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April 16, 2010 7:32 p.m. foxtrapper SuperDork

I found a new way to accidentally launch your car when you don't expect to.

Go to the gym and work out with the weight machines until you can't see straight, and then go wobble your way out to the car. Start it and sit there holding the clutch down while you buckle up.

Now get cramps in both legs (it's got to be both legs, or it won't work). Have your left leg cramp up, and your right leg cramp down. That way you come off the clutch while you mash the gas pedal.

You can successfully get a full car length distance out of your parking space before you knock the shifter into neutral. Then you lift your leg up and drop it on the brake pedal. Yea, I guess I could have yanked the e-brake handle instead.

Most embarrassing. I think I'm going to start taking longer rests before I try to drive away from the gym in the future.
April 16, 2010 8:54 p.m. Woody SuperDork

I tried to drive home after running a half marathon in the Summer sun a few years ago. I made it across the parking lot before I was able to get into another parking space and sleep it off for a while. My legs simply refused to work together any longer.
April 16, 2010 9:03 p.m. Marty! HalfDork

And that's why I don't exercise.......
April 17, 2010 1:20 a.m. Mazdax605 Reader

^^ "Say What"quote for next issue in my opinion^^
April 17, 2010 9:08 p.m. Lesley SuperDork

Too funny. Twice a week I take a killer class run by a real buff dude who looks like a marine. Uses kettle balls, weights and steps, concentrating mainly on thighs and butt. Far worse than any of those tools is... "the towel". Folding a towel into a small rectangle, you slide it out to the side with one foot while dropping to a squat. Repeat 20 times. Then again. "Tighten those glutes" he says. Tighten? By this time, my ass has become a quivering, twitching, rubbery add-on that I've absolutely no control over.
April 18, 2010 6:29 a.m. DrBoost Dork

I rode a charity bike race once, 50 miles. I couldn't drive for a while either. The first time I ever wished for an automatic.
April 18, 2010 9:22 p.m. AngryCorvair SuperDork

Lesley wrote:

By this time, my ass has become a quivering, twitching, rubbery add-on that I've absolutely no control over.

you know, even when being said by a relatively hot chick who's into cars, that just doesn't paint a pretty picture.
April 18, 2010 9:52 p.m. Lesley SuperDork

Sorry
April 18, 2010 10:32 p.m. Osterkraut Dork

foxtrapper wrote:

I found a new way to accidentally launch your car when you don't expect to.

Go to the gym and work out with the weight machines until you can't see straight, and then go wobble your way out to the car. Start it and sit there holding the clutch down while you buckle up.

Now get cramps in both legs (it's got to be both legs, or it won't work). Have your left leg cramp up, and your right leg cramp down. That way you come off the clutch while you mash the gas pedal.

You can successfully get a full car length distance out of your parking space before you knock the shifter into neutral. Then you lift your leg up and drop it on the brake pedal. Yea, I guess I could have yanked the e-brake handle instead.

Most embarrassing. I think I'm going to start taking longer rests before I try to drive away from the gym in the future.

You need to hydrate more too.
April 18, 2010 10:45 p.m. mtn SuperDork

When I autocross, the adrenaline is pumping so hard after the first run that I need to let the momentum take me all the way back to the grid, because afterwards my legs are shaking like crazy and I can't keep them still. If I needed to let out the clutch, I don't know that I could do it slowly enough.
April 19, 2010 12:28 a.m. Lesley SuperDork

Yeah, more hydration... and potassium helps prevent cramping. Bananas, eat more bananas.
April 19, 2010 12:36 a.m. MitchellC Dork

What's this legs mess? Bro if you wanna get swole you just gotta do the curls (for the girls).
April 19, 2010 7:15 a.m. spitfirebill Dork

I like to watch women eat bananas. The really smart ones break the banana off.

Years ago I was walking a large wooded tract in hot weather. I could barely walk by the end of the day. Got in my manual transmission truck and started for home. Got to the entrance ramp of the interstate and both legs cramped up at the same time. It wasn't pretty...or fun.
June 24, 2010 9:21 p.m. N Sperlo New Reader

Not exactly what I was expecting. You know.. the shift from talking about new ways to accel to... banannas? Guess its better than ignoring that funny sound the dump valve has been making.
June 24, 2010 10:26 p.m. novaderrik Reader

foxtrapper wrote:

I found a new way to accidentally launch your car when you don't expect to.

Go to the gym and work out with the weight machines until you can't see straight, and then go wobble your way out to the car. Start it and sit there holding the clutch down while you buckle up.

Now get cramps in both legs (it's got to be both legs, or it won't work). Have your left leg cramp up, and your right leg cramp down. That way you come off the clutch while you mash the gas pedal.

You can successfully get a full car length distance out of your parking space before you knock the shifter into neutral. Then you lift your leg up and drop it on the brake pedal. Yea, I guess I could have yanked the e-brake handle instead.

Most embarrassing. I think I'm going to start taking longer rests before I try to drive away from the gym in the future.

is it a normal habit for you to let it run with the trans in gear and your foot on the clutch with the parking brake disengaged while you buckle your seat belt?

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