DOH....., I can never have anything nice. Options

[bloodMoney]

So as two of you know, I was startled awake by the wifey yesterday cause she missed her bus for work. She told me that it was snowing outside and that I needed to get up and start and clean off Abby so that I could drive her to the train station for work. Without even thinking, I hit the button to start the car and several seconds later, I hear it.

BOOM.

Yes she was in gear when I started her and she took off down the block. She got about 50 feet before pushing a Jeep Liberty halfway down the block. Eventually, Abby got under the rear end of the jeep and pushed it out of the way and stopped about 300 feet away from my house, at the end of the block. Now I'm in the process of picking up parts to piece together my once perfect Abby..... *facepalm*











The moral of the story? Always keep good parking brakes on the car and try not to leave it in gear......

~Chris

This post has been edited by bloodMoney: Dec 23, 2009 - 7:29 PM

[bloodMoney]

^^^^^^^ Thank you.

All I was trying to convey in this thread was that I made a mistake and it cost me the pristine condition of my car. I'm going to say this clearly now; I DO RECOGNIZE THE POTENTIAL RISK TO LIFE THAT A MISTAKE LIKE THIS CAN CAUSE.

In case you didn't properly read my last post:

I am EXTREMELY grateful that there was no loss or injury to life and limb, no damage to the other car involved and no real extensive damage to my Abby. The circumstances of the morning are very rare considering my living situation while I'm in school. So I'm not terribly concerned with this type of situation arising again.

Davey: I would like to assure you that the system was installed properly however, at the time of purchase, there were no failsafe systems available for vehicles equipped with manual transmissions. Now, there are extension modules that are available for my particular alarm/rem start system. After the car has been repaired, I WILL BE MAKING THIS PURCHASE. So rest assured, the chance of this happening again has been all but eliminated.