Don,t wear thongs

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ian theobald
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Don,t wear thongs

Post by ian theobald » Mon Sep 23, 2013 4:02 am

Here in Oz rubber Thongs are what we were on our feet on hot days rather than go bare feet ,Helps not getting Bindi,s in the soles of your feet and treading on hot Asphalt/bitumen.
Drove my TC down to the local shops and when reversing out of the car park the car decided to get a bit of the vapour locks as the weather had been quite warm .
A quick tap on the throttle while reversing and you guessed it,the stap caught on the little accelerator pedal so that when my right foot went to apply the brake it also had the effect of reving the motor quite considerably.
I was lucky that I was quick thinking and was able to reach over with my left hand and kill the ignition and reach over for the hand brake lever before nearly reversing into another car!
Lucky it was a spacious car park.
Very frightening but wont stop me wearing thongs.
Might have to just use my little right toe instead or perhaps rig some pedal off the floor or better still cure the vapour locking. Ian Theobald

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