Faulty e-handbrake.. or just an idiot?
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Went to the IMAX in Birmingham yesterday to watch Tron Legacy. Enjoyed the film, came out to the car park to notice a 12 month old Vauxhall Insignia parked really closely to the rear bumper of my Corrado. I tutted a bit but as I got closer I realised it wasn't close - it was actually parked IN my car..
I stopped for a minute to take a calming breath and debated whether to do some damage to the Insignia but thought I had best not.. so instead started to write an offensive note to leave under the windscreen wipers (how British..!) One of my friends who was with me said "Move your car so we can check for damage..". As I moved my car forward, the Insignia began to roll as well - the handbrake wasn't on!!
My friend jumped in the way to stop it and we stood around scratching our heads. There is a load of building work going on next to the IMAX so I had a look through the fence and could see a pile of bricks so helped myself to one to wedge under his wheels, removed my offensive note and replaced it with a more friendly explanation of why there was a brick under one of their wheels.
Mercifully it's a small scrape on my bumper and might polish out.. but seriously, who the f@ck forgets to put on their handbrake?! I did wonder if it was one of those electronic handbrakes that I've heard various complaints about and whether it simply decided to deactivate? The car park was on a downward slope and unless the occupant abandoned the car in a hurry, they would have noticed it rolling forward.
My Corrado is in good shape cosmetically and mechanically and every time something like this happens, I get pretty pissed off! Already have scrapes on both edges of the rear bumper thanks to peoples inability to judge distances in car parks and now I have this! Not impressed!
I stopped for a minute to take a calming breath and debated whether to do some damage to the Insignia but thought I had best not.. so instead started to write an offensive note to leave under the windscreen wipers (how British..!) One of my friends who was with me said "Move your car so we can check for damage..". As I moved my car forward, the Insignia began to roll as well - the handbrake wasn't on!!
My friend jumped in the way to stop it and we stood around scratching our heads. There is a load of building work going on next to the IMAX so I had a look through the fence and could see a pile of bricks so helped myself to one to wedge under his wheels, removed my offensive note and replaced it with a more friendly explanation of why there was a brick under one of their wheels.
Mercifully it's a small scrape on my bumper and might polish out.. but seriously, who the f@ck forgets to put on their handbrake?! I did wonder if it was one of those electronic handbrakes that I've heard various complaints about and whether it simply decided to deactivate? The car park was on a downward slope and unless the occupant abandoned the car in a hurry, they would have noticed it rolling forward.
My Corrado is in good shape cosmetically and mechanically and every time something like this happens, I get pretty pissed off! Already have scrapes on both edges of the rear bumper thanks to peoples inability to judge distances in car parks and now I have this! Not impressed!
Unless they actually *were* selfish idiots who had already parked INTO my car.. and thus didn't realise that the handbrake wasn't on when they got out as my car was preventing it from rolling anywhere!
You'd think electronic handbrakes would automatically engage when the car was stopped and the ignition key removed for exactly this sort of purpose? Otherwise what actual benefits do they offer over the traditional handbrake lever?
You'd think electronic handbrakes would automatically engage when the car was stopped and the ignition key removed for exactly this sort of purpose? Otherwise what actual benefits do they offer over the traditional handbrake lever?
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