Amphitrav

Post by **Dru** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 8:42 am

Spotted on my local Flickr group....

http://www.flickr.com/photos/glosters/9 ... 594087@N00

Post by **mal** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 8:48 am

Some people are just too lazy to wash the car properly

Wonder if they'll give it a coat of polish now

Mal

Post by **wibble_puppy** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 11:25 am

lol @ mal

Alex if this charlie had parked in first gear he would still have rolled forward into the briny, wouldn't he?

Post by **alex_holden** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 11:32 am

wibble_puppy wrote:Alex if this charlie had parked in first gear he would still have rolled forward into the briny, wouldn't he?

How so? Leaving it in gear acts as a sort of transmission brake if the handbrake fails.

Post by **wibble_puppy** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 11:44 am

aiii, indeed, but wouldn't reverse have helped more, if parked nose towards the edge of something?

Post by **rayofleamington** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 12:18 pm

aiii, indeed, but wouldn't reverse have helped more, if parked nose towards the edge of something?

it wouldn't have made much difference - 1st or reverse will both stop a car rolling on a fairly level surface - on a steep hill they could still roll but not fast enough to get anywhere quickly.
Therefore when parking on a steep hill it's best to angle to front whels so that if the car does roll it won't go far!

Post by **Orkney** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 12:39 pm

Is that perchance one of those stolen Travs?

Post by **wibble_puppy** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 2:14 pm

rayofleamington wrote: it wouldn't have made much difference - 1st or reverse will both stop a car rolling

i see! thanks for the explanation, Ray

Post by **8009STEVE** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 6:44 pm

What a way to dip the headlights

Post by **picky** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 2:40 pm

how come it carried on going once the front wheels were over the edge? must have been going pretty fast.

Picky

Post by **bigginger** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 4:17 pm

I don't think it will have ended up there accidetally.

Post by **Dru** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 6:07 pm

I was wondering about that, too; I drove by this place the other day, and had a look; it's not apparent from the photo, but there's quite a steep slope down from the road to the harbourside...