What a ****

[ukkid35]

Not driven my car for months, simply had no reason to, been away, nothing booked, no track days, no meets, no clement weather. So at the weekend I put the battery on the charger hoping for a Sunday morning hoon, but it hadn't recovered enough to start. However tonight it fired up, and the roads were nearly dry, the rush hour traffic had subsided - time to remind myself why I own a Cerb.

Whoops - massive fishtail when accelerating away from a traffic light controlled dual carriage-way 180 turn. I must have looked like a complete idiot, fortunately I was able to leave the scene quicker than any of the witnesses...

I'm sure no one else has ever done anything so daft.

[pmessling]

Should have styled it out in a couple of donuts

[ShiDevil]

ukkid35 said:

Not driven my car for months, simply had no reason to, no clement weather. Time to remind myself why I own a Cerb.

Maybe it was your cerb telling you to drive it more often (particularly given we had one of the best summers for years) or it will be naughty :P

[N7GTX]

ukkid35 said:

I'm sure no one else has ever done anything so daft.

After spending hours and hours trying to set up the throttles I decided a run around the town might be an idea.
Stopped at some traffic lights with Mr Impatient in his (quite) fast VW Transporter (not as fast as a Sprinter) pushing me along. Lights changed and set off fairly conservatively then into second and booted it. The car slowed down. Slightly damp/greasy road and wheels were spinning but I wasn't accelerating.
How embarrassing

[jamieduff1981]

Tee hee...

I haven't done anything quite so visible to people around me yet. My most embarrassing ownership experience to date was losing my clutch hydraulics the 2nd time - this time in the middle of busy traffic in a city and feeling compelled to push the car with wife, 2 toddlers, a suitcase and full tank of fuel onboard about 500 yards to a spot where we could abandon without grinding the town to a halt.

I agree with the above though - you need to drive the car more! It's not about 'need' it's simply a case of 'why not?'.

I will confess though that I've used mine less over the last few months, but I hate charging the battery so I just decide to take it out for 20odd miles if it hasn't been driven for a while. It's getting detailed today though so it will get a charge and I'll chuck the car cover back over it for a while until the roads dry up a little.

[camel_landy]

Fortunately, the only time I've managed an accidental 180 in the Cerb, my error was obscured by the thick/acrid tyre smoke!!??!!

M

[Gray_101]

I fish tailed mine a few years back in cold damp conditions ... More driver error as I wasn't really driving to the conditions ....it did scare the st out of me tho going pass lamp posts side ways and wondering if I was going to hit the next one.

[Jhonno]

Nothing like that in my Cerb..

Did spin my old E30 180º on the M25/M23 slip road though..

[N7GTX]

camel_landy said:

Fortunately, the only time I've managed an accidental 180 in the Cerb, my error was obscured by the thick/acrid tyre smoke!!??!!

M

Sure that wasn't in a Rover SD1 on Top Gear on a steep hill?