Reached for the Engine brake last night

…whilst traveling home in my Alfa Romeo.

Last year we were travelling up to Skye, in same said car, pulled in for the night at Cambuslang (yes, the good lady does get treated now and then) and reached for the tacho head to knock it in rest…

Got me thinking though, this is after a mere 3.5 yrs of driving. Is this as bad as it gets, or have I got more to look forward to by my 20 year anniversary?

I really miss exhaust brake in my car

I often reach up to the dash for a non existent handbrake when driving home from a shift

I can hear…

The fridge on defrost some nights when I go to sleep at home.

I guess it’s only a matter of time before I hear voices.

Nearly snapped my wiper stalk on my car going to knock the exhaust brake on last year. How I didn’t snap it is amazing

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I sometimes give a courtesy wave to tipper drivers , my wife puts my hand back on the wheel. How sad is that.

Must get my car looked at tbh, the exhaust brake doesn’t work at all, it oddly puts my windscreen wipers on for some reason [emoji23]

I’ve seen me do a ‘manual change down’ on the wiper stalk on the car. :blush:
On the positive side I also always notice any bridge heights in the car, so not all bad being a completely brain washed trucker. :smiley:

In the good old days before auto boxes my missus caught me “fondling” the side of the gear lever in a bmw searching for the splitter :blush:

eurotrans:
In the good old days before auto boxes my missus caught me “fondling” the side of the gear lever in a bmw searching for the splitter :blush:

I was going to post more or less exactly this! I have been away all week this week so not driven my bmw since Monday morning. I caught myself going for either the range change or the splitter switch! I gave up auto trucks a couple of years ago [emoji23]

Alfa1M:
…whilst traveling home in my Alfa Romeo.

Last year we were travelling up to Skye, in same said car, pulled in for the night at Cambuslang (yes, the good lady does get treated now and then) and reached for the tacho head to knock it in rest…

Got me thinking though, this is after a mere 3.5 yrs of driving. Is this as bad as it gets, or have I got more to look forward to by my 20 year anniversary?

I’ve been guilty of driving for miles behind someone in the middle lane of the motorway before remembering I am actually allowed in the outside lane today! Bit embarrassing but true :blush:

Driving along in the car, going down a hill, my missus says to me,

"Why have you turned on the wipers ? It’s not raining !! "

I’ll let you work it out :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

Pulled in for the night at CAMBUSLANG?!!
You sure know how to show a girl a good time. :wink: :wink:

Often see drivers heading home in their own cars with their hi viz still on…
strange behaviour [emoji39][emoji38]

Tbh I’ve forgotten a gooood few times my cars manual an ■■■■ stalled it at the first pull of coz weirdly a clutch pedals reappeared in the ‘■■■■’ pit [emoji28]

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Was asked by my wife “Why is my car being driven at 55 MPH on the A303?”

Sometimes wonder my car hasnt changed gear.

Then I remember its Manual not auto like the wagon.

called my car a ■■■■■■■■■■■■■ wagon when its sluggish pulling out of junctions(driver a automatic car), I drive a merc wagon(■■■■■■■■■■■■■ lol), and wife just looks at me funny

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Often look fo the handbrake in middle of dashboard in me car, or wonder why it’s shaking when I slow down and have completely forgotten it’s a manual unlike the wagons.
Remember years ago doing first multidrop work got back in my old Sierra and nearly rammed my foot through the floor after using the Leyland clutch all day!

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Benjie83:
Often see drivers heading home in their own cars with their hi viz still on…
strange behaviour

Yeh because driving their trucks whilst wearing their hi viz ain’t strange behaviour in the slightest. :neutral_face: :smiley:

robroy:

Benjie83:
Often see drivers heading home in their own cars with their hi viz still on…
strange behaviour

Yeh because driving their trucks whilst wearing their hi viz ain’t strange behaviour in the slightest. :neutral_face: :smiley:

I often wonder if I should wear mine to bed? [emoji38]

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