just as long as you were your seatbelt (exept in some rare cases when u better fly out f your car then staying in)
don't ever, EVAR, use the clutch foot for braking.
your clutch foot is either
- PRESSING THE CLUTCH
- RESTING ON THE FOOTREST
(i hope you noticed that there is no option to 'rest foot on the clutch')
The only exception to the rule, that I was taught, is if you go through a deep puddle/ford/whatever just gently apply the brakes with your left foot well still applying the throttle, so when you need them later on they don't aquaplane.
I hope you flip some guy the bird
He cuts you up and you're forced to swerve
Into the Beatles' tour bus
A bookmobile and a Mack truck
Hauling hazardous biological waste
The light turns red you have no brakes
And Hardcopy gets it all on tape
So you can see the look on your face
Lyrics courtesy of The Bloodhound Gang...
He cuts you up and you're forced to swerve
Into the Beatles' tour bus
A bookmobile and a Mack truck
Hauling hazardous biological waste
The light turns red you have no brakes
And Hardcopy gets it all on tape
So you can see the look on your face
Lyrics courtesy of The Bloodhound Gang...
ROFL! Thats gold!
The verses after get better...
I hope your Pinto begins to spin,
Takes out a disabled Vietnam Veteran,
Mows down a Nobel Peace Prize Winner,
And maybe some orphans having Christmas dinner,
Perhaps even the British Royal Family,
And the Rabbi that's clutching the bottle-fed puppy,
And we can't forget the newlyweds,
And those Jerry's Kids are as good as dead,
I hope your cellmate thinks he's God,
But C.N.N. refer to him as "Bowling Ball Bag Bob",
Serving time again for abuse of a corpse,
Only this time the victim's a Clydesdale horse,
While he masturbates to photos of livestock,
He does the "Silence of the Lambs" dance to Christian Rock,
Eats feces and quotes from "Deliverance",
And fights with his imaginary playmate Vince,
I hope he grins like Jack Nicholson,
And forces you to play a game called Balls On Chin,
And whatever happens next is all a blur,
But you remember "fist" can be a verb,
And when you finally regain consciousness,
You're bound and gagged in a wedding dress,
And the prison guard looks the other way,
'Cause he's the guy ya flipped the bird the other day,
I hope your Pinto begins to spin,
Takes out a disabled Vietnam Veteran,
Mows down a Nobel Peace Prize Winner,
And maybe some orphans having Christmas dinner,
Perhaps even the British Royal Family,
And the Rabbi that's clutching the bottle-fed puppy,
And we can't forget the newlyweds,
And those Jerry's Kids are as good as dead,
I hope your cellmate thinks he's God,
But C.N.N. refer to him as "Bowling Ball Bag Bob",
Serving time again for abuse of a corpse,
Only this time the victim's a Clydesdale horse,
While he masturbates to photos of livestock,
He does the "Silence of the Lambs" dance to Christian Rock,
Eats feces and quotes from "Deliverance",
And fights with his imaginary playmate Vince,
I hope he grins like Jack Nicholson,
And forces you to play a game called Balls On Chin,
And whatever happens next is all a blur,
But you remember "fist" can be a verb,
And when you finally regain consciousness,
You're bound and gagged in a wedding dress,
And the prison guard looks the other way,
'Cause he's the guy ya flipped the bird the other day,
you mean, in order to keep the brake pads dry?
dunno. seems kinda extreme to me.
i'll try it someday though.
Actually I know someone (who liked Sam93's sort of cars) who had such a rediculously shitty bumper on their 306 they hit a bump and the bumper sheared off under the front wheels meaning they couldn't turn and plowed off into a hedge.
That's probably the most realistic - I had my first bike crash because I locked my front tire up because I went into a bend too hot (but then I had _no_ air in the fronts).
And tbh if i was buying a car simply to pull girls (like a surprisingly large amount of people at my School do) I don't think i'd keep the Wira! Already having a girlfriend ftw.
EDIT - I remember my Mum's Ford Escort manual saying that if you wash it or drive through deep water you should "test" the brakes with your foot afterwards to clean the water off - makes sense, and using it with the throttle would help...
It may seem extreme, but it is a case of better safe than sorry, I do it subconsciously just so in the back of my mind I am happy that I'll be able to stop when required.
If there is a flood/ford somewhere on the road, there's usually a sign to warn you and after there is a 'now try your brakes' sign.
... I'd be skeptical of fords too...
Did you mean... fjord?
No, a small dip in the road that can fill with water (i.e. if a river overflows) is called a "Ford".
There's tons round 'ere.
Had another idea about how I will crash (this is eerie!) - Did my route to School on the way to the Chippie and I use a fun "Back Road" way - on my bike the road was huge and wide and you could just go accross the road from side to side, apex to apex if the road was clear - tried in the car and **** me it was dangerous - the road is barely wide enough for 2 cars (in fact it isn't) and tractors have a nasty habbit of lurking round blind bends...
Being in a car made me realise the connection between the rider and the bike - you don't turn, you move your body in an instinctive way and the bike follows as a pose to a car which you control...
There's tons round 'ere.
Had another idea about how I will crash (this is eerie!) - Did my route to School on the way to the Chippie and I use a fun "Back Road" way - on my bike the road was huge and wide and you could just go accross the road from side to side, apex to apex if the road was clear - tried in the car and **** me it was dangerous - the road is barely wide enough for 2 cars (in fact it isn't) and tractors have a nasty habbit of lurking round blind bends...
Being in a car made me realise the connection between the rider and the bike - you don't turn, you move your body in an instinctive way and the bike follows as a pose to a car which you control...
What if they don't work when you try them?
Then i'd say you're pretty screwed.
You brits need to learn bloody english. A "Ford" is a car/truck that is often broken.
a "massive ****ing puddle" is a dip that fills with water, that goes across the road.
a "massive ****ing puddle" is a dip that fills with water, that goes across the road.
Then you go down through the gears until your in first and wait for the car to slow to a slow speed (i.e. under 10 - 5 MPH) and hit the handbrake.
I'd have no problems stopping without the brakes on a straight bit of road - but on a bend without knowing they don't work - no thanks.
The water won't stop them working, but it will make them less effective for a little while - meaning when you stand on the brakes they won't have "full effectiveness" until a little while after.
Jakg,
I'm willing to bet your first incident will be due to lack of situational awareness. I'd also be willing to bet that it won't, technically, be your fault. So many people end up in wrecks because they aren't paying enough attention to what other people are doing around them. Just always assume that everyone around you has absolutely no idea what they're doing, drive accordingly, and you'll be fine.
I'm willing to bet your first incident will be due to lack of situational awareness. I'd also be willing to bet that it won't, technically, be your fault. So many people end up in wrecks because they aren't paying enough attention to what other people are doing around them. Just always assume that everyone around you has absolutely no idea what they're doing, drive accordingly, and you'll be fine.
i really really REALLY doubt that water can make brakes lose even a fraction of their stopping power. if there was OIL in that puddle, then maybe yes... but if that was the case, then oil in the brakes isn't your problem i think.
is it possible that the signs are meant for way older cars which didn't have so powerful brakes?
is it possible that the signs are meant for way older cars which didn't have so powerful brakes?
But you try your brakes immediately after the ford, not half a mile down the road. So even if they didn't work, you'd only be doing about 5 - 10mph (unless you're an idiot that is), so you'd probably be able to stop with just the handbrake (if a bit violently
).Its true to a degree. Takes mountain bikes for example, I was in an accident years ago because it was raining, and the brakes were not effective enough to stop me before the road at the bottom of the hill, even though in normal weather they'd pivot the bike over the front wheel. But on my bike these days it has discs, which under similar conditions are pretty useless for a few secs, then they start gripping sufficiently to do their job.
Fords were around long before Henry Ford. Bloody snowbacks, worse than the yanks.
As for the brake test, it was aimed at the drum brake age when water would cause issues, but it has carried on for a lot of drivers. With discs it isn't such an issue, but it is nice to test "just in case."
Until the disk has done a full revolution with the pad pressed down to rub the water off, you will get a fraction of a second where the brakes are reduced. If you have to brake suddenly that fractionn of a second can be important, so the signs advise you to just touch the brakes for a second, clearing the water off in a controlled manner in case you need them.
theres many good resons to left foot brake especially if you have a ford focus (no not a wet one)
I think hell be loosing it, then hitting something (a tree after it has been lumbered) and then flipping 3 1/2 times, coming to stand on his roof.
I already said that he would hit a man-eating badger if he got a stereo system. And now he has an £8 sound system, so he's going to hit a man-eating badger.
So What Will Be His First Crash
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