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False start!?

jmurray01
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Just saw this news article: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/coronavirus-reason-your-car-false-21821127

I'm sorry but what is a "false start" and this sentence made me laugh:

The RAC warns that if your car fails to turn on, you either have to try jump start it or call for breakdown assistance.

Really!?  What else would people do?

Quality article as always by the Daily Record...

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    And in other news, not turning the heating on will result in your house becoming cold! 🙄

     

    Slow news day? 😄

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    2 minutes ago, Turvey said:

    And in other news, not turning the heating on will result in your house becoming cold! 🙄

     

    Slow news day? 😄

    It would certainly appear so...

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    1 hour ago, jmurray01 said:

     

    The RAC warns that if your car fails to turn on, you either have to try jump start it or call for breakdown assistance.

    Really!?  What else would people do?

     

    Ask a Facebook group what to do and get told it needs a new ECU and wiring loom... :laugh:

     

     

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    3 minutes ago, TomsFocus said:

    Ask a Facebook group what to do and get told it needs a new ECU and wiring loom... :laugh:

     

     

    Thank goodness I'm not on Facebook! :laugh:

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    6 minutes ago, jmurray01 said:

    Thank goodness I'm not on Facebook! :laugh:

    What do you do when you've read all the forum posts though? 😮

     

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    1 minute ago, TomsFocus said:

    Lucky buggers, I've spent 2 weeks sat on my ***** and still not put any weight on!! :rolleyes:

     

    You can have some of mine, I'm not going to have any clothes that fit by the end of this...

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    1 minute ago, alexp999 said:

    You can have some of mine, I'm not going to have any clothes that fit by the end of this...

    If only it was that easy!  

    Not that my clothes fit either...  I don't understand who they design clothes for...I've got several T shirts with short skinny arms but gaping head holes for hench necks!  And being a 32" leg I have to buy jeans that are an inch too long or an inch too short... :rolleyes:

     

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    11 minutes ago, TomsFocus said:

    What do you do when you've read all the forum posts though? 😮

     

    Turn the computer off and do whatever we did before they existed :laugh:

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    Just now, jmurray01 said:

    Turn the computer off and do whatever we did before they existed :laugh:

    Stick and hoop? 🤷‍♂️

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    18 minutes ago, alexp999 said:

    Stick and hoop? 🤷‍♂️

    Only once a day of course :laugh:

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