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220kms in 1st Gear in Citroen
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Posted by: fijbert

An American woman rented a Citroen C4 in SIXT in Budapest (Hungary) and went to Pecs (220 km). The problem is that she only used the 1st gear because she thought that the car had an automatic gearbox....

THE RESULT:

Posted by: TheRupp

Uh, how is that possible? Did she completely forget about the clutch pedal she let go of when she stated moving?

Posted by: Inclemental

i thought it would only happen in Need for speed's drag racing mode...~~

can't believe it can go for 220KM in 1st gear...

Posted by: WoNGsTeR

lol damn.. sigh.. well atleast we know it can go in 1st gear at 220km before it blows.. lol did she have to pay for the damagers? or insurance covered?

Posted by: Phoenix Fire

WOW. I have never seen an engine MELT before. That's just nuts!

Kinda reminds me of the movie Dogma when Jay destroys her car because he "had to drive" but didn't know it was a stick.

Couple things though. You would think the EXTREMELY loud noise that the engine HAD to have been making would have tipped her off. You would think that the BURIED tachometer would have tipped her off. And lastly, for the engine to have gotten that hot, you would have thought the temperature gage would DEFINITELY have tipped her off.

This lady definitely deserves a STUPID AWARD. Heck, she needs STUPID tattooed to her forehead.

Posted by: Zaku_4

umm,

to make things more clear, it didnt achieve a speed of 220km. its travelled a distance of 220km in 1st gear lol

Posted by: Stock R

http://www.snopes.com/photos/automobiles/citroen.asp

Posted by: phuviano

That's crazy, but it can't be a true story.

There's no way she thought it was an automatic. I know you can slap a car into gear without the clutch, but even if she did, did she not realize that she was moving the stick in a forward motion. First gear is in an forward motion, where as "D" in an automatic is in a downward motion. With an automatic car, you also step on the brake before you put it into gear. If she thought it was an automatic, hypothetically she would have stepped on the brake before putting it into gear. So lets say she did step on the brake while putting the car into 1st gear (without the clutch), would the car not stall without stepping on the gas???

Posted by: WoNGsTeR

actually if u read the link.. it says its a hoax...

Posted by: Zeta_G

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheRupp

Uh, how is that possible? Did she completely forget about the clutch pedal she let go of when she stated moving?

SMG maybe???

Posted by: fijbert

SMG is BMW...