Crash - Phew !?!?

BigglesPiP · 5 Sep 2007 at 19:08

laissez-faire said:
I don't get it.

The driver was about 70, and hadn't eaten enough Weetabix to apply the hand brake.

Mooron455 · 5 Sep 2007 at 19:22

ooh er, lucky m8

Liverpool-Lad · 5 Sep 2007 at 19:35

mjt said:
just leave the car in gear all the time, it's not that hard!

Obviously for these numpties it was!

Its also a good if someone tries to pinch your car via the handbrake cables.

BigglesPiP · 5 Sep 2007 at 19:45

Liverpool-Lad said:
Obviously for these numpties it was! Its also a good if someone tries to pinch your car via the handbrake cables.

Now no disrespect to the scouser knowladge, but how does snipping the handbrake cable allow you to steal the actual car?

act smiley · 5 Sep 2007 at 23:56

uh, you could push it away I guess?

BigglesPiP · 6 Sep 2007 at 00:28

act smiley said:
uh, you could push it away I guess?

In a straight line.

Liverpool-Lad · 6 Sep 2007 at 10:06

BigglesPiP said:
Now no disrespect to the scouser knowladge, but how does snipping the handbrake cable allow you to steal the actual car?

You could push it down the road and then start it away from the property or roll it onto a trailer.

BigglesPiP · 6 Sep 2007 at 16:00

Liverpool-Lad said:
You could push it down the road and then start it away from the property or roll it onto a trailer.

Not a worry for me then, you can't start my car without a key present, the car's also worthless without the Red key.

bigchez · 6 Sep 2007 at 17:36

It may not have been failure - if you put the handbrake on after a good ragging and the brakes are hot, as they cool and contract the handbrake will no longer hold the car.

SpeedFreak · 6 Sep 2007 at 17:45

does that only apply to discs?

.Griff. · 6 Sep 2007 at 17:51

One of my neighbours Vectra's rolled into the back of my car. He immediately blamed it on a faulty handbrake and refused to pay for the damage. Lovely chap he was...

SpeedFreak · 6 Sep 2007 at 17:51

WWS|Griff said:
One of my neighbours Vectra's rolled into the back of my car. He immediately blamed it on a faulty handbrake and refused to pay for the damage. Lovely chap he was...

did you get any money off them?

BigglesPiP · 6 Sep 2007 at 22:27

One hell of a ragging to get the rear brakes hot.

.Griff. · 6 Sep 2007 at 22:59

SpeedFreak said:
did you get any money off them?

Nope. He wanted his "mate" to fix the damage where selfish old me wanted a garage to repair the car. What was I thinking!