On Thu, 24 Oct 2019 13:04:33 +0100, "NY" wrote:
"T i m" wrote in message
.. .
I once just stopped at the side of the road outside a shop and because
I was only putting something though the letter box, just closed the
car door. A couple seconds later I heard it central lock itself (with
all the keys now locked inside). Whilst I had a spare set at home, I
couldn't get in till the Mrs was available but considering it was a
Honda under the Rover badges, went into my local motorcycle shop and
borrowed (with permission) a Honda key from a 125 Honda motorbike. It
opened the car straight away. ;-)
More 'public' was when it immobilised itself (I didn't have an
immobiliser fob etc) just as we were supposed to be driving off the
I.O.W ferry. ;-(
Embarrassing.Meh, I was used to it and ...
I bet you held up the whole queue in the IOW ferry :-(
Others might have but because I was used to it and carried a tool
suitable for fixing it (my Leatherman PST II), I was able to
de-immobilise it before it became an actual issue (eg, they cleared
that level right to left rather than left to right and by which time I
was ready to go).
The
nearest I've done to causing a major hold-up was when my clutch cable
snapped as I was setting off when I was the lead car at traffic lights.
Ouch.
Because this made the car stall in-gear, there was no way to get the car
into neutral so it was jammed solid. And because the car was on a slight
slope, it was difficult to rock the car uphill to relieve the pressure on
the transmission that was jamming the gear lever. Eventually two burly guys
came to help and were able to move the car uphill to let me put it in
neutral, so I could roll backwards out of the way.
;-)
I was once behind a car that wouldn't start as it was about to drive off the
Lymington/Yarmouth IOW ferry and I was impressed with how quickly the port
staff arranged a vehicle to tow it clear so everyone else could get off. It
must be a common occurrence for them to have a towing vehicle readily
available.
That was partly why I wasn't particularly worried, I'm sure they have
seen it all before and once launched down the ramp you would no longer
be their problem. ;-)
When I got a house and a car of my own, I very quickly learned the habit of
always keeping the keys in my pocket apart from when they were in the front
door lock or the car's ignition - and always removing the car keys (and,
nowadays, locking the car) whenever I got out, even for a brief instant.
I can be like that, depending on where we are.
I
used to leave my car unlocked (though not with the keys in) while I went
into the kiosk to pay for fuel;
As many people do I'm sure?
not any more!
Is there a reason may I ask?
So far I've not managed to lock myself out of my house/car, and I very
rarely lose my keys because *by definition* they are in my pocket if they
are not in the lock that they operate.
I tend to pocket any keys and have sometimes gone off with other
peoples keys because of that. ;-(
It means that if I ever have to leave the house in a hurry (eg fire, flood
etc) then I will always have my keys - as long as I have time to get dressed
;-) And even if I didn't, I'd know where to grab my trousers on the way out
so I had my keys.
;-)
I'm probably unusual: a lot of people empty their keys out of their pockets
at night and hang them on a rack (implicitly 'labelled' "car thieves, here
are the keys"),
We do typically put them down in a single place, well away from the
front door and not labeled.
and also put their keys down somewhere while they are doing
something else.
Sometimes.
I wish I had a tenner for every time we've been about to go
out and SWMBO says "where are my keys" and we have to go on a hunt for them.
Mine generally has a place for everything and everything in it's
place. She seems to be changing now though ... ;-(
OK, I'm as bad with my reading glasses - now I need them even for using the
computer and cutting up veg for dinner, as well as for reading, I really
ought to put them on a cord round my neck, except that looks naff and like
something my grandpa used to do ;-)
I wear my readers all the time and can even see better when driving
.... much to many peoples confusion ...
Cheers, T i m
p.s. The clutch cable snapped on the Sierra but luckily when rolling
so we were able to drive a bit to a side turning and stop.
Again, the Leatherman PST II was all I needed to replace the cable
with the spare I carried and all was well.
The cam belt snapped whilst waiting at some lights but my garage
owning mate was able to pop out and tow me the couple of miles home, I
fitted a new belt and was back up and running in around an hour.
Luckily the 2L Pinto was a 'safe' engine ...