Leaving the engine running when away from your car...?
Discussion
RobinBanks said:
Yeah, a lot of cars have it. It's quite useful in the countryside where there's no lighting and you're searching for openings etc in hedges.
I wouldn't imagine many 1999 Clios or whatever came from the factory with it though
First day as a PH poster and I learn something new! I wouldn't imagine many 1999 Clios or whatever came from the factory with it though
Cheers! 
Decades ago I worked as a summer 'gas-hop' at a petrol station in Raynes Park, South London, when forecourts still employed staff to fill up cars. The owner had a reputation as the local gangstah. He once turned up on the forecourt unannounced and found two rough-looking types smoking in their car with the windows open, waiting to be served by me.
He went inside, switched all the pumps off, then came back with a white powder fire extinguisher which he turned on the 'lads' in the car, with much cussing and yelling.
Powder went everywhere inside the car. They never came back.
He went inside, switched all the pumps off, then came back with a white powder fire extinguisher which he turned on the 'lads' in the car, with much cussing and yelling.
Powder went everywhere inside the car. They never came back.
pumpmonkey said:
New member, long-time lurker! For my sins, I'm working a few nightshifts at a petrol station at the arse end of Nedsville, Scotland....some very strange sights to be seen but one recent phenomenon's got me mildly bemused!
Pretty much at least once or twice a shift someone'll leave the engine running, and usually driver's door open, stereo blaring and lights on, while ambling in for overpriced cigarettes and nasty energy drinks...usually while there's other cars on the forecourt and other chavs and chavettes milling around. Anything from boy racer-mobiles to mumwagons to expensive BMWs. They're doing it deliberately, and out of line-of-sight most of the time they're in the shop...I've even had to argue for ten minutes with a PBCD-type that he had to turn the engine off while filling up – you'd think I'd asked him to defenestrate a kitten!
Any wiser PH-ers able to shed some light? Is this now a fashionable 'thing' like hand on the wheel at 11'o'clock, or alternating foglights?
Leaving your engine running whilst away from a car is an offense.Pretty much at least once or twice a shift someone'll leave the engine running, and usually driver's door open, stereo blaring and lights on, while ambling in for overpriced cigarettes and nasty energy drinks...usually while there's other cars on the forecourt and other chavs and chavettes milling around. Anything from boy racer-mobiles to mumwagons to expensive BMWs. They're doing it deliberately, and out of line-of-sight most of the time they're in the shop...I've even had to argue for ten minutes with a PBCD-type that he had to turn the engine off while filling up – you'd think I'd asked him to defenestrate a kitten!
Any wiser PH-ers able to shed some light? Is this now a fashionable 'thing' like hand on the wheel at 11'o'clock, or alternating foglights?
When leave my son of at his nursery there's a sales rep another dad who leaves his Audi A5 running outside. He stays inside the nursery for at least 5 mins before returning to his car. I don't get it, though his wife is supermodel hot, but she has an aversion to looking directly at anyone.
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