 1:38 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Stupid things you have done |
[quote="geocorn"]  heres the silly womens car  quote] hehe at the clio.... i just dont like renaults... and cos i would prefer a ford over a renault anyday.. that poor escort!  poor poor escort!on a serious note, hope your bro and the instructor are ok, and what happened to the ducks? did they just carry on waddling across the road or did they do that quak that sounds like a laugh? |
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| Author: | Squeezebox [ April 24th, 2009, 5:12 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Stupid things you have done |
My thourts too.....please ...the ducks ....we need to know about the ducks !!! |
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| Author: | Squeezebox [ April 24th, 2009, 5:31 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Stupid things you have done |
Neil wrote: Louise wrote: ...... Currently in France at the house of uncle james and dad had been cutting the grass on the sit on mower thought it might be fun if i had a go kinda wish i hadnt now.......my phone fell out my pocket and i 'mowered' it, its now in quite a few pieces and i still cant find the battery Louise has asked me to put these pictures up - her phone after she'd mowed it...    Excellent ! Maybe for London 2 Brighton we should all bring our old phones, I will supply lawnmower and lets have a competition on Saturday night to see who can create the best "MOW-BILE" phone.....anyone up for this ? I will sharpen mower blades if people want to give it a go !! |
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| Author: | Jonathan [ April 24th, 2009, 5:44 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Stupid things you have done |
samfieldhouse wrote: During a cloudburst I reversed my car into a mountain - that was pretty stupid. The mountain turned out to be 'Lord Hereford's Nob' on the Welsh/English border - that made it embarrassing. The worst bit came when I staggered into the pub, dripping wet and declared: 'Sorry, I got stuck backing up Lord Hereford's Nob...'  Nice one.
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| Author: | George [ April 24th, 2009, 5:53 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Stupid things you have done |
Squeezebox wrote: My thourts too.....please ...the ducks ....we need to know about the ducks !!! my bro is fine but are instructor is much older than us so his neck is gonna be sore for awhile  , and of course the ducks are fine
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| Author: | Luke [ April 24th, 2009, 7:26 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Stupid things you have done |
On the way up from Cornwall to Derbyshire in the 2CV a couple of years ago in July, I was going camping so had a couple of baguettes and a lump of cheese and cutlery etc in the boot. Stopped at Gordano services and decided to have a sandwich sat in the sunshine on the grass behind the car. I sat everything on the back bumper; bread, cheese, knife, phone, drink, etc. Once I'd finished I put everything back in the car and set off. Decided to check my phone on the sliproad back onto the motorway, to see what time it was, and of course couldn't find it...  I had to go to the next junction to turn around and go back to the services. I drove around the car park at a snail's pace (ha ha) but there was no sign of it anywhere near where I'd been sat. I found the remains of it being run over repeatedly just outside the exit for the petrol station, it looked rather like Louise's phone does Another one was on the way to work one night. It was about 9pm in February, which in Cornwall means it's pitch black and the rain is pelting down at you sideways. Already running late, I decided to go the slightly shorter way, which involves a climbing a long 25% hill on a single track lane, with the really steep bit coming just after a sharp left-hander. The Dyane will just about manage this hill in 2nd, but in the 2CV you had to change into 1st, and as I discovered that night, you had to change down *before* the corner. I went round the corner in second, ran out of power soon after, and changed into first. Straight away the wheels started spinning (did I mention the road was covered in mud and the tyres were bald?). Obviously I was going nowhere sat halfway up this hill, effectively trying to set off from a standstill, although I tried a few more times. Eventually I decided there was no choice but to roll back to a slightly more gentle bit of the hill and try again. Unfortunately this was made much trickier by the poor visibility, and I ended up getting the N/S back wheel up against the steep banking at the side of the road. There was no chance of pulling forward to correct it (although I tried  ) so I let the front wheel go up onto the bank as well, in the hope that I could get off it that way. That didn't work of course, because as the car went backwards, the N/S wheels moved pretty much horizontally on the hedge, whereas the O/S wheels fell away with the road, threatening to roll the car over. It became obvious it really wasn't going to work when I got to the point that I could only open the door about halfway before it hit the road . After trying (and failing) to dig out the hedge below where the wheels were caught, and to put stones and things under the front wheel in an attempt to give it more traction to pull forward, I managed to get it out by putting the jack under the O/S sill to lift up the rear wheel, and then pushing it over so both the back wheels were back on the road! I could then go back to the bottom and have another go at the hill. By this time I'd well and truly missed my 1/2 hour work appointment, which was probably a good thing, because I was caked in mud and soaked to the skin!That's why Kitty's N/S sill is quite the shape it is, Steve! There are others, including being stuck up to the hubs in mud in a french military practice range with a dead fuel pump in the middle of the night, or making a rock-shaped hole in the crossbox big enough to put my fist inside, but I can't be bothered right now... |
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| Author: | 2cvnutter [ April 24th, 2009, 10:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Stupid things you have done |
Joe602 wrote: geocorn wrote: heres the silly womens car quote] hehe at the clio.... i just dont like renaults... and cos i would prefer a ford over a renault anyday.. that poor escort! poor poor escort!on a serious note, hope your bro and the instructor are ok, and what happened to the ducks? did they just carry on waddling across the road or did they do that quak that sounds like a laugh? My bro has the older version of the clio and he had it a few months and a similar thing happened to him at a crossroad and a citroen xantia hit him up the rear and the damage looks so similar. I am not a big fan of Fords and prefer renaults but that is my opinion. oh and i expect that strange colour escort will be going to the scrap yard in the sky as they are worth nothing and the repair will be more than the car is worth. |
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| Author: | Little Louis [ April 25th, 2009, 1:36 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Stupid things you have done |
Erm...  
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