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Post by Humph on Nov 11, 2016 15:36:57 GMT
Oh very good! I can hardly breathe from laughing...😕
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2016 15:51:37 GMT
The gear shifter is on a column stalk, I don't like it there, but I suppose I'm getting used to it. I've decided that it's unmanly to have to look at it to check which way to move it, so I've had to learn a mantra of "back up, drive down" I love the gear stalk. It seems so modern compared to some large stick in the middle of the cabin. Even on manual cars I find myself indicating when I want to reverse...
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Post by Humph on Nov 11, 2016 15:58:01 GMT
Feels flimsy to me. I want my gear lever chunky and manly.
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Post by Humph on Nov 11, 2016 16:08:39 GMT
I once broke the gear-lever off in my MG Midget. It was highly inconvenient. But the trouble was, you had to get "her" to lie on her back across the two seats ( handbrake off for comfort ) put it first gear to lock the back wheels, and to give a bit more clearance, park by a tree, open the door and brace your feet on the tree.
Well, anyway, on one occasion, the gear lever must have got knocked into neutral and the car started to roll backwards. In my efforts to jam it back into gear from that angle, in the dark and by now with my feet either side of the tree trying to stop it rolling, it was never going to end well was it?🙁
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Post by WDB on Nov 11, 2016 16:16:33 GMT
Does that first paragraph make any sense to anyone else? 🤔
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Post by Humph on Nov 11, 2016 16:23:28 GMT
Take it you've never had sex in a wood in an MG Midget with the roof up?
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Post by WDB on Nov 13, 2016 12:52:45 GMT
No, as you'll have gathered over the years, I've never done Midgets - or midgets.
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