The gear stick fell out when it went above 60 on the motorway

It was actually simple to put back in but my schtick was to take people out in it and then panic when it fell out. Some people REALLY freaked out!

It also didn't have a working starter motor so I always needed to park on a hill or get a push to start. It was eventually stolen and used in a bank robbery (true story).

The joke in our family was 'I hope they parked on a hill'!

Posted By: Kev on December 4th 2024 at 15:46:22

Message Thread

the show us your first car threadlington - post a pic, no names no pack drill (General Chat) - Tombs, Dec 4, 11:50:27
- ....... (General Chat) - Old Splat, Dec 4, 19:20:39
  - saved the best til last, mate that is an absolute stunner of a first car (General Chat) - Tombs, Dec 4, 19:35:53
- ... (General Chat) - Yellalee, Dec 4, 19:02:09
- It’s a 💯 thread 💪🏻 (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Dec 4, 18:00:00
- One of these bad boys - rusty as fuck! (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Dec 4, 17:52:25
  - When I was a kid we had one of them (General Chat) - APB, Dec 4, 18:36:09
- Must have told this story here before but I had a Mondeo once (General Chat) - Old Man, Dec 4, 17:32:35
- … (General Chat) - APB, Dec 4, 17:13:30
  - My favourite car was this (General Chat) - APB, Dec 4, 17:20:48
    - Followed by (General Chat) - APB, Dec 4, 17:23:30
- No idea how you link photos so please imagine.... (General Chat) - Saucerer, Dec 4, 17:01:42
  - ... (General Chat) - DJ Ginga, Dec 5, 00:41:38
    - Had to put my reading Specs on (once I'd found them) but just about.... (General Chat) - Saucerer, Dec 5, 08:20:39
      - That's fair. Breaking it down into those component steps does make it sound laborious, but (General Chat) - DJ Ginga, Dec 6, 02:31:50
        
        Retained what information....? (Ok will try to give it a go and PM you later) (n/m) (General Chat) - Saucerer, Dec 6, 08:18:54
- Come on people only thre more posts… (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Dec 4, 16:38:07
- Mine - not exactly a bird puller! (General Chat) - JoeyDeacon, Dec 4, 16:33:57
- Boom (General Chat) - usacanary, Dec 4, 15:24:48
  - Never seen a butt plug that shape before, still, live and learn (n/m) (General Chat) - LittleMouseWithClogs, Dec 4, 17:34:53
- Yes Sir! (General Chat) - Kev, Dec 4, 15:18:56
  - sexy (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Dec 4, 15:22:15
    - +1 (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Dec 4, 15:31:53
      - The gear stick fell out when it went above 60 on the motorway (General Chat) - Kev, Dec 4, 15:46:22
- Mine (General Chat) - KentonCanary, Dec 4, 15:04:20
- ... (General Chat) - Brom, Dec 4, 15:02:29
- Mine (General Chat) - Jester, Dec 4, 14:39:31
- ... (General Chat) - Old Man, Dec 4, 14:28:47
  - Error 1011 saving us from a hideous sight there (n/m) (General Chat) - Wild Edric, Dec 4, 14:37:58
    - Tsk, I went to such trouble to get an image URL nearest to the one I actually had (General Chat) - Old Man, Dec 4, 14:45:06
      - That Paul Hughes’ design sketch actually has quite some style (n/m) (General Chat) - Wild Edric, Dec 4, 14:48:28
- I've written off every car that's been registered in my name. (General Chat) - tudders, Dec 4, 14:16:28
- Mine (General Chat) - Tony Martin, Dec 4, 14:16:06
  - Nice (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Dec 4, 14:32:05
- bloody hell I forgotten about this (General Chat) - shoddy, Dec 4, 14:07:24
  - is that a toyota corrolla (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Dec 4, 14:32:56
  - Best forgotten mon am (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Dec 4, 14:32:32
- DKM 201T... Great little runner, in yellow and black (General Chat) - Worthing Yellow, Dec 4, 13:26:07
- Waiting for Larrold to post a picture of a Capri (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Dec 4, 12:54:05
  - Convertible,beautiful hair flowing in the wind,aviation shades,pure machismo. (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Dec 4, 13:15:35
    - Gorgeous (n/m) (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Dec 4, 13:42:25
- Mine (General Chat) - Trent_Canary, Dec 4, 12:42:59
  - Ha! Posted the same image. (General Chat) - APB, Dec 4, 17:17:31
  - Same except blue and E reg (General Chat) - watfordcanary, Dec 4, 12:55:17
    - I puts some 6x9 speakers into my parcel shelf connected to a sub in the boot. (General Chat) - Trent_Canary, Dec 4, 13:56:50
  - Mine was a Vanden Plas one of them. Metallic blue. (n/m) (General Chat) - Captain Bligh, Dec 4, 12:49:59
    - Mine was a baby blue City "X", no less! (n/m) (General Chat) - Wilts, Dec 4, 14:39:58
- Mine was 1979 but close enough... (General Chat) - Pixelman, Dec 4, 12:41:25
  - The 1st of my daft decisions. Was between that and a Dolomite Sprint... (General Chat) - Pixelman, Dec 4, 12:46:27
- First car (General Chat) - The Gaffer, Dec 4, 12:25:15
- Mine (General Chat) - canary_wharf, Dec 4, 12:24:47
- My pile of shit (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Dec 4, 12:20:41
- Mine (very Princess Di) (General Chat) - camcan, Dec 4, 12:06:55
  - *wolf whistle* (General Chat) - Tombs, Dec 4, 12:17:33
    - Steady on, Gregggggg Tombs (n/m) (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Dec 4, 12:18:16
      - i'd like to apologise to any cars i have offended, i'm not in a good headspace (General Chat) - Tombs, Dec 4, 12:21:38
        
        It was only middle class cars of a certain age, every other car was fine with it, tbf (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, Dec 4, 14:32:40
        
        my big bruv had an allaggro. he had the "hideous" model (General Chat) - Tombs, Dec 4, 15:31:13
  - That's a very cool first car (n/m) (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Dec 4, 12:12:37
    - well company car (General Chat) - camcan, Dec 4, 12:31:23
  - 🚗💨👸🏼 (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Dec 4, 12:09:42
- This (General Chat) - jamesward, Dec 4, 12:06:01
  - lolf at the hillman impage (General Chat) - Tombs, Dec 4, 12:15:04
    - Here is my eclectic motoring history in list form, in date order (General Chat) - jamesward, Dec 4, 12:22:16
      - My car tart history (General Chat) - Old Git, Dec 4, 14:42:06
        
        Go a long way to beat a Golf GTi as a sensible car with some good poke (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Dec 4, 15:03:37
        
        I presume the defender is a proper one, and not a new one? (n/m) (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Dec 4, 14:52:32
        
        Natch (General Chat) - Old Git, Dec 4, 17:59:25
      - Not sure a Lambretta qualifies as a motorbike (n/m) (General Chat) - Legacy Fan, Dec 4, 13:27:45
        
        I will rename the section 'motorbikes and scooters' (General Chat) - jamesward, Dec 4, 13:35:38
        
        Thanks for the clarification 😂 (n/m) (General Chat) - Legacy Fan, Dec 4, 14:13:17
      - That's a promiscuous list... mine features a few years of lunacy... (General Chat) - Pixelman, Dec 4, 12:56:23
      - Corrrrr...I'm only on my 5th car now (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Dec 4, 12:51:53
        
        2008 5-litre V10 (General Chat) - jamesward, Dec 4, 13:08:51
      - that's a lot of cars! (General Chat) - Tombs, Dec 4, 12:43:51
      - ^ car slag (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Dec 4, 12:25:40
        
        I'd owned three cars within a year of driving at 17 (General Chat) - jamesward, Dec 4, 12:27:10
      - MGA to Vauxhall was quite a downgrade (General Chat) - Old Git, Dec 4, 12:23:47
        
        MGA was a second car tbf (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Dec 4, 12:24:42
    - Since James has posted the first car bought for him (General Chat) - Old Git, Dec 4, 12:21:34
      - I can see why you hated it at the time, but it's great now! (n/m) (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Dec 4, 12:49:37
      - i think you may have outtrumped the hillman pimp, chapeau old gits parents (General Chat) - Tombs, Dec 4, 12:23:52
  - From the ridiculous to the sublime! (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Dec 4, 12:07:07
    - It was nine years old and only cost about £700 (General Chat) - jamesward, Dec 4, 12:09:11
    - VMT (n/m) (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Dec 4, 12:07:55
- Mine (General Chat) - Old Git, Dec 4, 12:01:21
  - I haven't opened the link, it's a panther de ville, isn't it? (n/m) (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Dec 4, 12:53:39
  - I was expecting something like this (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Dec 4, 12:22:44
- mine (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Dec 4, 12:00:07
  - Wow u iz etc (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Dec 4, 12:06:32
- Mine (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Dec 4, 11:59:59
  - Was your first job a paper round or something? (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Dec 4, 12:06:06
- Are you trying to win the Turner Prize? (n/m) (General Chat) - camcan, Dec 4, 11:58:18
  - Ha ha (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Dec 4, 12:05:14
- Ok here goes (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Dec 4, 11:57:39
- .. (General Chat) - DrDublin, Dec 4, 11:57:28
  - Pop-up headlights? We have a winner (n/m) (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Dec 4, 12:15:58
  - Is that an Accord or a Civic? (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Dec 4, 12:04:59
    - Hasn't the accord always been a saloon? (n/m) (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Dec 4, 12:15:10
      - Oh....a quick google reveals this to be an Accord Aerodeck (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Dec 4, 12:17:19
- Mind (General Chat) - Charles21, Dec 4, 11:54:04
  - The gap (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Dec 4, 12:04:05
- Clarification please (General Chat) - Old Git, Dec 4, 11:52:01
  - Not Jeeve’s shooting brake for picking you up at your station either (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Dec 4, 11:55:48
  - first car owned by you not selected by parents/guardians/captors (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Dec 4, 11:53:50
    - Gotcha (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Dec 4, 11:58:19
- And your mother’s maiden name (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Dec 4, 11:51:18
  - that's another fetish entirely (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Dec 4, 11:52:55
- mine (General Chat) - Tombs, Dec 4, 11:50:42
  - Great first car. I bet you enjoyed pushing it all over the country. (n/m) (General Chat) - Pixelman, Dec 4, 13:00:54
  - That’s pretty cool for a first car (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Dec 4, 12:03:15
  - That's a great first car (General Chat) - jamesward, Dec 4, 11:54:40
    - vmt - i boiught it off of my troop sergeant and wrecked it on the tank park never saw the (General Chat) - Tombs, Dec 4, 12:01:12
      - That’s another great car (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Dec 4, 12:03:40
      - Also a great car (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Dec 4, 12:03:30
        
        cost me DM 4,700 about five hundred quid bitd (General Chat) - Tombs, Dec 4, 12:12:46

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