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Louis M. Brown
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Sat Nov 05, 2005 9:18 am Post subject:
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On Fri, 4 Nov 2005 21:27:42 -0500, "WickeddollŽ"
<wickeddoll1958DIEspammersDIE@yahoo.com> wrote:
| Quote: | On my way home from work, I noticed my 2000 Echo was revving way more than
it should. I checked to see if I'd flicked the OD off accidentally; no...
..it wasn't till I was nearly home that I realized I'd been driving it in
second...
Feel free to ridicule us women drivers on this one - I deserve it this time
:-)
Natalie
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I can imagine that poor bastard was ECHOING as you ran the rpms up
entirely too much.. "Why won't this damned thing go any faster? WTF? "
-LMB <- Putting HIS car in 'Drive' and getting the hell outta here
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Charles @ Kankakee
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Sat Nov 05, 2005 9:18 am Post subject:
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"WickeddollŽ" <wickeddoll1958DIEspammersDIE@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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"Charles @ Kankakee" ...
"badgolferman" :
On my way home from work, I noticed my 2000 Echo was revving way more
than it should. I checked to see if I'd flicked the OD off
accidentally; no...
..it wasn't till I was nearly home that I realized I'd been driving
it in second...
Feel free to ridicule us women drivers on this one - I deserve it
this time
:-)
Natalie
You can't be as bad as this girl:
http://s61.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=31X54H36KWN0A2DSKRK69ZAH7X
I did that once, myself. The light in my shifter doesn't work anymore,
so I have to do it by feel.
Charles
My light works just fine - it's my brain that checked out early. LOL
Natalie
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Well I was tired that night and didn't feel the bump from D to 2. There is
a 'bump' going from D to 2 and you have to hit the lock switch to move it
past D. I've done it on the column shift on the Previa, too.
Charles |
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Brent Secombe
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Sat Nov 05, 2005 9:18 am Post subject:
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In article <dkgjom.3s8.1@news.evilcabal.org>, WickeddollŽ
<wickeddoll1958DIEspammersDIE@yahoo.com> wrote:
| Quote: | On my way home from work, I noticed my 2000 Echo was revving way more than
it should. I checked to see if I'd flicked the OD off accidentally; no...
..it wasn't till I was nearly home that I realized I'd been driving it in
second...
Feel free to ridicule us women drivers on this one - I deserve it this time
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No can do, Natalie. The shift pattern on my wife's Subaru had an extra
pause-point compared to my Avalon's. I often found I hadn't moved the
Subaru into its highest gear.
You deserve no more ridicule than I do. I guess it's you and me against
the world. :-)
Brent
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WickeddollŽ
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Sat Nov 05, 2005 9:18 am Post subject:
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"Charles @ Kankakee" ...
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"badgolferman" :
On my way home from work, I noticed my 2000 Echo was revving way more
than it should. I checked to see if I'd flicked the OD off
accidentally; no...
..it wasn't till I was nearly home that I realized I'd been driving
it in second...
Feel free to ridicule us women drivers on this one - I deserve it
this time
:-)
Natalie
You can't be as bad as this girl:
http://s61.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=31X54H36KWN0A2DSKRK69ZAH7X
I did that once, myself. The light in my shifter doesn't work anymore, so
I have to do it by feel.
Charles
My light works just fine - it's my brain that checked out early. LOL |
Natalie |
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WickeddollŽ
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Sat Nov 05, 2005 9:18 am Post subject:
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"High Tech Misfit" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
news:14quhzyf9q2c7$.dlg@hightech.misfit...
| Quote: | WickeddollŽ wrote:
On my way home from work, I noticed my 2000 Echo was revving way more
than
it should. I checked to see if I'd flicked the OD off accidentally;
no...
..it wasn't till I was nearly home that I realized I'd been driving it in
second...
Feel free to ridicule us women drivers on this one - I deserve it this
time
:-)
Natalie
It's OK to have a "brain fart" once in a while. ;-)
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So *that's* what that smell was!
:-)
Natalie |
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WickeddollŽ
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"Greywolf" <greywolfin45@*spamisbad*sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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"WickeddollŽ" <wickeddoll1958DIEspammersDIE@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:dkgjom.3s8.1@news.evilcabal.org...
On my way home from work, I noticed my 2000 Echo was revving way more
than it should. I checked to see if I'd flicked the OD off accidentally;
no...
..it wasn't till I was nearly home that I realized I'd been driving it in
second...
Feel free to ridicule us women drivers on this one - I deserve it this
time
:-)
Natalie
My personal embarassment was on a motorcycle trip when I was playing
around a backroad weaving between one side of the road and the other when
the engine died. I checked out the electrical system and the was no power
in the ignition system. I managed to hotwire the bike and was many more
miles down the road before I realized I had hit the tank bag with the
handle bar and turned of the kill switch.
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O_O
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Speaking of women drivers and motorcycles, I taught motorcycle safety in
the late 1970s and had to write a paper as part of my certification. I was
a womens' rights activist and chose to study the accident statistics with
an eye to debunking all the women driver stories. I discovered that the
majority of actions by men prior to accidents was to apply the brakes even
when braking would not allow stopping in time while steering could have
often completely avoided an accident. Unfortunately, the tactic applied
prior to a accident by the majority of women in the study was to throw
their arms in front of their faces and scream. Of course the study did not
cover the drivers who succeeded in not having an accident.
Pat
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Doncha hate when that happens?! I guess some things are just imprinted in
our DNA
Natalie |
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Hachiroku
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Sat Nov 05, 2005 6:01 pm Post subject:
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On Sat, 05 Nov 2005 03:39:17 +0000, Greywolf wrote:
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"WickeddollŽ" <wickeddoll1958DIEspammersDIE@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:dkgjom.3s8.1@news.evilcabal.org...
On my way home from work, I noticed my 2000 Echo was revving way more than
it should. I checked to see if I'd flicked the OD off accidentally; no...
..it wasn't till I was nearly home that I realized I'd been driving it in
second...
Feel free to ridicule us women drivers on this one - I deserve it this
time
:-)
Natalie
My personal embarassment was on a motorcycle trip when I was playing around
a backroad weaving between one side of the road and the other when the
engine died. I checked out the electrical system and the was no power in the
ignition system. I managed to hotwire the bike and was many more miles down
the road before I realized I had hit the tank bag with the handle bar and
turned of the kill switch.
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Or me, when I bought a 1974 Yamaha RD-400. it was a friend of mine's. Took
it out for a ride and the guy says, don't forget to put gas in it. I had
ridden it before and always put gas in it. I get about 10 miles from home
and it dies. Kicking, kicking, kicking; the starter lever shot up on one
kick and gave me a nasty scar. Would go 1/2 mile and stall again. OK, he
meant it NEEDS gas!
I'm filling it at a station where another friend works, and telling him
the story and he reaches down and flips the Reserve lever...
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Speaking of women drivers and motorcycles, I taught motorcycle safety in the
late 1970s and had to write a paper as part of my certification. I was a
womens' rights activist and chose to study the accident statistics with an
eye to debunking all the women driver stories. I discovered that the
majority of actions by men prior to accidents was to apply the brakes even
when braking would not allow stopping in time while steering could have
often completely avoided an accident. Unfortunately, the tactic applied
prior to a accident by the majority of women in the study was to throw their
arms in front of their faces and scream. Of course the study did not cover
the drivers who succeeded in not having an accident.
Pat |
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Scott in Florida
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Sat Nov 05, 2005 9:07 pm Post subject:
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On Fri, 4 Nov 2005 21:27:42 -0500, "WickeddollŽ"
<wickeddoll1958DIEspammersDIE@yahoo.com> wrote:
| Quote: | On my way home from work, I noticed my 2000 Echo was revving way more than
it should. I checked to see if I'd flicked the OD off accidentally; no...
..it wasn't till I was nearly home that I realized I'd been driving it in
second...
Feel free to ridicule us women drivers on this one - I deserve it this time
:-)
Natalie
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Are you kidding?
Hell I took the OD off on my wife's '97 Corolla and didn't notice it
till I got 10 miles down the road.
I shall NOT cast a stone....or the first stone...
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Scott in Florida
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Sat Nov 05, 2005 9:10 pm Post subject:
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On 05 Nov 2005 02:59:30 GMT, "badgolferman"
<REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> wrote:
| Quote: | WickeddollŽ, 11/4/2005,9:27:42 PM, wrote:
On my way home from work, I noticed my 2000 Echo was revving way more
than it should. I checked to see if I'd flicked the OD off
accidentally; no...
..it wasn't till I was nearly home that I realized I'd been driving
it in second...
Feel free to ridicule us women drivers on this one - I deserve it
this time
:-)
Natalie
You can't be as bad as this girl:
http://s61.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=31X54H36KWN0A2DSKRK69ZAH7X
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OMG that is funny....LOL
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ron
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Mon Nov 07, 2005 2:19 am Post subject:
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I must confess I've also "pushed the button" on my Highlander for
engine breaking and left it in 3rd for 5-10 miles.
I guess I could tell you about the person (in late 60's) that drove
their new Porsche from the SF bay area up here to Redding in the
summer in 3rd gear. Really bitched that it overheated and seized.
The admitted to over 90 a bit..
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WickeddollŽ
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Mon Nov 07, 2005 2:51 am Post subject:
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"Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | D Natalie. D. You want the gear selector on the D.
Jeez, girl drivers are sooo stupid. ;-)
*fwap*
I was banging down the road in my BMW (on more than one occasion), and
noticed similar behavior. I had been in a traffic jam that opened up, but
I had left the shifter in 3rd up to about 80 or so. You gotta love cars
that are smooth and silent, but you also hafta keep an eye on the tach ...
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2000 Echoes don't have a tach, but the loud revving should have clued me in.
Natalie
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"WickeddollŽ" <wickeddoll1958DIEspammersDIE@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:dkgjom.3s8.1@news.evilcabal.org...
On my way home from work, I noticed my 2000 Echo was revving way more
than it should. I checked to see if I'd flicked the OD off accidentally;
no...
..it wasn't till I was nearly home that I realized I'd been driving it in
second...
Feel free to ridicule us women drivers on this one - I deserve it this
time
:-)
Natalie
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The best internet relay chat network in the entire world!
"Wicked little doll, you are not human;
Wicked little doll, you have no soul"
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WickeddollŽ
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Mon Nov 07, 2005 2:51 am Post subject:
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"ron" <really good@serviceu.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | I must confess I've also "pushed the button" on my Highlander for engine
breaking and left it in 3rd for 5-10 miles.
I guess I could tell you about the person (in late 60's) that drove their
new Porsche from the SF bay area up here to Redding in the summer in 3rd
gear. Really bitched that it overheated and seized. The admitted to over
90 a bit..
Ron
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Gawd, whatta maroon
Natalie |
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Mike Hunter
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Mon Nov 07, 2005 4:12 am Post subject:
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Didn't you notice that your Echo had some power for a change when you went
up a grade?
mike hunt
"WickeddollŽ" <wickeddoll1958DIEspammersDIE@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:dkgjom.3s8.1@news.evilcabal.org...
| Quote: | On my way home from work, I noticed my 2000 Echo was revving way more than
it should. I checked to see if I'd flicked the OD off accidentally; no...
..it wasn't till I was nearly home that I realized I'd been driving it in
second...
Feel free to ridicule us women drivers on this one - I deserve it this
time
:-)
Natalie
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http://www.dwarfstar.net
The best internet relay chat network in the entire world!
"Wicked little doll, you are not human;
Wicked little doll, you have no soul"
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Jeff Strickland
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Thu Nov 10, 2005 6:53 am Post subject:
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"WickeddollŽ" <wickeddoll1958DIEspammersDIE@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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"Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:6qOdnds5HYp6rPPenZ2dnUVZ_tCdnZ2d@ez2.net...
D Natalie. D. You want the gear selector on the D.
Jeez, girl drivers are sooo stupid. ;-)
*fwap*
I was banging down the road in my BMW (on more than one occasion), and
noticed similar behavior. I had been in a traffic jam that opened up, but
I had left the shifter in 3rd up to about 80 or so. You gotta love cars
that are smooth and silent, but you also hafta keep an eye on the tach
...
2000 Echoes don't have a tach, but the loud revving should have clued me
in.
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Well, in the interest of full disclosure, I also had the noise from the
revving, but I had to look at the tach to see what the trouble was. Then, I
had to follow that up with a check of the shift lever to see why there was
so much noise, and the tach needle was creeping up on the red part. Duh! I
hadn't made a change of the gear selection since I was doing 5 mph, now I
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WickeddollŽ
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Thu Nov 10, 2005 7:14 am Post subject:
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"Jeff Strickland" ...
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"WickeddollŽ" ...
"Jeff Strickland" ...
D Natalie. D. You want the gear selector on the D.
Jeez, girl drivers are sooo stupid. ;-)
*fwap*
I was banging down the road in my BMW (on more than one occasion), and
noticed similar behavior. I had been in a traffic jam that opened up,
but I had left the shifter in 3rd up to about 80 or so. You gotta love
cars that are smooth and silent, but you also hafta keep an eye on the
tach ...
2000 Echoes don't have a tach, but the loud revving should have clued me
in.
Well, in the interest of full disclosure, I also had the noise from the
revving, but I had to look at the tach to see what the trouble was. Then,
I had to follow that up with a check of the shift lever to see why there
was so much noise, and the tach needle was creeping up on the red part.
Duh! I hadn't made a change of the gear selection since I was doing 5 mph,
now I was closing in on 80.
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OK *you* win the Doofus Of The Year Award...
Natalie |
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