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16th July 2019, 20:28 | #1 |
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Near miss!
A neighbour just banged on my window with a look a panic on her face
What on earth is the matter I thought? Do you have a red Rover she asked with a panic? Oh no I thought, what on earth now? Its rolling down the hill headed toward the main road she said. What the ****! ....and could I find my keys... Anyway caught her just in time 2 foot from the main very busy road!!!! Hand break is a little bit dodgy at times but I usually put her in reverse gear whilst parked....guess I forgot earlier Amazing that it didnt hit A SINGLE THING!! This is the slope she creeped down She's now parked with wheels turned into the kurb and in reverse
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16th July 2019, 20:38 | #2 |
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Ouch, glad you caught it
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16th July 2019, 20:51 | #3 |
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So am I!
Someone was watching over me It could of hurt someone Best get a compensator methinks
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My current 75 is my 4th... 1. Starlight Silver 1.8 manual Saloon- RIP - HGF before I joined this forum 2. White Gold CDTi manual Saloon - RIP - Car accident 3. Midnight Blue 2.5 V6 auto Saloon- 'The 5th Gear Car' - Now owned by another forum member 4. Firefrost CDTi manual Tourer Lee [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] |
16th July 2019, 21:00 | #4 |
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Wow !! A near miss indeed !! So glad all was OK 👍👍
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16th July 2019, 21:01 | #5 |
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Time to buy a lottery ticket
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16th July 2019, 21:27 | #6 |
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Phew.....that could have been worse!
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17th July 2019, 08:05 | #7 |
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................... or compensate somebody else! Don't forget, a near miss is a hit!
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17th July 2019, 18:57 | #8 |
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one very lucky chap. Got to be honest I did it once but I was next to the car when it made its move.... my goodness the panic
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If anything, the Rover's handbrake grip should improve as the brakes cool, and the drum shrinks. Many years ago, I was visiting my brother who lived at the top of a hill in Gravesend. He had just brought a brand new Xantia back for a test drive, and parked it at the top of the slope. He was telling me over tea what a work-out he had given the car on his way home, when there was a loud and urgent knock on the door. His irate neighbour from a few doors down had seen him park the shiny new car 30 yards up the road from his beloved old Granada. While he was sitting down to his evening meal, he had heard a loud bang, and looked out to see the Xantia parked in the rear of his Granada. My brother apologised profusely, insisting he had set the handbrake on the Xantia, and we set off to retrieve it. The handbrake was up, but went up another notch without too much effort. As he reversed the Xantia, the Granada's big chrome bumper fell onto the road, along with a good deal of rust. The Xantia had hardly a scratch, but my brother exchanged insurance details to pacify the owner, while not admitting liability. A year later, Citroen issued a recall on all early Xantias, for a modification to the handbrake, which worked through the front calipers on the discs, which shrank as they cooled. Years later, I had a second-hand Xantia, a lovely car. I always pulled up the handbrake an extra notch, and turned the wheels to the kerb, when parked on a slope. BTW, since adjusting carefully, the Rover's handbrake is excellent. It doesn't have the modified yoke at the front.
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