"Mike P" wrote in message
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"Doug" wrote in message
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So instead of putting her foot gently down on the brake she somehow
slammed it on the accelerator and drove up on top of the £10,000
Chrysler Neon

Anyone who makes that sort of mistake probably should not be driving.

To accelerate that hard suggests that she really rammed her foot down - even
if she was intending to hit the brake, why was she braking so hard?

The worst mistake I've made was to forget that my car was still in gear when
I arrived at the end of a journey and let the clutch up - the car lurched a
foot or so before I got the pedal down again. I blame SWMBO (*) who
distracted me from my normal routine of clutch-down, gear lever into neutral
and waggle it to prove it, clutch up, engine off.

BWAHAHA since when has a mid-90s Neon been worth £10,000??? It's worth
£500 max!!

A woman made a mistake, no harm done

Apart from writing off a perfectly good car.

and the owner of that ****ty neon will get a far better motor with the
insurance payout.

I doubt it: the insurance money will probably not be able to replace the car
with one of the same standard, plus he's got the hassle of being without a
car while he is car-hunting.


(*) Thanks, John Mortimer (RIP) for popularising that phrase!