After reading today's thread on unintended acceleration, I couldn't help but remember an experience that I don't even share with people .... not ANYONE.... mostly because it's just too weird (plain unbelievable - like telling someone you saw a ghost). Sort of a "Christine" moment. So I thought I'd throw out this call for "Mystery Car" experiences.... a little easier to share in the comfort of this cyber-space ethosphere we know as the ROC. Here's mine; Show me yours!!!
Wayyyy back in the 80s, I was driving a true-blue Pumpkin Orange '76 Civic CVCC. On a single particular occasion, I was jumping the car with another vehicle (was young-ish & cash-short) to get my old battery going again. And this is what happened, honest to God!
Cables are already connected to assisting car; Negative cable is connected to negative on my Civic, Civic is NOT running of course. As I touched the positive cable to my positive post on the Civic battery, the car absolutely LURCHED forward.... Yes, just as though starter engaged when in gear & no clutch. This was soooo bizarre... and I had no witnesses (was by myself in the driveway doing this). Freaked me out big time.
AND, (this part I even question if I recall correctly) when I checked, it seems to me I remember the stick was in neutral!! ! ! That just doesn't even make sense at all (No, I had not been drinking or ????). Never could/did figure out what went on there.
So there you go..... my weirdest, most unexplainable event ever with a motor vehicle. What's Yours? :act024::act018::act063::act018:
Wayyyy back in the 80s, I was driving a true-blue Pumpkin Orange '76 Civic CVCC. On a single particular occasion, I was jumping the car with another vehicle (was young-ish & cash-short) to get my old battery going again. And this is what happened, honest to God!
Cables are already connected to assisting car; Negative cable is connected to negative on my Civic, Civic is NOT running of course. As I touched the positive cable to my positive post on the Civic battery, the car absolutely LURCHED forward.... Yes, just as though starter engaged when in gear & no clutch. This was soooo bizarre... and I had no witnesses (was by myself in the driveway doing this). Freaked me out big time.
AND, (this part I even question if I recall correctly) when I checked, it seems to me I remember the stick was in neutral!! ! ! That just doesn't even make sense at all (No, I had not been drinking or ????). Never could/did figure out what went on there.
So there you go..... my weirdest, most unexplainable event ever with a motor vehicle. What's Yours? :act024::act018::act063::act018: