Embarrassing MINI Cooper S Test Drive...H

[BRGreenie]

So there I was - got a car on test for 24 hours and after blasting to work and back I'm sitting in front of the TV at 8 O'clock...

Say to wife 'do we need an evening paper? - I'll go and get one'... heh heh!

Pull out of my drive and pulling out right behind me from a side street is a New Beetle - all tricked up with wide wheels and an 'ironing board' spoiler at the back.

So far so good - I power off and wiggle through a few roundabouts and leave the VW for dust. I soon settle down and tootle up to the lights on a dual carridgeway.

Of course 'Ms VW' comes right up beside me. fair enough I'm not gonna race I sit there ready to slowly take off and let her do her own stuff.

Lights go amber and I couldn't help gunning the engine - VW thinks that I do want a drag race - shoots of and I...

fudge up the gears and manage to get 3rd ( or 5th maybe -I'm not used to it yet ) ...

And stall.

Result one red face ( me) and one VW on the horizon.

[BRGreenie]

It was a Chilli Red MCS with 17" Silver wheels and a Union Flag on the roof - stood out like a lighthouse in a blackout...

[Paul]

Doh!

[EBMCS03]

hehehe thanks for sharing... usually people dont share these stories.. but give u props!

[Martin L]

That's what I like to call a "Benny Hill moment"

I can't remember the last time I stalled a car

Oh yeah, it was last year in my BMW automatic
The stupid sensitronic gearbox tried to second guess me
...and they say you can't stall an automatic

[Speedd]

Bless BRGreenie

I hope its not catchy..

Red car Red faced.... stick with the BRG its the best colour to drive .

Anand & CoopRaNite

[Dark Mini]

What colour was the bug, I sold my bug that matches that description (ironing board spoiler)to some one in the london area!!Did it look like the RSI spoiler?

[Bonjour]

When I had my XR2, a favourite trick of mine when sitting at the lights was to rev the engine and pretend to shoot off (with the lights still red) - going about a foot before applying the brakes. Surprising how many people would shoot out across the red lights.

Alright I know it's dangerous, but then I was only 17.

[northandy]

i nearly hit a pheasant at some speed a little in excess of the national limit ( i wasnt used to the car officer !! ) anyway the ABS worked great, and good job the salesman was wearing brown trousers !!

[Bonjour]

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Originally posted by northandy
i nearly hit a pheasant at some speed a little in excess of the national limit ( i wasnt used to the car officer !! ) anyway the ABS worked great, and good job the salesman was wearing brown trousers !!

I agree. Good gag.

[Linda M]

Classic Thanks for sharing

[goin440]

A similar situation happened to me but on purpose.

I was riding in friend's full-sized diesel truck (which was tuned enough to quiver vettes in the 1/8th with consistent 14s in the 1/4) when a "rice-r" pulled along next to us. There is a certain entertainment to putting others in a cloud of thick diesel smoke. So my friend gunned it, and left the rice-r in a choking cloud of diesel (at night the cloud can block the headlights of cars on his tail...). FUNNY..

Anyway, the rice-r pulls along side us at the next light just PO'd curse-in furious. The size of our the truck blocked the rice-r from seeing the police squad car in the adjacent intersection. When the light turned GREEN, the rice-r was definently pressing harder on the gas than we were. But we new there was a squad car watching. I think the veins in that rice-r's head probably popped when he saw the lights. FUNNY

[BRGreenie]

Quote:

Originally posted by Dark Mini
What colour was the bug, I sold my bug that matches that description (ironing board spoiler)to some one in the london area!!Did it look like the RSI spoiler?

Woman driver - long fairish hair 25 - 30 ????

[BRGreenie]

Quote:

Originally posted by goin440
A similar situation happened to me but on purpose.

I was riding in friend's full-sized diesel truck (which was tuned enough to quiver vettes in the 1/8th with consistent 14s in the 1/4) when a "rice-r" pulled along next to us. There is a certain entertainment to putting others in a cloud of thick diesel smoke. So my friend gunned it, and left the rice-r in a choking cloud of diesel (at night the cloud can block the headlights of cars on his tail...). FUNNY..

Anyway, the rice-r pulls along side us at the next light just PO'd curse-in furious. The size of our the truck blocked the rice-r from seeing the police squad car in the adjacent intersection. When the light turned GREEN, the rice-r was definently pressing harder on the gas than we were. But we new there was a squad car watching. I think the veins in that rice-r's head probably popped when he saw the lights. FUNNY

But what is a ricer???

[oldnell]

Thanks for that. Gave me a chuckle.

It reminds me of the last time I stalled, when there was a really nice-looking girl in the car next to me. We looked at each other, the lights changed, and I stalled the car. Whoops.