stupid stupid car :( :( :( :(

getzls

Watch they don't try to blame you for the clutch failure, i think it's about £1,500 to replace a clutch on a mini.

s_b

getzls wrote: »

Watch they don't try to blame you for the clutch failure, i think it's about £1,500 to replace a clutch on a mini.

how would OP do that then?
and if they are charging that kind of money then only a mug would own one

Road_Hog

s_b wrote: »

HIGHWAY CODE


So you dismiss the highway code too?
it would be interesting if you were up before the beak with your ideas

The Highway Code gives the same stopping distances that were applicable to vehicles 40+ years ago.

Do you think that cars with front & rear disc brakes, take as long to stop as a Ford Anglia did in 1965?

No, they don't. So, the HC, is 40+ years out of date.

Delivery_Driver

Road_Hog wrote: »

The Highway Code gives the same stopping distances that were applicable to vehicles 40+ years ago.

Do you think that cars with front & rear disc brakes, take as long to stop as a Ford Anglia did in 1965?

No, they don't. So, the HC, is 40+ years out of date.

Stopping distances have nothing to do with using the handbrake when parking.

I know of several cases at our depot where drivers left their vans parked with the handbrake on and they have rolled down hills into cars, walls, even a house.This is on very well maintained vehicles with short service periods and a dedicated mechanic.If they'd left the van in gear, it wouldn't have happened.

dickydonkin

forgotmyname wrote: »

Did they not teach you to leave the car in gear and kerb the wheels when you park it?

The OP shouldn't have to do this - It's a brand new car!

That said - out of habit, I always leave the car in gear when I park it up.

Alias_Omega

When parking on a hill i tend to leave it in gear too.

Ill park up normally, then if i think the car is going to roll down the hill, then ill put it into reverse gear witht he clutch up, release the handbrake holding the car on the foot brake until the car stops through the reverse gear. Then ill put the handbrake on, and away i go.

First the car has to jump out of reverse gear, then the handbrake has to fail/be released.

andygb

Delivery_Driver wrote: »

Stopping distances have nothing to do with using the handbrake when parking.

I know of several cases at our depot where drivers left their vans parked with the handbrake on and they have rolled down hills into cars, walls, even a house.This is on very well maintained vehicles with short service periods and a dedicated mechanic.If they'd left the van in gear, it wouldn't have happened.

We have had four incidences of this in the last couple of years in my road, and the vehicles have all been relatively new - Vauxhall Zafira, Vauxhall Meriva, VW Polo, Toyota Auris. The Auris was a demonstrator from the Toyota main dealer, and didn't hit anything, but rolled fifty yards down the road, and came to rest against the kerb.
Belt and braces - always leave the vehicle in gear, every time even on the flat (gets you into good habits), and turn the wheels into the kerb.

Obukit

andygb wrote: »

and turn the wheels into the kerb.

Or away from the kerb if you are parked facing uphill.

marlot

Road_Hog wrote: »

They stopped teaching that, when the Ark ran aground. Most cars these days have rear disc brakes and are more than capable of holding a car on an incline.

It's still in the highway code, still sensible, and still taught to learners.

Indeed, there are regular tales of cars with handbrake operated disk brakes rolling down the hill as the disks cool (and therefore contract).

Indout96

if you happen to own certain German cars with electric handbrakes

I have just bought one and it is so very odd, esp the auto hold button that will only hold if you stop with the footbrake but does not understand you have stopped if you just ease forward uphill in traffic and ease ogff coming to a gradual halt, then it rolls back.