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Model specific boards => Golf mk7 => Topic started by: Trooper007 on 02 April 2014, 08:53
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I feel someone will take my car off me for GTI abuse, I will take better care of her I promise.
Story.... Going to shop. Start car. Forgot money. Stop car. Exit car for money. The rest is history.
If you have a bad ticker don't watch this video as it is heart breaking.
http://youtu.be/tb7vS1ybX4c (http://youtu.be/tb7vS1ybX4c)
The bill for first bump came in at €11000 so will wait a bit to get this sorted, have cleaned up and stuck bits back on so don't really notice it.
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Oh dear... :embarrassed:
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dear oh dear... I can only imagine my own reaction if I saw my car rolling off heading for the wall!
I must say it's something I've almost done myself, but not on an incline like that. With the handbrake being auto "most of the time", you tend to forget if you've switched it off manually. If you are just moving the car around in your driveway for example and not wearing the seatbelt, the handbrake won't auto-engage when you open the door....
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Why advertise your stupidity? I think someone should take the car away from you.
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Why advertise your stupidity? I think someone should take the car away from you.
Hope this will save Just one GTI from same fate.
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Lucky the car didn't roll through the gap and hit another vehicle, or worse a person- the girl in the red top walked by in just the right time!
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That is amazing..may be a dsg next time to stop this from happening...
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I thought when you take off your seatbelt that the automatic brake engages. Is this not the case?
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I know in my DSG car, (I don't use the Auto Hold feature so the Automatic handbrake isn't active) I'm generally safe as I just stick the lever in P and I'm covered anyway but it really must have been a heart sink moment when you came back out the front door and saw it in that bush!
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I thought when you take off your seatbelt that the automatic brake engages. Is this not the case?
It does, but only if you were wearing it in the first place. Or maybe it doesn't if you aren't using Auto-Hold. Not sure.
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Ouch !
Suppose it could have been much worse for the car, passing pedestrians, and / or passing traffic !
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Why advertise your stupidity? I think someone should take the car away from you.
Hope this will save Just one GTI from same fate.
Would you have been quite so keen to share your experience if it had happened a second later and hit the pedestrian. I doubt it.
Technology is all well and good but not a substitute for the basic rules of driving.
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lol thats hilarious, i love the way you actually get out of the car and shut the door with it moving, how did you not notice! :grin:
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Just a thought... Why didn't the front assist stop it from hitting the bush?
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Just a thought... Why didn't the front assist stop it from hitting the bush?
Ignition was off
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Just a thought... Why didn't the front assist stop it from hitting the bush?
Ignition was off
Now I am confused :huh:. Surely if the ignition is off then the handbrake would be on?
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no, if you turn off the handbrake manually cos youre not wearing your seatbelt, then when you stop and turn off the car the handbrake is still off, caught me out a few times when repositioning on my drive.
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Just a thought... Why didn't the front assist stop it from hitting the bush?
Ignition was off
Now I am confused :huh:. Surely if the ignition is off then the handbrake would be on?
It is possible for the handbrake to be off with the ignition off. The handbrake only auto-engages if you're using Auto-hold and you were wearing your seatbelt, etc. It's definitely possible to leave the car with the handbrake off.
Also, this is an Irish car and the front assist is a cost option, not that it'd have helped in this case I reckon!
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no, if you turn off the handbrake manually cos youre not wearing your seatbelt, then when you stop and turn off the car the handbrake is still off, caught me out a few times when repositioning on my drive.
Thanks for the info. Good to know about this so others can avoid a similar fate :smiley:
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Why advertise your stupidity? I think someone should take the car away from you.
Hope this will save Just one GTI from same fate.
Would you have been quite so keen to share your experience if it had happened a second later and hit the pedestrian. I doubt it.
Technology is all well and good but not a substitute for the basic rules of driving.
x2 someone did this and almost killed my mother in law, he jumped out of his Merc at a petrol station and it rold down a hill and crushed my 67 year old mother in law against a wall. :shocked:
P.S The Benny Hill music would be more apt :grin:
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It might be stupidity or carelessness but at sometime we have all done stupid things my mate got out of his car transporter and forgot to put the handbrake on luckily he jumped back in it and stopped it just in time I think they should be fitted with a chime or buzzer so if your out of the car ignition of handbrake not engaged it warns you :whistle:
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Oooooww. :shocked: Feel for you. Hoping this video makes us all think twice when getting out of the drivers seat. However, mine just will not move unless the drivers seat belt is on…. it's a pain when you just want to move it on the drive. Mind you, our drive has a very steep long drop down to a river at the bottom running along side it, so I'm always VERY cautious!!!! :nerd:
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Oooooww. :shocked: Feel for you. Hoping this video makes us all think twice when getting out of the drivers seat. However, mine just will not move unless the drivers seat belt is on…. it's a pain when you just want to move it on the drive. Mind you, our drive has a very steep long drop down to a river at the bottom running along side it, so I'm always VERY cautious!!!! :nerd:
You can dis-engage the handbrake manually by pressing the button, whether the seatbelt is on or off.
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Oooooww. :shocked: Feel for you. Hoping this video makes us all think twice when getting out of the drivers seat. However, mine just will not move unless the drivers seat belt is on…. it's a pain when you just want to move it on the drive. Mind you, our drive has a very steep long drop down to a river at the bottom running along side it, so I'm always VERY cautious!!!! :nerd:
You can dis-engage the handbrake manually by pressing the button, whether the seatbelt is on or off.
One minor correction - you need to have your foot on the footbrake or the handbrake won't release.
I have found that it's easy to get a bit too used to autohold working for you. I did the same thing in a petrol station in France - luckily it was basically flat and it hardly moved. It is a real problem though, the autohold (which is great when it's on) trains you in to a habit that is dangerous in some situations.
I have found it's also risky combined with stop/start. You pull up, auto hold comes on, you take the car out of gear, take foot off clutch and the engine stops. Except insome situations (where you're not sure if the queue is about to move again, etc) I have found that the routine can get messed up and I've taken my foot off the clutch while it's still in gear.
I've started building the habit to always have my foot on the footbrake when I go in to neutral to avoid the embarrassing (and potentially expensive) lurch forward.
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Oooooww. :shocked: Feel for you. Hoping this video makes us all think twice when getting out of the drivers seat. However, mine just will not move unless the drivers seat belt is on…. it's a pain when you just want to move it on the drive. Mind you, our drive has a very steep long drop down to a river at the bottom running along side it, so I'm always VERY cautious!!!! :nerd:
You can dis-engage the handbrake manually by pressing the button, whether the seatbelt is on or off.
I find when I disengage it manually it stops working in auto mode until you engage it manually again. I just put my seatbelt on even if I just need to move the car slightly. Feel alot safer after watching that!
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What CCTV system is that? It's excellent
My commiserations for the car
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So OP has had two "mishaps" which have been "captured on camera" and turned into YouTube videos, along with some advertising for his website. Hmmm....
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Absolute nightmare mate.
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So OP has had two "mishaps" which have been "captured on camera" and turned into YouTube videos, along with some advertising for his website. Hmmm....
Exactly.
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Here's a question if you were in panic mode, jumped in without putting the keys in the ignition would the handbrake engage? if you pressed the button. Also if you leave a child in the car with the handbrake engaged is it easy for them to press the button and disable the handbrake without the ignition being on? (Just wondering), its probably a lot easier for a child to press a button that pull up button in for the handbrake.
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How come the 'CCTV' camera perfectly pans and follows the car on its way to the hedge?
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You noticed that too....
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I know in my DSG car, (I don't use the Auto Hold feature so the Automatic handbrake isn't active)
In mine the auto handbrake does not seem to be linked to Auto Hold. I have never pressed the Auto hold button the handbrake will come off automatically if you accelerate in Drive (with seat belt on).
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It's just a pan crop, zoomed in on the original footage - you can see its lower resolution than the first camera.
I like how Trooper's face is blurred out, "wanted, for crimes against GTI's!"
Bad luck dude, going to keep an eagle eye on my handbrake light when I get it!
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Handbrake as mentioned won't disengage without foot on the brake pedal unless you have
seatbelt on, auto hold is active, engine is running and you release clutch and put the throttle down.... so kids can't disengage by accident by pushing button down, unless someone is holding the foot brake.
Normally hand brake engages if auto hold is active as soon as you open door when you're wearing seat belt (always catches me out when I park the car on offside and open door so I can see kerb). So he either didn't wear seatbelt or had auto hold disabled....
I also find it quite suspicious that there are two camera (one perfectly moving with the car but at useless angle where you could not really see driver if someone was to knick it).
poor car thou --..--
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Didn't seem to be in a rush to get to the car either... not saying this doesn't add up :whistle:
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Didn't seem to be in a rush to get to the car either... not saying this doesn't add up :whistle:
Lol, I can only imagine if it were mine, you'd see me in the video sprinting after it like Usain Bolt!!
If this is a setup, it would seem a rather expensive and elaborate way of getting the attention of Hollywood producers....
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What CCTV system is that? It's excellent
My commiserations for the car
Thanks.
I had forgot about the cameras around the house, Lucky or unlucky my lad remembered.
As for set up they are IP Camera 1.3MP 720P Megapixel HD Network QVIS Mini Bullet 3.6mm IR 20m.
And as you see are very good and can see them on a phone anywhere in the world.
Got them from here
http://www.netviewcctv.co.uk/index.php/ (http://www.netviewcctv.co.uk/index.php/)
They sell on ebay too and have had no problems, and they will give you help on setting up.
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Didn't seem to be in a rush to get to the car either... not saying this doesn't add up :whistle:
Lol, I can only imagine if it were mine, you'd see me in the video sprinting after it like Usain Bolt!!
If this is a setup, it would seem a rather expensive and elaborate way of getting the attention of Hollywood producers....
To be honest.... I did this once before with a 02 Polo.
Cold morning, start car, leave to warm up, come back, Gone!,down garden in same spot!
Think having a mid life thing.
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To be honest.... I did this once before with a 02 Polo.
Cold morning, start car, leave to warm up, come back, Gone!,down garden in same spot!
Think having a mid life thing.
Sounds more like Alzheimers! :whistle:
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I know for a fact if I'd spent that much money on a car...I'd be more careful....I'd love a MK7 gti..but unfortunately my little ones nursery fees are on the high side lol
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Looks like major BS.