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Subject: Car hire Author: Dave Parker [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 21:45:43 02/06/05 Sun Derek, I remember hiring a car in Devizes. I had not long passed my driving test, that's a story in itself, and I hired a Mk3 Cortina Estate from a garage not far from the camp. On the Friday afternoon I went to collect the car, in working dress, as it was about three o'clock and I wanted to get away as early as possible for the week-end. Did the business in the office and the guy went to fetch the car and put it on the pumps, ready for me to drive away. OK so far! The problem was that I had only ever driven Land Rovers and the odd 'cabby' in a Saracen or Ferret, and was totally unprepared for the instant response of a new, civvy car. To make matters worse, I was wearing boots DMS and couldn't feel the accelerator pedal at all, it was that light! So, in I jumps, starts up and am sitting there revving the bullocks out of this lovely, shiny, red, NEW car. Out of the corner of my eye, I see this rental manager go white as a sheet and start to have second thought about this particular rental and, before he can come out and change his mind, I'm gone. From the garage to the traffic lights, where I had to turn left for the camp, was approx a hundred and fifty yards and, I swear, by the time I hit the lights I was doing fifty mph in first gear after laying down a trail of rubber for the best part of that distance. I absolutely crapped myself. Because of the boots and the softness of the operation of the pedals, I could hardly feel the accelerator, brake or clutch and I was stomping on them as you would do with a Landy! It took a couple of miles and a good few minutes for me to get the feel right, which I did, but not before giving the poor car a bit of stick! When I took it back on the Monday morning they went over it with a fine tooth comb and where astounded that there wasn't a scratch on it! So was I. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]