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I have always had Manual drive card intil last week.
Then i bought an Automatic gear box car !!
Useless **** has left me walking home 3 nights running !!!
It works okay in day time but refuses to budge at night !!
In the morning get in select
I get in select D for daytime driving and away it goes okay --
At night i get in select N for night time driving and the
Bas***d car refuses to move !! The engine ticks over okay
But it doesn't budge an inch .. I have to abandon it and walk home.
3 nights running now -- but next day !! It is fine again !!
Useless heap of **** don't buy an automatic car !!
Then i bought an Automatic gear box car !!
Useless **** has left me walking home 3 nights running !!!
It works okay in day time but refuses to budge at night !!
In the morning get in select
I get in select D for daytime driving and away it goes okay --
At night i get in select N for night time driving and the
Bas***d car refuses to move !! The engine ticks over okay
But it doesn't budge an inch .. I have to abandon it and walk home.
3 nights running now -- but next day !! It is fine again !!
Useless heap of **** don't buy an automatic car !!
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LOL, class SDK
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And THAT, Chris Morris, is how it SHOULD be done.
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card hah hah
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An ex of mine had a problem with some knickers she bought from C&A
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Whatever you do do not put it in "P"!!!!
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When ever I hire a car I always make sure its automatic.
I always liked the old coloumn change too but not seen one for years Its folly to buy a second hand automatic car as most experts would advise Get shut asap |
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I don't understand why you say it's folly to buy a secondhand automatic. I would have thought the opposite might well be true. Any chance of explaining why?
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Was thinking of buying an automatic car so the wife can drive herself about(only has a licence for an auto), i personally don`t like driving them but i am fed up of being a taxi.
Tough choices ahead for me now! are you sure they are crap? |
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I agree, my one ended up costing me a fortune.
I fancied testing out the motor, see what I could get out of it. So I stopped at the traffic lights, put it in R for race mode and smashed into the geezer behind! |
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naydam
I can only go by the advice I have been given over the years by various mechanics when buying second hand cars and I certainly am not an expert in theses matters having bought some shocking manual ones in the past However I was always advised to be wary of second hand automatics because a lot of people sell them when the gearbox starts going and of course the replacement cost will be well into four figures which is much more than the manual one I guess also they are just more complicated and more things can go wrong and will go wrong as the car gets older |
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ffs things have moved on ,auto boxes are very reliable now
a column shift , East of Eden what the fck were you driving a shitreon 2cv/diane ? dirty fckers did not have door handles on the inside  what kind of car you driving Scissors ? |
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Ffs scissors. The 'N' is for neutral and the 'D' is for drive. Not night driving and daytime driving. Even I knew that and I know nothing about cars.
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Vauxhall cresta and a bedford van for work puposes b and b
Once you get used to the column change it was great Admittedly we are talking some years ago Never did drive a deux chevaux.Absolute joke of a car |
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I've had an automatic for the last 3 years, and I love it!
Stop-start through city traffic is a doddle compared to manual. Changing for a new car soon, and looking to stay auto. |
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Changed from manual to automatic for precisely that reason Johnizere.
Would never go back now as it's so relaxing in comparison. |
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very funny scissors
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29 Sep 14 21:10 Ffs scissors. The 'N' is for neutral and the 'D' is for drive. Not night driving and daytime driving. Even I knew that and I know nothing about cars. Somebody tell me that he's fishing. |
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He must be.
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what's a hybrid ?
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Lofty position on an east coast resort.
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breadnbutter I one owned an old Humber with a 3 speed column change which was fun to drive.
The main advantage of a column change was a bench front seat which meant young ladies could snuggle up close while you drove one-handed  Happy days  |
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Classic stuff from the OP though. Reminiscent of earlier years
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I had a couple of column change cars back in the day. I think one was a Ford Zephyr, I only had that for 2 or 3 days. Can't recall the other one.
I had a clapped out foreign car for a week or so, may have been an old Citroen, the gear stick came out of the centre of the dashboard. |
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The old Hillman Minx used to be column change and I've had a couple of Hi- Ace vans that were also of that persuasion.
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Hillman Minx - what a lovely name that is - with column change and bench seat
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My mum bought a Capri new in 1972 which was an automatic, at that time I would say 1% of cars were automatic, when I passed my test in 78, I used it for a year before my mum bought a new car & gave me the Capri, I have only ever driven automatic since & now almost everyone I know drives automatic.
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Mine's auto, but I loved my manual change Jaguar.
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think i have to reassess the ave age of the chit chatter
ford zephers and hillman minx ect you lot are fckn scaring me  |
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Ken Masters 29 Sep 14 14:42
And THAT, Chris Morris, is how it SHOULD be done. if i could get the facking smileys to work, that'd get one |
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DSG gearbox,best of both worlds.
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CMAT
I had a clapped out foreign car for a week or so, may have been an old Citroen, the gear stick came out of the centre of the dashboard. The Renault 4L had a gear stick like that operating a 3 speed box linked to a little 850 cc engine from the Dauphine.(This was the deluxe version). Trying to locate a gear was like poking a coal fire wearing a blindfold. |
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Automatics are for people who can't really drive though, aren't they?
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And for shiit comedians. I've been driving autos for the last 4 years, can't say I miss twatting around with a gearstick any more, although getting your eye back in in manual cars on holiday only takes a couple of minutes.
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i_agree_with_nick 29 Sep 14 15:15
An ex of mine had a problem with some knickers she bought from C&A -------- Same idea as my automatic car Haha |
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KM - is that your "day job"? - the hours would fit...
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I have a bl**dy useless plane too .,
Sometimes it just skins over some peoples heads !! |
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Skims over ^^^
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lol class
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