When driving my car I keep looking for the retarder when I want to slow down.
Me too 
Cant think of any model of car fitted with a retarder,ever thought of using the the footbrake 
triple-tango:
When driving my car I keep looking for the retarder when I want to slow down.
i pull over in laybys and ■■■■ up the side of the car …missus hates it
I once very badly hurt my hand when I smacked it into my car roof trying to adjust the radio. 
rockape2620:
triple-tango:
When driving my car I keep looking for the retarder when I want to slow down.i pull over in laybys and ■■■■ up the side of the car …missus hates it
My current ‘car’ is a Hilux pick up, so it’s not quite the same as when I drove an MGB.
But I know what you mean, the other morning on my way to work, a truck flashed me in, I don’t know how the driver knew, he might’ve seen me hunting in the near side mirror, but he flashed me in.
I gave him the usual left, right, left indicator, totally without thinking about it.
It’s usually when the car starts juddering when I’m slowing for the lights that i remember there’s a clutch pedal fitted and i need to press the ■■■■ thing.
When i drove a Daf for some reason i always used to press the non existent thumb button to drop a split when in the car.
The thing I sometimes get mixed up with is the washers. On my car you pull the right stalk toward you and on the truck you push the end of the left stalk in 
I try putting the handbrake on ,using the nonexistent lever on the dash
A mate of mine nearly destroyed his pug 306 when driving home from work one night. Set off, then after fourth gear attempted to put it back into first (Had just jumped out of a 4 over 4 DAF), made some interesting noises.
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focusdiy:
I try putting the handbrake on ,using the nonexistent lever on the dash
Done that a few times myself, and in the pre digicard days resetting the trip meter in the car thinking I was changing mode on the tacho.
Used to drive a hino,
oh how the missus would chuckle every time i put the wipers on to turn at junctions while out in the car.
On the spin home tonight, I can’t even count how many times I tried to split the gears in my Lexus!
I’ve sat behind a truck in lane 2 for a few miles before realising I can use lane 3.
And +1 to the forgetting I’ve got a clutch
Going under a low arched bridge and using the high vehicles lane, or when you see sign warning of low bridge looking around the cab of the car to glance at height indicator! With the wife one day going to see some friends in Preston the Sat nav said turn left and I ignored it because it was a weight limit 7.5! Do’h.
Never had any gearbox issues but one time after a rather stressful day winching trucks out of the mud I had a lot on my mind and was told to bring the firm’s Toyota Hilux over. I ended up revving the ■■■■■■■■ off of it in the car park for about 10 mins. without moving. Seems I glanced at the fuel gauge and as it was in the “red” I thought I needed to build the air up!! Sleep deprivation makes you do funny things…
When I drove to Italy in the car last year, Mrs Vern asked why we were going so slow. I was doing 56 MPH!
focusdiy:
I try putting the handbrake on ,using the nonexistent lever on the dash
I do this too sometimes, and try putting my car in reverse by going to twist the non existant collar on the right hand wiper stalk. When I first got my 3 pedal Opti I’d drive home in my auto car and when coming to a stop at a roundabout on the way home I’d go for the clutch.