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7 hours ago, Iron Tongue said:

Here in the US, the only time a 7-11 ever gets remodeled is after a senior citizen mistakes the gas pedal for brakes, and rams their car into the store.

Happens a lot.  Then it never fails, the driver blames the car or auto maker. 

 

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14 hours ago, Andycoops said:

Thais can't park their cars full stop.

I sit in wonder at the antics in my local BigC car park.

It's a form of entertainment to me.

 

Not for me if I’m the poor sod that has to wait 10 minutes while they go through the motions of trying to park. Sometimes I’d love to bulldoze them out of my way. Since when has parking become so difficult?

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21 hours ago, Iron Tongue said:

Here in the US, the only time a 7-11 ever gets remodeled is after a senior citizen mistakes the gas pedal for brakes, and rams their car into the store.

I read the other day that a 7-11 gets crashed into  by a car 100 times each day.  

https://www.businessinsider.com/drivers-crash-into-us-storefronts-every-day-7-eleven-2023-2?op=1

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20 hours ago, ChrisY1 said:

This place gets sillier by the day!

You mean the fact they felt the need to superimpose a giant red circle of doom around the car in the video ?

 

Without it, myself and millions of Thai netizens would never have been able to identify the vehicle involved !

 

Anyway, hope the old fella is OK and recovering. 

 

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33 minutes ago, Elkski said:

I read the other day that a 7-11 gets crashed into  by a car 100 times each day.  

https://www.businessinsider.com/drivers-crash-into-us-storefronts-every-day-7-eleven-2023-2?op=1

Well, I wasn't totally joking when I commented.

 

But 7-11s in North America only average being taken-out once per day by car.   

However, the total number of cars vs buildings is 100-day.

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1 minute ago, finnomick1 said:

 

Actually that is not correct.  You can engage any gear without the use of the clutch. Any vehicle with a manual gearbox that suffers from clutch failure can be driven if you know how. ????

I'm interested. Pray tell. 

 

I have driven cars with a broken clutch but in order to do so I had to turn off the engine ( whilst stationary ) slip it into third then turn on engine and gun it as it lurches forward. If third too high , works in 2nd. What's your way ?

 

Either way , most Thais that drive saloon cars can't drive manual transmissions. 

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1 hour ago, Denim said:

I'm interested. Pray tell. 

 

I have driven cars with a broken clutch but in order to do so I had to turn off the engine ( whilst stationary ) slip it into third then turn on engine and gun it as it lurches forward. If third too high , works in 2nd. What's your way ?

 

Either way , most Thais that drive saloon cars can't drive manual transmissions. 

Denim, you are half way there. As you write, engine off, select gear ( usually 2nd ) and turn the key and off you should go. Don't know about gunning it though. To change gear you need to use the double de - clutch method as used on the old crash gear boxes I.e. no synchromesh. Foot off the throttle, gear lever into neutral, blip the throttle and push the gear lever into gear. It may crunch a few times until you get used to the method but it works. I've not only driven cars in this way but articulated trucks too. ????

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On 2/20/2023 at 11:39 AM, VocalNeal said:

NO. The title should read: a 69 year old man parks and doesn't put the transmission in "park". Maybe the reporter is not a driver.

Why do you presume it to be an automatic? 

Can't figure why he needed to leave the engine running unless he wanted to reverse just a bit more having placed his screen.

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