Forgetting to take it out of 1st gear when starting...CRASH!

ES-Jet · 11-03-2006, 03:24 AM

There was an old giffer that did this once in a local parade of shops - she shot through a shop window. She was driving an automatic Volvo.

Never heard of this sort of thing on a manual car though.

cm3rc · 11-03-2006, 03:41 AM

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Originally Posted by armoredsaint

when i park my 6MT, I put it in 1st gear, maybe I should use the parking brake now

watch him crash it...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZT5mQLy5C4

and here is the idiots photos of the damage. http://s57.photobucket.com/albums/g2...tart=#imgAnch6

HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAH

..

im sorry but thats just the funniest shit ive ever seen especially when they were all like "oh no.."

gos · 11-03-2006, 03:45 AM

My friend's old datsun wouldn't start once so we drove it the 1/2 mile back to his house with just the starter motor. Held the key cranking and left it in gear, and it moved the car. Engine never fired.

John 070 · 11-03-2006, 05:56 AM

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Originally Posted by armoredsaint

when i park my 6MT, I put it in 1st gear, maybe I should use the parking brake now

watch him crash it...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZT5mQLy5C4

and here is the idiots photos of the damage. http://s57.photobucket.com/albums/g2...tart=#imgAnch6

The 2nd link installs software to your pc....nice.

SRT · 11-03-2006, 06:33 AM

What in the name of...
Don't worry if you leave your cars in gear because a car would stall on the spot if left in first gear and then started, I'm trying to figure out what he did, but definitely was not an in-gear ignition, a car doesn't turn on if left in gear, the engine simply cannot fight the transmission and everything connected (tyres, weight of car etc) - you hear a "thud" noise and it just stalls on ignition. But in the video, the engine fires up completely...

He may have started with the clutch down, and released it straight after ignition without realising the lever was in first gear, hence the chirp - and probably stomped on the gas instead of the brake - just a stipulation, but this one is a mystery as far as I'm concerned

OVRSTR · 11-03-2006, 08:16 AM

0700700 · 11-03-2006, 08:27 AM

mustang looks nice

Ninjaneer · 11-03-2006, 08:48 AM

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Originally Posted by 0700700

mustang looks nice

The correct tense is "looked" ... the Mustang looked nice. hehe j/k

0700700 · 11-03-2006, 09:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Ninjaneer

The correct tense is "looked" ... the Mustang looked nice. hehe j/k

damage wasnt so bad

NoMods · 11-03-2006, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by John 070

The 2nd link installs software to your pc....nice.

it's just photobucket, are you sure your not surfing porn on another page?

MrSilver · 11-03-2006, 01:22 PM

When I first started driving I was told to always park your car in gear, with the hand break on to prevent roll.

E91 Dude · 11-03-2006, 03:41 PM

At least he didn't drive into the real Eleanor.

leeJ · 11-03-2006, 03:51 PM

that dude is stupid for giving the keys to his 14-year old

Brunotheboxer · 11-03-2006, 04:12 PM

good one.

maq · 11-03-2006, 05:57 PM

What happens if you start in D in an auto car? Does it take off?

I ask because there's no way a manual car would do that. Like someone mentioned, if the kid started it in gear without realizing and dropped the clutch, the car would have just jerked forward and stalled within a few inches. If he kept his foot in then the car wouldn't have moved. What he did was a perfect launch which meant he actually engaged 1st perfectly and kept his foot on gas.

I think it was an automatic.

Ninjaneer · 11-03-2006, 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by maq

What happens if you start in D in an auto car? Does it take off?

I don't know if this is even possible because most cars I've been in won't let you pull the key out while the shifter is in D. You have to shift to P then take it out. So how someone would turn the car on and find the shifter in D is beyond me.

e90 330 · 11-03-2006, 09:39 PM

That happened to me one time except I was very tired and i had the hand brake up, it was in i think 1st or 3rd and it just jerked forward I thought I was going to hit the car in front of me.

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neuronpetkowski · 11-05-2006, 01:19 AM

that was classic.

classic, classic, classic.

the kid's grounded. fer sure.

I absolutely love the Mustang (it's got to be a GT or the Shelby...any lesser model is wimpy, imo..) and actullay met Jay Mays, big wig (prima donna) in charge of corporate design at Ford when I was in Detroit. I think what the kid found here in this video is what Ford'll call a "feature"...

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maq Lieutenant 12 Rep 469 Posts Drives: MTA Monthly Pass Join Date: May 2005 Location: NYC iTrader: (0)	What happens if you start in D in an auto car? Does it take off? I ask because there's no way a manual car would do that. Like someone mentioned, if the kid started it in gear without realizing and dropped the clutch, the car would have just jerked forward and stalled within a few inches. If he kept his foot in then the car wouldn't have moved. What he did was a perfect launch which meant he actually engaged 1st perfectly and kept his foot on gas. I think it was an automatic.
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