You need to get some more mad skillz then, because it's easy.
Broken down and cant find 1st or 2nd Gear!
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You need to get some more mad skillz then, because it's easy.
This, how can you not go anywhere in third, rev and slip the clutch. Easy peasy.
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You sure you weren't going downhill?
Yes. I'll do it again, tomorrow, in daylight and I'll film it, because some of you obviously don't seem to believe this can be done.
Because someone on here had to 'sense' to convince him to
My suggestion was obviously in jest!
You can pull away in 5th in some cars
how you manage that?
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How do you get it to start off? Just rev a bit and push it into 1st? I think my car would just stall if I tried that
But yeah starting in 3rd should have been fine.
Wish I had seen that.
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wow this thread is attracting some attention!
bit off topic but : Do you guys think its worth me spending £120 on a new drive shaft?
Or get rid and get new car?
Considering it has 107,000 miles on the clock i cant see it lasting much longer!
But its already had a lot of work done do it.
New Catalyic converter, tyres, oil, brake pads, CV joints, gear linkage,socket top baring, tracking etc
bit off topic but : Do you guys think its worth me spending £120 on a new drive shaft?
Or get rid and get new car?
Considering it has 107,000 miles on the clock i cant see it lasting much longer!
But its already had a lot of work done do it.
New Catalyic converter, tyres, oil, brake pads, CV joints, gear linkage,socket top baring, tracking etc
There's no point replacing the car for the sake of £120. You'll spend more than that (most probably) to sell and buy the new car, and unless you had a lot more money to spend on the new car, you'll end up with something similar in condition/age/mileage to what you have now, except you'll have spent £1000 (rough guess) instead of £120.
Shift up at the right revs with some throttle in neutral in order to find those revs if needs be. Pulling away is trickier but if you stop, turn the ignition off, wedge it in 2nd, turn the ignition and the starter should jump the car forward and stall. turn the ignition again and it'll keep running (hopefully!)
Did about 50miles in my mini with a snapped clutch cable using the above, and got pleasantly used to shifting sans clutch.
Stop on a hill and you're a bit shafted, mind.
Mini would happily pull away in 3rd, I got stuck in it before as well
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I could ramble on for hours, but to put it simply:
1. A certain number of miles won't instantly render a car scrap. My old, rusty but still hammering on Rover 75 now has 183k miles on the clock and is mechanically sound. Ignore the miles, 107k is nothing.
2. Most of the work you've had done is general servicing that could be needed at any age - cats can fail at any mileage, you'll always need tyres and brakes, CV joints can also seem to fail when they like and the gear linkage seems a pap design so again, could also fail whenever. Top bearings, again, can fail at any point, and tracking should ideally be done every 1-2 years.
You could need loads more work doing in a month - your clutch could fail tomorrow. However you could have no problems for months now. I'd stick with it, it's not exactly a money pit.
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Lol, I drove a Golf 20 miles with just 3rd (didn't even have neutral). Wasn't too hard.
Although watching the chap at the garage try to push it backwards into the workshop was quite funny.
Although watching the chap at the garage try to push it backwards into the workshop was quite funny.