My dad has become Uncle Buck

[Zirax]

On Saturday he pulls up outside mine and turns the key off, the car carries on running for about 2 seconds afterwards. Jokingly I said that he's becoming Uncle Buck (can't find the right clip, but the car in this one will give you the idea http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1M2Hnhaz08 )

:D :D

Well today I get home at 9:30 and both parents come and pick me up, odd :huh:

We get back to mine and "Matt can I borrow your car?"
Why?
Well.... you know the overrun that you noticed on Saturday
Yeah
I got to work and it wouldn't stop running
eh? Why didn't you stall the car?
*shuffles feet* I didn't know if it would start again
bwahahahaha :D

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Well I let him take the Focus out for a spin as its a bit more modern than his K-reg 309. I've seen milk floats drive faster but he's clearly nervous of my car..... soon he's driving along comfortably, and getting the hang of it. Then I notice as he approaches roundabouts he's rev matching while down shifting for the roundabouts ..... interesting, I never thought my dad had that in him!

Well we are approaching a roundabout, he drops into second and spots a gap. Next thing I know he's dumped the clutch and stamped on the accelerator!!!!!

Cue torque steer, the TC sorts this out, then zOOOOOOM round the roundabout, off the side exit and its time for third.

My reaction :shocked: combined with :cool: and WTF?
His reaction ..... well it was pure terror, he was rather pale

"erm ....... mine doesn't do that"
"no dad"


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Thats gonna tickle me all day, provided that he can remember how to unlock it tomorrow. They are going to rip it out of him something chronic at work tomorrow, he has the oldest car in the car park by at least 10 years.

I did ask about the rev-matching, and asked if he was doing it on purpose
alas it was pretty apparent it was by accident.

[Belmit]

Does he keep his golf clubs in the boot?!

[Darrin]

I still remember the day my dad got the Neon. I ribbed him up and down about buying a pink car.

He says, "It's not pink, it's raspberry!!"
"Dad, it's pink."


Then about a month later he takes me for a ride in it. There's no way in hell I was going to admit at the time that I was impressed. He'd taken a boring Neon Highline (detuned baseline model) and turned it into an ultimate sleeper by dumping in a Neon Sport engine. And then added a few touches.

I was quite impressed (and a little scared) when he mopped an in-town corner without touching the brakes (it's an autobox, so no downshifting either). 35 MPH and all it did was bark the tyres. And then he stomped on it. When my head bounced off the headrest I had to admit I was impressed.

I knew my dad could drive well (outside salesman for YEARS and a sprint car driver in his younger years) but I had no idea he'd kept up with the skills in his later years.

And to say I was a little worried a few years later when he passed away and my wife inherited the car is an understatement. I was sure she was going to put it backwards into a hedge. But so far she hasn't...

[Zirax]

Sounds like a laugh, alas my dad isn't really into his motors. It would be quite amusing if he turned into a fast and the furious candidate on the way to his pension :D