Car defrosting on driveway, lesson learned

[TW]Fox · 17 Dec 2011 at 13:39

Jay794 said:
Otherwise known as The Darwin Award

The Darwin Awards are a tongue-in-cheek honor, created by Wendy Northcutt to recognize individuals who contribute to human evolution by self-selecting themselves out of the gene pool through putting themselves (unnecessarily) in life-threatening situations.

So no.

OpenToSuggestions · 17 Dec 2011 at 13:39

Shimmy said:
Stereotype reinforced.

Indeed!

Jay794 · 17 Dec 2011 at 13:40

Still deserve and award for stupidity

Dogbreath · 17 Dec 2011 at 13:40

ash_scotland88 said:
Not sure if it's illegal in England but it's illegal up her in Scotland to leave a vehicle running and unintended.

It's illegal in England as well. People are either too thick to understand this or simply don't give a toss.

ChrisD. · 17 Dec 2011 at 13:40

Shouldn't leave cars warming up on the drive, it's terrible for the engine, and if you have a diesel it's especially harsh on the cat and particle filters which aren't cheap to replace.

Kenai · 17 Dec 2011 at 13:42

ash_scotland88 said:
Not sure if it's illegal in England but it's illegal up her in Scotland to leave a vehicle running and unintended.

I would always intend to the drive the car though, so no problems for me

Jay794 · 17 Dec 2011 at 13:42

MilanoChris said:
Shouldn't leave cars warming up on the drive, it's terrible for the engine, and if you have a diesel it's especially harsh on the cat and particle filters which aren't cheap to replace.

Hence why I had my cat removed

Matt82 · 17 Dec 2011 at 13:46

Got to laugh a little. It would have had to sit there for at least 10mins to get a decent amount of heat into it. If she did that on a regular basis I'm not surprised it went missing

Rybo89 · 17 Dec 2011 at 13:47

Heated windows f t w.

MikeHiow · 17 Dec 2011 at 13:52

There is no way I'd be telling the insurance company I left it running.

"The keys were hung up in doors, I heard someone in the house and the next thing I knew my car was being driven away... Honest."

Raymond Lin · 17 Dec 2011 at 14:02

On the walk home the other night I walked passed a Porsche Carrera GT parked on the side of the road outside some house with keys in, engine on but not a soul in sight. The door of the house it parked outside was shut also.

That wouldn't stay stationary long in most places lol

Jay794 · 17 Dec 2011 at 14:05

Raymond Lin said:
On the walk home the other night I walked passed a Porsche Carrera GT parked on the side of the road outside some house with keys in, engine on but not a soul in sight. The door of the house it parked outside was shut also.

That wouldn't stay stationary long in most places lol

Maybe not, but I'm pretty sure it would be easy enough to find if it was stolen. The owner would be stupid not to have a tracker fitted to it

PiKe · 17 Dec 2011 at 14:07

I'm guilty of this, living in a cul-de-sac gives you a false sense of security sometimes, when in fact you're probably just at as much risk as a main road.

Raymond Lin · 17 Dec 2011 at 14:10

Jay794 said:
Maybe not, but I'm pretty sure it would be easy enough to find if it was stolen. The owner would be stupid not to have a tracker fitted to it

Having a tracker fitted isn't enough of a safety feature of leaving it totally unattended with keys in on the side of the road.

ng93 · 17 Dec 2011 at 14:13

Damn, that really sucks

. However I can't help feeling that leaving the car unlocked and running isn't the smartest thing in the world to do. Lesson learned now I suppose though.

Begbie · 17 Dec 2011 at 14:14

Raymond Lin said:
On the walk home the other night I walked passed a Porsche Carrera GT parked on the side of the road outside some house with keys in, engine on but not a soul in sight. The door of the house it parked outside was shut also.

That wouldn't stay stationary long in most places lol

Now I can see why anyone would be tempted here.. Even to drive it up and down the street, idiots that do that really or people to careless with their money.

Jay794 · 17 Dec 2011 at 14:14

Raymond Lin said:
Having a tracker fitted isn't enough of a safety feature of leaving it totally unattended with keys in on the side of the road.

No but makes it a lot easier to recover if it hasn't been burnt out

DanTheMan · 17 Dec 2011 at 14:34

What's wrong with de-icing the windscreen and putting the front windows down and just driving as usual?

I've never even heard of anyone stupid enough to leave the car running on the drive whilst unattended. That's just asking for trouble.

Dogbreath · 17 Dec 2011 at 14:54

MikeHiow said:
There is no way I'd be telling the insurance company I left it running.

"The keys were hung up in doors, I heard someone in the house and the next thing I knew my car was being driven away... Honest."

Could we see the keys to verify this please?

or

It's been recovered and key were left in the ignition, how do you explain this?

MikeHiow · 17 Dec 2011 at 14:55

If someone stole the keys from the house, how could they ask for the keys to verify. Also, how would they know whether the keys were stolen or left in the ignition?