Chit Chat
There is currently 1 person viewing this thread.
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 !!
sort by:
Show
per page
Replies: 62
|
By:
LOL, class SDK
|
|
By:
And THAT, Chris Morris, is how it SHOULD be done.
|
|
By:
card hah hah
|
|
By:
An ex of mine had a problem with some knickers she bought from C&A
|
|
By:
Whatever you do do not put it in "P"!!!!
|
|
By:
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 |
|
By:
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?
|
|
By:
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? |
|
By:
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! |
|
By:
 |
|
By:
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 |
|
By:
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 ? |
|
By:
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.
|
|
By:
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 |
|
By:
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. |
|
By:
Changed from manual to automatic for precisely that reason Johnizere.
Would never go back now as it's so relaxing in comparison. |
|
By:
very funny scissors
|
|
By:
rob_dylan
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. |
|
By:
He must be.
|
|
By:
what's a hybrid ?
|
|
By:
Lofty position on an east coast resort.
|
|
By:
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  |
|
By:
Classic stuff from the OP though. Reminiscent of earlier years
|
|
By:
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. |
|
By:
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.
|
|
By:
Hillman Minx - what a lovely name that is - with column change and bench seat
[ This image is no longer available. ] |
|
By:
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.
|
|
By:
Mine's auto, but I loved my manual change Jaguar.
|
|
By:
think i have to reassess the ave age of the chit chatter
ford zephers and hillman minx ect you lot are fckn scaring me  |
|
By:
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 |
|
By:
DSG gearbox,best of both worlds.
|
|
By:
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. |
|
By:
Automatics are for people who can't really drive though, aren't they?
|
|
By:
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.
|
|
By:
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 |
|
By:
KM - is that your "day job"? - the hours would fit...
|
|
By:
I have a bl**dy useless plane too .,
Sometimes it just skins over some peoples heads !! |
|
By:
Skims over ^^^
|
|
By:
lol class
|