Soldato
More to the point.. why was you driving?
Have to get home after a nightshift.
Must say, when I was on nights, never had an issue once finished work, most days I had to force myself to go to bed, wasn't tired at all.
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Have to get home after a nightshift.
Must say, when I was on nights, never had an issue once finished work, most days I had to force myself to go to bed, wasn't tired at all.
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I remember driving Aston Martin...
It was until next day I realised I was driving off on 3rd every time)))
Same thing happened to me many years ago, but with a slightly less exotic Sierra XR4x4
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pulling out a parking spot in a carpark, managed to get first instead of reverse so as i'm looking behind me i move forward into the car infront. Luckily it was very slowly as i was looking at the cars coming behind me.
was a lady in a silver A4 estate at the traffic lights the other day with her reverse lights on (odds on auto), she was turning right, no traffic behind her, I felt honour bound to sit there and see if she was indeed about to commit hilarity, guy pulled up behind me I still hadn't pulled away (she was in a filter lane we were green), fortunately he too noticed her lights and didnt spoil my fun by insisting I moved on! We both sat there like vultures. Her lights changed, she shot backwards, pooped her pants, slammed on brakes, probably blushed, a quick glance in my rear view mirror confirmed the guy behind me was laughing as much as I was. maybe you had to be there but it cheered me up and I smiled all the way home
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was a lady in a silver A4 estate at the traffic lights the other day with her reverse lights on (odds on auto), she was turning right, no traffic behind her, I felt honour bound to sit there and see if she was indeed about to commit hilarity, guy pulled up behind me I still hadn't pulled away (she was in a filter lane we were green), fortunately he too noticed her lights and didnt spoil my fun by insisting I moved on! We both sat there like vultures. Her lights changed, she shot backwards, pooped her pants, slammed on brakes, probably blushed, a quick glance in my rear view mirror confirmed the guy behind me was laughing as much as I was. maybe you had to be there but it cheered me up and I smiled all the way home
Hahaha
I once called my Dad out to my first car that had "broken down". I'd spent ages trying to diagnose the fault to save him driving out to me. I had a girl with me too so as if the embarassment wasn't enough, after about 2 minutes my Dad asked me when I last filled it up. Err.... check the dial he said. Now in my defense, this was an old car with no low petrol light, the girl was fit and I'd just passed my test. But you know the red = low bit of the dial? Well this was the definition of "off the dial". It was so far to the left of empty it must have bottomed out.
ah running out of fuel
reminds me of my first "racing" bike, traded in my TS125 for an RGV125FU race rep squealer, was a beast of a bike (when you are 17) and you could derestrict it by simplt removing a black/white wire from the ECU, went like stink and the first time I power banded it I neary poo'ed myself!
anyway
was driving it and suddenly lost all power, changed down a gear, same loss of power, still an engine noise just no power, came to a halt it stalled, gloriously it had electric start (my ts didn't), I sat there for ages trying to start it, wiggled wires, tapped things, nada, I'd learnt from the TS how to bump start the bike, I put it on its stand and went to grab my helmet, pushed it up the drive and bumped it, lol and behold it started.
One minute later it died again
same symptons, I tapped things, wiggled others then tried bump starting it, nothing, put it on its stand and went to the garage to find some tools (man instincts taking over) came back to it and just thought I'd try it again, it started! only to die again 1 min later, this went on for ages. At this point I'd like to confirm one of the first things I did was visually confirm there was fuel in the tank. Furious that my new racing machine was dead in the water I pushed it all the way to the bike shop, left it on its stand outside and stated my case and symptons to the guy in the shop, he came out and of course sods law meant it started first time - however I felt better when it died again.
The guy in the shop checked the fuel, wiggled some things and I started thinking I could easily do his job up until the point he moved the petrol tap to the reserve setting - bosch full service was resumed. Turned out everytime I put the bike on its stand I was sloshing just enough petrol into the carb to let it run for a bit. In my defense my old TS didnt't have a reserve tap, infact it didnt even have a tap, but I did feel like a total lemon!!
tl;dr - I sucked at simple motorbike fuel systems
reminds me of my first "racing" bike, traded in my TS125 for an RGV125FU race rep squealer, was a beast of a bike (when you are 17) and you could derestrict it by simplt removing a black/white wire from the ECU, went like stink and the first time I power banded it I neary poo'ed myself!
anyway
was driving it and suddenly lost all power, changed down a gear, same loss of power, still an engine noise just no power, came to a halt it stalled, gloriously it had electric start (my ts didn't), I sat there for ages trying to start it, wiggled wires, tapped things, nada, I'd learnt from the TS how to bump start the bike, I put it on its stand and went to grab my helmet, pushed it up the drive and bumped it, lol and behold it started.
One minute later it died again
same symptons, I tapped things, wiggled others then tried bump starting it, nothing, put it on its stand and went to the garage to find some tools (man instincts taking over) came back to it and just thought I'd try it again, it started! only to die again 1 min later, this went on for ages. At this point I'd like to confirm one of the first things I did was visually confirm there was fuel in the tank. Furious that my new racing machine was dead in the water I pushed it all the way to the bike shop, left it on its stand outside and stated my case and symptons to the guy in the shop, he came out and of course sods law meant it started first time - however I felt better when it died again. The guy in the shop checked the fuel, wiggled some things and I started thinking I could easily do his job up until the point he moved the petrol tap to the reserve setting - bosch full service was resumed. Turned out everytime I put the bike on its stand I was sloshing just enough petrol into the carb to let it run for a bit. In my defense my old TS didnt't have a reserve tap, infact it didnt even have a tap, but I did feel like a total lemon!!
tl;dr - I sucked at simple motorbike fuel systems
Will Gill, done a similar thing with my Aprilia RS125...cept I ran it with reserve tap already on so when I ran out...I err...ran out.
ahh when I got my RS250 I was wise to it! I loved that bike, full Max B rep, the swing arm was a thing of beauty, well to a spotty 18 year old it was anyway!!
My girlfriend ridicules me (litterally falls around laughing) if I ever stall the E60 because "it's impossible to stall a diesel" 
That's until I tell her to shut up or start walking. 
She is a nightmare as a passenger though. When ever I'm trying to perform a tricky manouver she starts shouting at me as if the extra distraction is going to help the situation.
That's until I tell her to shut up or start walking. She is a nightmare as a passenger though. When ever I'm trying to perform a tricky manouver she starts shouting at me as if the extra distraction is going to help the situation.
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She has a point...why do you keep stalling it?
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About a week after passing i was on a slight incline at a junction... I stalled 3 times and by now there was a couple of cars behind me. I lost all patience and revved it close to the limiter and slowly released the clutch... The smell of clutch was disgusting, i then discovered i was in 3rd :/
She has a point...why do you keep stalling it?
It's not very often, just on the odd occasion. It's usually due to things like accidentally leaving it in 3rd or trying to pull off too quickly. I can deal with being laughed at but usually when you stall you're in a position where people are waiting behind you or it's potentially dangerous to not start moving again.
In those situations the last thing you need is someone distracting you by laughing at you.
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