hafs
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Following on from a very bad week with my Stilo (02, 2002) in for a phantom fault (Fuel pump replacement) which meant I had to hire a renalt clio 1.2 for a week .... I parked my car outside a mates house last night and went inside.
About 15 mins later someone knocked on the door to ask if my car was the "silver one which had rolled down the hill (30m) and into someones front garden"!!!!!!!! The hill was not very steep.
Luckily I had parked rear facing down hill so I got away with a cracked rear lower bumper, if I had parked front first I think I would have been picking headlights/bumper/engine/radiator out of someones front garden or calling the insurance company about a write-off. Will probably still cost £200+ to fix but, rather that than a front mangled stilo.
Had a bravo for 3 years and the handbrake was not amazing but the car never rolled away on me!! The wierd thing is that when you park it wont roll but then 10mins later its gone. Happened last week at another mates house, rolled 5 m, should have learnt my lesson then.
Hand brake and gear one for me from now on when parked on anything more steep than a snooker table.
Had mot done today so its not like the car was in bad shape, I guess bad this week was just a bad one.
hafs
About 15 mins later someone knocked on the door to ask if my car was the "silver one which had rolled down the hill (30m) and into someones front garden"!!!!!!!! The hill was not very steep.
Luckily I had parked rear facing down hill so I got away with a cracked rear lower bumper, if I had parked front first I think I would have been picking headlights/bumper/engine/radiator out of someones front garden or calling the insurance company about a write-off. Will probably still cost £200+ to fix but, rather that than a front mangled stilo.
Had a bravo for 3 years and the handbrake was not amazing but the car never rolled away on me!! The wierd thing is that when you park it wont roll but then 10mins later its gone. Happened last week at another mates house, rolled 5 m, should have learnt my lesson then.
Hand brake and gear one for me from now on when parked on anything more steep than a snooker table.
Had mot done today so its not like the car was in bad shape, I guess bad this week was just a bad one.
hafs
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