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MG MGF Technical - A close shave

Whilst driving back from the Lake District down the M6, top down, heater on full, doing about 65, great! all of a sudden, engine died, no power, I'm looking at the gauges, (temp first, paranoia from reading too many HGF stories on this BBS!!) then the rev-counter, dead…Sh*te, what's this going to be, thoughts of being stranded on the hard shoulder for hours, big repair bill..Pulled up on the hard shoulder, went to turn the ignition off,…… it already was!?! In my attempt to keep warm, I'd reposed back into the seat, raised my knee and somehow turned the ignition off. Well a bit embarrassing but 10 seconds later I'm on my way! Phew! My only thoughts are, I'm only 5'8", does this happen to tall people in MGFs a lot, or am I the only one so far?
MG Mike

Go stand in the corner Mike ;-)
Ddraig

Perhaps you have abnormally long legs?
Hehe that's funny! Glad it wasn't anything serious though.

Fi :)
Fiona

6'-2" me - no problems yet...
How do you do it?
Pete
Pete Tipping

"How do/did I do it?".... I don’t know.... I've actually got quite short legs, so the seat is quite far forward. (in fact my wife who is 5'2" doesn't adjust the seat when she drives!) I think that the key fob was just at a position between where my knee was and the key? Must have just knocked it as I 'slumped' back in the seat to keep the top of my head warm! In my defence it is quite close when I tried to re-create the circumstances when back home, I'm sure this must catch more people out than just me, if not, I really do need to stand in a corner!! maybe it's short legged people not tall ones!
MG Mike

Bloody hell Im 6' 7" and i havent done it yet..... there isnt any room. :)
Dan Hrkalovic

This thread was discussed between 17/12/2006 and 03/01/2007

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