hackey lad Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 34 minutes ago, carosio said: Or the throttle cable broke on my A65 recently, but managed to get back home with running repair. My Uncle was a bit handy with cars and motorbike. One day I was with him in his Reliant , clutch cable broke so he rigged up some string to the lever on the engine and drove with it over his shoulder. When it came to changing gear he pulled the string and told me to change gear . For an eight year old, it felt like I was driving the car 😃 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewalk Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 16 hours ago, Padders said: My main means of transport is Shanks Pony. I’d happily live without a car. Helps having an old codgers free bus and tram pass plus reductions by train travel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ads36 Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 1 hour ago, Chekhov said: Anecdotally I do not think there are any more cars on the roads than there were 10 years ago, which is what that graph is saying. No - the graph is evaluating 'share' not 'amount'. in the last 10 years, the number of cars has gone up from about 30million, to 33million. www.statista.com 45 minutes ago, AndrewC said: We'd need to see what the average occupancy rate per car on the road had done over the same period. If it's gone down (and I believe these days it's around 1.2 persons per car) then that means more cars on the road, even if the overall distance travelled by all passengers is roughly the same. what's hidden in that number, is that some (many?) cars are effectively empty - driving to, or returning from, dropping off a family member. how many car journeys are made ferrying teenage kids around? - only to temporarily return home, effectively empty. (4 car journeys, to move 1 person to and from 1 destination) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockers rule Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 41 minutes ago, hackey lad said: My Uncle was a bit handy with cars and motorbike. One day I was with him in his Reliant , clutch cable broke so he rigged up some string to the lever on the engine and drove with it over his shoulder. When it came to changing gear he pulled the string and told me to change gear . For an eight year old, it felt like I was driving the car 😃 Clutch cables were always going on't Mlk1 Transits. Finished many a milk round without one. Start her in gear & off you go 🥴. Happy daze Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echo beach Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 1 hour ago, hackey lad said: My Uncle was a bit handy with cars and motorbike. One day I was with him in his Reliant , clutch cable broke so he rigged up some string to the lever on the engine and drove with it over his shoulder. When it came to changing gear he pulled the string and told me to change gear . For an eight year old, it felt like I was driving the car 😃 What was your uncle called hackey, Trotter?😃 echo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Bundy Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 6 hours ago, Padders said: Try changing a flat tyre on an Artic, toppa Woodhead pass. Middle of January, force 10 gale blowing a blizzard, and temperature -8. All done in a T-shirt. Thas not lived Rocker! You had a T- shirt on? Pathetic. A real man would have had a white tank top only. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackey lad Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 1 hour ago, Al Bundy said: You had a T- shirt on? Pathetic. A real man would have had a white tank top only. Don’t mention Tank Tops , that’s a no no . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carosio Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 3 hours ago, hackey lad said: My Uncle was a bit handy with cars and motorbike. One day I was with him in his Reliant , clutch cable broke so he rigged up some string to the lever on the engine and drove with it over his shoulder. When it came to changing gear he pulled the string and told me to change gear . For an eight year old, it felt like I was driving the car 😃 That's the spirit. Nowadays if car breaks down it usually means calling AA or tow to garage and plugged in to a very expensive supercomputer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padders Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 4 hours ago, Rockers rule said: Clutch cables were always going on't Mlk1 Transits. Finished many a milk round without one. Start her in gear & off you go 🥴. Happy daze Milk floats, petrol cars, electric cars. Brown Bayley Steels used to have a steam truck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diksey Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 Back in the sixties myself and mate were having a Saturday night out in London. We were in his PA Vauxhall Cresta. So there we are 10pm Saturday night, Piccadilly Circus. Ran out of petrol. Nightmare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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