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Car Forum / Toyota / Toyota Cars / November 2005I'm not helping the cause of women drivers much...
On my way home from work, I noticed my 2000 Echo was revving way more than it should. I checked to see if I'd flicked the OD off accidentally; no... ..it wasn't till I was nearly home that I realized I'd been driving it in second... Feel free to ridicule us women drivers on this one - I deserve it this time :-) Natalie  Signaturehttp://www.dwarfstar.net The best internet relay chat network in the entire world! "Wicked little doll, you are not human; Wicked little doll, you have no soul" (David Byrne, 1997) D Natalie. D. You want the gear selector on the D. Jeez, girl drivers are sooo stupid. ;-) I was banging down the road in my BMW (on more than one occasion), and noticed similar behavior. I had been in a traffic jam that opened up, but I had left the shifter in 3rd up to about 80 or so. You gotta love cars that are smooth and silent, but you also hafta keep an eye on the tach ... > On my way home from work, I noticed my 2000 Echo was revving way more than > it should. I checked to see if I'd flicked the OD off accidentally; no... [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Natalie >D Natalie. D. You want the gear selector on the D. > > Jeez, girl drivers are sooo stupid. ;-) *fwap* > I was banging down the road in my BMW (on more than one occasion), and > noticed similar behavior. I had been in a traffic jam that opened up, but > I had left the shifter in 3rd up to about 80 or so. You gotta love cars > that are smooth and silent, but you also hafta keep an eye on the tach ... 2000 Echoes don't have a tach, but the loud revving should have clued me in. Natalie >> On my way home from work, I noticed my 2000 Echo was revving way more >> than it should. I checked to see if I'd flicked the OD off accidentally; [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >> >> Natalie >>D Natalie. D. You want the gear selector on the D. >> [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > 2000 Echoes don't have a tach, but the loud revving should have clued me > in. Well, in the interest of full disclosure, I also had the noise from the revving, but I had to look at the tach to see what the trouble was. Then, I had to follow that up with a check of the shift lever to see why there was so much noise, and the tach needle was creeping up on the red part. Duh! I hadn't made a change of the gear selection since I was doing 5 mph, now I was closing in on 80. "Jeff Strickland" ... > "Wickeddoll®" ... >> [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > Duh! I hadn't made a change of the gear selection since I was doing 5 mph, > now I was closing in on 80. OK *you* win the Doofus Of The Year Award... Natalie > "Jeff Strickland" ... >> [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > Natalie Well, apparently I'm in some pretty good company. >> "Jeff Strickland" ... >>> [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > > Well, apparently I'm in some pretty good company. Thanks! I think... Natalie >>> "Jeff Strickland" ... >>>> [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > > Natalie Hey Natalie, What did you do? The light on my gear selector works now when the headlights are on. It had quit doing that before. Damn! I'm going to have to have you do some more of that voo-doo that you do so well. Old Blue likes it. . . . Charles well, we women have so much more on our minds whilst driving...I drove my darling '87 Corolla standard for so long, that when I decided to take a road trip to New Brunswick & Nova Scotia, I rented a mid-size something, fully loaded, no clue what all the buttons & bows meant. I learned quickly about the OD button on the shift, never had one, didn't need one, but apparently I hit one, sounded like we were going to explode; quickly figured it out. My lovely '03 Corolla has one of those OD things, I stay away; also has cruise control...must look that up. Someday I'll tell you about how I couldn't start my VW squareback because the steering wheel was locked, no one told me I had to turn the wheel, then the key...back in the day, this was all new...a steering wheel that locks? > well, we women have so much more on our minds whilst driving...I drove > my darling '87 Corolla standard for so long, that when I decided to take [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > wheel, then the key...back in the day, this was all new...a steering > wheel that locks? We had a couple of cars that if you got the steering wheel locked in a certain position, you could not turn the key at all, you had to wiggle the steering wheel a bit and then the key would turn. The very first car I operated did not have an interlock on the clutch or gearshift when starting. But then, the reason I was out there operating it was to keep the motor running to get it warmed up, the automatic choke didn't work very well. (63 Chevy II 300, with the 194(120hp) six and three-on-the-tree. I think the carberetor was from Carter?) The first car I actually drove anywhere did not have a Park gear, just R-N-D-L and make sure the handbrake was set! (62 Corvair 700 w the 80 hp engine and Powerslide, I mean, Power(less)glide.) It did have an interlock to where you had to put it in Neutral to start it. It was the first car we ever had with two-speed wipers and a windshield washer and backup lights. It was the last car we owned that did not have a right-hand outside mirror. It was also the last American car my father ever owned. Charles of Kankakee >It was the first car we ever had with two-speed wipers My dad's '54 Ford was the first car we had with electric wiper motors. Our earlier cars had vacuum actuation. Heavy acceleration in the rain was lots of fun as the wipers would stop. Pat >>It was the first car we ever had with two-speed wipers > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Pat I've seen a few of the old vacuum wipers in the rain. We always had electric wipers as far back as I can remember. I don't remember the 55 Belvedere station wagon, though. We sold it when I was not quite 6 and replaced it with the Chevy II. Charles of Kankakee >>It was the first car we ever had with two-speed wipers > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Pat EGAD! Natalie > well, we women have so much more on our minds whilst driving...I drove > my darling '87 Corolla standard for so long, that when I decided to take [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > those OD things, I stay away; also has cruise control...must look that > up. LOL Iove my OD switch! Gives you a nice push when you need it! Especially on icky roads. > Someday I'll tell you about how I couldn't start my VW squareback > because the steering wheel was locked, no one told me I had to turn the > wheel, then the key...back in the day, this was all new...a steering > wheel that locks? Oh, you *have* to tell that story! Natalie >> well, we women have so much more on our minds whilst driving...I drove >> my darling '87 Corolla standard for so long, that when I decided to take [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > >Natalie I can give you what's likely a better one Nat...friend of mine had just taught his wife to drive and had warned her in no uncertain terms about not running the engine if the oil pressure light came on...(I'll just bet that a sharp gal like you is about two steps ahead of me by now). He was on a trip to Europe for a week and she had called a tow truck to haul her car to the shop where they couldn't find any problem and delivered it to her driveway. She called another tow service next day (etc etc). apparently the total bill was a couple hundred bucks (this was years ago)...hubby was not highly pleased... Signature-Gord. (use gordon in email) >>> well, we women have so much more on our minds whilst driving...I drove >>> my darling '87 Corolla standard for so long, that when I decided to take [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > couple hundred bucks (this was years ago)...hubby was not highly > pleased... Oh gawd, whatta maroon Natalie "Charles @ Kankakee" ... > "Wickeddoll®" ... >> [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] >> >> Natalie *snipping Charles the bandwidth bandit's extra space* > Hey Natalie, > > What did you do? The light on my gear selector works now when the > headlights are on. It had quit doing that before. The light on the gears has always worked fine. I just wasn't paying attention. > Damn! I'm going to have to have you do some more of that voo-doo that you > do so well. Old Blue likes it. . . . > > Charles Huh? Natalie > "Charles @ Kankakee" ... >> [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Natalie I don't know what you did but after we discussed that my selector light went out on the Corolla here, it came back on again the other night. Charles > On my way home from work, I noticed my 2000 Echo was revving way more > than it should. I checked to see if I'd flicked the OD off [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Natalie You can't be as bad as this girl: http://s61.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=31X54H36KWN0A2DSKRK69ZAH7X Signature"Golf is the hardest game in the world to play, and the easiest to cheat at." -- Dave Hill >> On my way home from work, I noticed my 2000 Echo was revving way more >> than it should. I checked to see if I'd flicked the OD off [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > You can't be as bad as this girl: > http://s61.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=31X54H36KWN0A2DSKRK69ZAH7X LOL I've heard that one before, but thanks for showing me where to find it, since I'd lost it when my old puter crashed Natalie >> On my way home from work, I noticed my 2000 Echo was revving way more >> than it should. I checked to see if I'd flicked the OD off [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > You can't be as bad as this girl: > http://s61.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=31X54H36KWN0A2DSKRK69ZAH7X I did that once, myself. The light in my shifter doesn't work anymore, so I have to do it by feel. Charles "Charles @ Kankakee" ... > "badgolferman" : >> [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > Charles My light works just fine - it's my brain that checked out early. LOL Natalie > "Charles @ Kankakee" ... >> [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > Natalie Well I was tired that night and didn't feel the bump from D to 2. There is a 'bump' going from D to 2 and you have to hit the lock switch to move it past D. I've done it on the column shift on the Previa, too. Charles "Charles @ Kankakee" ... > "Wickeddoll®" ... >> [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > > Charles I'm sure that's what I did, since I reached for my 'Bubba Keg' (A 52-oz covered jug that holds hot or cold beverages wonderfully). I'm sure I put it in 'D' when I pulled out of the lot; it wasn't until after grabbing the keg that I noticed the noise. Natalie >> On my way home from work, I noticed my 2000 Echo was revving way more >> than it should. I checked to see if I'd flicked the OD off [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >You can't be as bad as this girl: >http://s61.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=31X54H36KWN0A2DSKRK69ZAH7X OMG that is funny....LOL SignatureScott in Florida > On my way home from work, I noticed my 2000 Echo was revving way more than > it should. I checked to see if I'd flicked the OD off accidentally; no... [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Natalie It's OK to have a "brain fart" once in a while. ;-) >> On my way home from work, I noticed my 2000 Echo was revving way more >> than [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > It's OK to have a "brain fart" once in a while. ;-) So *that's* what that smell was! :-) Natalie > On my way home from work, I noticed my 2000 Echo was revving way more than > it should. I checked to see if I'd flicked the OD off accidentally; no... [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Natalie My personal embarassment was on a motorcycle trip when I was playing around a backroad weaving between one side of the road and the other when the engine died. I checked out the electrical system and the was no power in the ignition system. I managed to hotwire the bike and was many more miles down the road before I realized I had hit the tank bag with the handle bar and turned of the kill switch. Speaking of women drivers and motorcycles, I taught motorcycle safety in the late 1970s and had to write a paper as part of my certification. I was a womens' rights activist and chose to study the accident statistics with an eye to debunking all the women driver stories. I discovered that the majority of actions by men prior to accidents was to apply the brakes even when braking would not allow stopping in time while steering could have often completely avoided an accident. Unfortunately, the tactic applied prior to a accident by the majority of women in the study was to throw their arms in front of their faces and scream. Of course the study did not cover the drivers who succeeded in not having an accident. Pat >> On my way home from work, I noticed my 2000 Echo was revving way more >> than it should. I checked to see if I'd flicked the OD off accidentally; [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > miles down the road before I realized I had hit the tank bag with the > handle bar and turned of the kill switch. O_O > Speaking of women drivers and motorcycles, I taught motorcycle safety in > the late 1970s and had to write a paper as part of my certification. I was [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Pat Doncha hate when that happens?! I guess some things are just imprinted in our DNA Natalie >> On my way home from work, I noticed my 2000 Echo was revving way more than >> it should. I checked to see if I'd flicked the OD off accidentally; no... [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > the road before I realized I had hit the tank bag with the handle bar and > turned of the kill switch. Or me, when I bought a 1974 Yamaha RD-400. it was a friend of mine's. Took it out for a ride and the guy says, don't forget to put gas in it. I had ridden it before and always put gas in it. I get about 10 miles from home and it dies. Kicking, kicking, kicking; the starter lever shot up on one kick and gave me a nasty scar. Would go 1/2 mile and stall again. OK, he meant it NEEDS gas! I'm filling it at a station where another friend works, and telling him the story and he reaches down and flips the Reserve lever... > Speaking of women drivers and motorcycles, I taught motorcycle safety in the > late 1970s and had to write a paper as part of my certification. I was a [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Pat > On my way home from work, I noticed my 2000 Echo was revving way more than > it should. I checked to see if I'd flicked the OD off accidentally; no... [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Feel free to ridicule us women drivers on this one - I deserve it this time No can do, Natalie. The shift pattern on my wife's Subaru had an extra pause-point compared to my Avalon's. I often found I hadn't moved the Subaru into its highest gear. You deserve no more ridicule than I do. I guess it's you and me against the world. :-) Brent >> On my way home from work, I noticed my 2000 Echo was revving way more than >> it should. I checked to see if I'd flicked the OD off accidentally; no... [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > >Brent Oh, but now, they're idiot-proofing cars (HA!) with those stupid "Wiggle the damned shifter around and try to hit the Detent / jigsaw puzzle" style shifters. Makes downshifting / manual upshifting real fun. If I wanna hunt gears, I'll just drive a stick. -LMB "Louis M. Brown" Brent Secombe > wrote: Wickeddoll® >>> On my way home from work, I noticed my 2000 Echo was revving way more >>> than [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > -LMB Gotta go with gun-boy on that one. Those 'newfangled' gearboxes are confusing as hell Natalie >"Louis M. Brown" > Brent Secombe [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] > >Natalie Unless you look at 'em. Of course, you can't very well DO that if you're up in the mountains, and decide to downshift..... so you do the whole "where the f.ck is low?" thing while burning brakes. No thinks, I'll stick with the older fashioned column shifter. ;-) -LMB "Brent Secombe" .. > In article Wickeddoll® >> On my way home from work, I noticed my 2000 Echo was revving way more >> than [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > pause-point compared to my Avalon's. I often found I hadn't moved the > Subaru into its highest gear. Heh - but that's cuz the car was made differently - not your fault LOL I've had my Echo for five years. > You deserve no more ridicule than I do. I guess it's you and me against > the world. :-) > > Brent LOL - I just felt like such a lox when I realized what I'd done Natalie >"Brent Secombe" .. >> In article [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > >Natalie Seriously, as long as the tranny wasn't blasting fluid out the vent tube / screaming / smoking / generally not moving anymore, fuggedit about it..... -LMB >>"Brent Secombe" .. >>> In article [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > > -LMB Nah, it just sounded like a much older car LOL Natalie >On my way home from work, I noticed my 2000 Echo was revving way more than >it should. I checked to see if I'd flicked the OD off accidentally; no... [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >Natalie I can imagine that poor bastard was ECHOING as you ran the rpms up entirely too much.. "Why won't this damned thing go any faster? WTF? " -LMB <- Putting HIS car in 'Drive' and getting the hell outta here >>On my way home from work, I noticed my 2000 Echo was revving way more than >>it should. I checked to see if I'd flicked the OD off accidentally; no... [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > -LMB <- Putting HIS car in 'Drive' and getting the hell outta here Your sympathy is underwhelming, Loomis... :-P Natalie, fwapping her old pal >On my way home from work, I noticed my 2000 Echo was revving way more than >it should. I checked to see if I'd flicked the OD off accidentally; no... [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >Natalie Are you kidding? Hell I took the OD off on my wife's '97 Corolla and didn't notice it till I got 10 miles down the road. I shall NOT cast a stone....or the first stone... SignatureScott in Florida I must confess I've also "pushed the button" on my Highlander for engine breaking and left it in 3rd for 5-10 miles. I guess I could tell you about the person (in late 60's) that drove their new Porsche from the SF bay area up here to Redding in the summer in 3rd gear. Really bitched that it overheated and seized. The admitted to over 90 a bit.. Ron >I must confess I've also "pushed the button" on my Highlander for engine >breaking and left it in 3rd for 5-10 miles. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Ron Gawd, whatta maroon Natalie Didn't you notice that your Echo had some power for a change when you went up a grade? mike hunt > On my way home from work, I noticed my 2000 Echo was revving way more than > it should. I checked to see if I'd flicked the OD off accidentally; no... [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Natalie > On my way home from work, I noticed my 2000 Echo was revving way more than > it should. I checked to see if I'd flicked the OD off accidentally; no... [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Feel free to ridicule us women drivers on this one - I deserve it this time What, were you doing 40 on the highway or something?? \ Wickeddoll® wrote: > On my way home from work, I noticed my 2000 Echo was revving way more than > it should. I checked to see if I'd flicked the OD off accidentally; no... [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Feel free to ridicule us women drivers on this one - I deserve it this > time What, were you doing 40 on the highway or something?? 40? HA! 65 Natalie > On my way home from work, I noticed my 2000 Echo was revving way more than > it should. I checked to see if I'd flicked the OD off accidentally; no... [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Feel free to ridicule us women drivers on this one - I deserve it this time My wife had our old 1986 Honda Accord -- thankfully before the little one arrived from outer heaven, we gave it away -- anyway, the old thing had 276,000 miles on it, and it used oil. So, she has it out after her sister borrows it (big mistake), and the check oil light comes on. She goes into the Exxon, and the guy hands her a bottle of AT fluid... tells her "yes ma'am its 10w30". As she's about to pour it in, an off-duty cop walks up to her and says "What are you doing???" His wife made him walk back in with her to get the right oil... |
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