Comments on: One of Those Days… http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2016/01/06/one-of-those-days-3/ Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life… Sat, 02 May 2026 21:44:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2016/01/06/one-of-those-days-3/comment-page-1/#comment-43858 CherryPie Tue, 26 Jan 2016 22:14:16 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=16658#comment-43858 I like my cars simple too :-) I tell Mr C that he doesn't have a car he has a gadget ;-) The image is created by Wordle. For this one I just copied the blog post into the 'bunch of text box' I then clicked randomize until I got an image I was happy with. There are options at the top of the page to fine tune the image result. When I was happy with it I did a screen shot and saved it as a JPEG. http://www.wordle.net/ I like my cars simple too :-) I tell Mr C that he doesn’t have a car he has a gadget ;-)

The image is created by Wordle. For this one I just copied the blog post into the ‘bunch of text box’ I then clicked randomize until I got an image I was happy with. There are options at the top of the page to fine tune the image result. When I was happy with it I did a screen shot and saved it as a JPEG.

http://www.wordle.net/

]]> By: J_on_tour http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2016/01/06/one-of-those-days-3/comment-page-1/#comment-43840 J_on_tour Tue, 26 Jan 2016 12:53:36 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=16658#comment-43840 Sorry to hear of this mishap, I like my cars simple. The header is unusual, no doubt a program or something for taking well used words from your text ... very effective. Sorry to hear of this mishap, I like my cars simple.
The header is unusual, no doubt a program or something for taking well used words from your text … very effective.

]]> By: wiggia http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2016/01/06/one-of-those-days-3/comment-page-1/#comment-43668 wiggia Sat, 09 Jan 2016 13:48:25 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=16658#comment-43668 There are no "alternative" braking systems to the electric handbrake in manual cars, hence my comment, electric braking systems when they fail in a manual car leave you only with the footbrake and apart from their propensity to only work when used in the prescribed fashion ie when dabbing the footbrake at a certain pressure they also leave you with no control on hill starts or similar, they are in effect pointless. Many automatic gearboxed cars also use electronic braking and have no manual handbrake just a footoperated parking brake, what goes on in the states I have no idea. There are no “alternative” braking systems to the electric handbrake in manual cars, hence my comment, electric braking systems when they fail in a manual car leave you only with the footbrake and apart from their propensity to only work when used in the prescribed fashion ie when dabbing the footbrake at a certain pressure they also leave you with no control on hill starts or similar, they are in effect pointless.

Many automatic gearboxed cars also use electronic braking and have no manual handbrake just a footoperated parking brake, what goes on in the states I have no idea.

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2016/01/06/one-of-those-days-3/comment-page-1/#comment-43665 CherryPie Sat, 09 Jan 2016 11:37:38 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=16658#comment-43665 On this car it is the button I refer to as the handbrake that needs to be activated when the car is parked. This model of car is a manual with some fancy features including the button that on the day, everyone frowned at when they came to help me LOL. :-) On this car it is the button I refer to as the handbrake that needs to be activated when the car is parked. This model of car is a manual with some fancy features including the button that on the day, everyone frowned at when they came to help me LOL. :-)

]]> By: ubermouth http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2016/01/06/one-of-those-days-3/comment-page-1/#comment-43662 ubermouth Sat, 09 Jan 2016 09:49:06 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=16658#comment-43662 They do not malfunction as long as the emergency cable for the handbrake is not overused/mishandled(it is not meant to be used daily as it is considered a 'back-up' emergency braking system in an automatic,not a daily additional one). Daily use however would stretch or snap the cable,loosening it.In automatics just turn the car off, put in park to lock wheel base and leave the handbrake alone. Then when an emergency arises(like water in your electric braking system say,) it is there as a back up safety feature. Europeans do not 'get' automatics yet,sadly.And they all use handbrakes the way they would in a gearbox. :) They do not malfunction as long as the emergency cable for the handbrake is not overused/mishandled(it is not meant to be used daily as it is considered a ‘back-up’ emergency braking system in an automatic,not a daily additional one). Daily use however would stretch or snap the cable,loosening it.In automatics just turn the car off, put in park to lock wheel base and leave the handbrake alone. Then when an emergency arises(like water in your electric braking system say,) it is there as a back up safety feature.

Europeans do not ‘get’ automatics yet,sadly.And they all use handbrakes the way they would in a gearbox. :)

]]> By: ubermouth http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2016/01/06/one-of-those-days-3/comment-page-1/#comment-43661 ubermouth Sat, 09 Jan 2016 09:40:58 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=16658#comment-43661 I have driven autos all my life.As is the reverse case to N America,Britain's cars are mainly gearboxes, thus a bigger deal is made of the handbrake than need be. On automatics the braking system is disabled when the car is turned off and the handbrake is(over here) considered the emergency brake, only to be used whilst driving, should the automatic brakes fail( or if parked on a sharp incline/decline). Sounds more like Mr C did not put it into park. I did that once -and even though the car was turned off-it began to roll down a hill slowly.But that is because I had not 'locked' the brakes by putting it into park. I have driven autos all my life.As is the reverse case to N America,Britain’s cars are mainly gearboxes, thus a bigger deal is made of the handbrake than need be. On automatics the braking system is disabled when the car is turned off and the handbrake is(over here) considered the emergency brake, only to be used whilst driving, should the automatic brakes fail( or if parked on a sharp incline/decline). Sounds more like Mr C did not put it into park. I did that once -and even though the car was turned off-it began to roll down a hill slowly.But that is because I had not ‘locked’ the brakes by putting it into park.

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2016/01/06/one-of-those-days-3/comment-page-1/#comment-43650 CherryPie Thu, 07 Jan 2016 22:51:09 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=16658#comment-43650 And some of those adventures are more welcome than others ;-) And some of those adventures are more welcome than others ;-)

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2016/01/06/one-of-those-days-3/comment-page-1/#comment-43649 CherryPie Thu, 07 Jan 2016 22:46:41 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=16658#comment-43649 I much preferred cars when they didn't rely on electronics. Even I who am not mechanically minded knew how to change spark plugs and top up the battery when it was playing up. On one particularly temperamental car I had to stop the car regularly (due to it misfiring) to remove and clear the carburetor jets then replace them so that I could resume on the journey. Fast forward to a more modern car relying on electrics. My Nissan Micra failed not once but twice in 3.5 years due to the crankshaft sensor failing (causing the car to misfire and lose power when the engine was warm). The second occurrence happened when I was holidaying in Northumberland. The car failed completely as I drew up next to the Nissan dealer and I had to leave 'not exactly' parked at a jaunty angle by the side of the road. On this occasion the dealership were excellent, the cannibalised a part out of one of the show cars to get the car working because they knew we were on holiday and wouldn't want to wait for the part to be ordered in. This experience prompted me to change my car to the one I still have now. It has a manual handbrake ;-) I much preferred cars when they didn’t rely on electronics. Even I who am not mechanically minded knew how to change spark plugs and top up the battery when it was playing up. On one particularly temperamental car I had to stop the car regularly (due to it misfiring) to remove and clear the carburetor jets then replace them so that I could resume on the journey.

Fast forward to a more modern car relying on electrics. My Nissan Micra failed not once but twice in 3.5 years due to the crankshaft sensor failing (causing the car to misfire and lose power when the engine was warm). The second occurrence happened when I was holidaying in Northumberland. The car failed completely as I drew up next to the Nissan dealer and I had to leave ‘not exactly’ parked at a jaunty angle by the side of the road. On this occasion the dealership were excellent, the cannibalised a part out of one of the show cars to get the car working because they knew we were on holiday and wouldn’t want to wait for the part to be ordered in.

This experience prompted me to change my car to the one I still have now. It has a manual handbrake ;-)

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2016/01/06/one-of-those-days-3/comment-page-1/#comment-43648 CherryPie Thu, 07 Jan 2016 22:25:16 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=16658#comment-43648 Wiggia sums up the automatic handbrake in his comment below. It is the reason that I have never driven Mr C's car before. It has always been quirky, especially when he is trying to back off the drive. It sometimes sticks as it did when I got the car stuck in the middle of the trying to get it on to my mum's drive. Wiggia sums up the automatic handbrake in his comment below. It is the reason that I have never driven Mr C’s car before. It has always been quirky, especially when he is trying to back off the drive. It sometimes sticks as it did when I got the car stuck in the middle of the trying to get it on to my mum’s drive.

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2016/01/06/one-of-those-days-3/comment-page-1/#comment-43647 CherryPie Thu, 07 Jan 2016 22:21:51 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=16658#comment-43647 When the ignition is turned off the handbrake should automatically have engaged even if Mr C had failed to turn it off. I keep telling him he needs a real car like mine ;-) He does like my car, it has everything a car needs :-) When the ignition is turned off the handbrake should automatically have engaged even if Mr C had failed to turn it off.

I keep telling him he needs a real car like mine ;-) He does like my car, it has everything a car needs :-)

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