I learnt something new!
Submitted: Monday, May 16, 2005 at 20:59
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Batboy
Out wheeling the other day at
Brooklyn 4wd park I heading up a short
grassy hill. About halfway up I realised it was a lot steeper than it looked and I was in the wrong gear. Bummer. nearly at the top the old girl runs out of puff and stalls.
Now the book says the way you are supposed to deal with this situation is to
1, Apply handbrake and brakes
2, Select reverse
3, Release handbrake and brakes
4, start engine and drive car to bottom
5, Try again
This I probably would have done if it wasn't for the fact that I had slid sideways as I started up the slope and now had a fair old drop directly behind me
Preferred direction was forward
1, Apply handbrake
2, select first low range
3, release Handbrake
4, little gas, key engine and drive on up!
I was very surprised that the car started in this situation but will happily store this bit of info in the old brain.
The
hill was steep enough to stop a deisel GQ in second low
I guess it pays to try something a bit different now and then