Handy starting hint

Makes perfect sense to me, on my bike the engine will not crank until clutch lever pulled in, it is very important that correct engine oil is used, if filling additives engine oil make sure its OK to use with a wet clutch.

 

Strange dose of de ja vu here. Ever since I started my first bike with one of them kick starter thingies I was told to pull the clutch in so you weren't turning the gear box when you tried to start the bike. Same thing happened when I moved on to four wheels, the driving instructor told me to depress the clutch before trying to start the car especially in cold weather. Still doing it oh so very many years later

 

Same here - always depress the clutch in the car ever since my driving instructor told me to all those years ago. (It was a Vauxhall Viva HC)

 

Plus another one for dipping the clutch on start-up - helps a fair bit with a tired battery too.

 

I had a viva HB 1159 and my parents had the HC 1256 my dad had a few Vauxhalls but not all from new and now my wife has a corsa D 1200 that really handles the road well but always has had a clutch judder in cold weather till warmed up was told by Vauxhall a characteristic of this model.

 

I get my wife to push start me even though battery will start bike she now wants me to buy a new bike

 

My dad had an HB 1159 before I learnt to drive. At the time of me learning he had a Hillman Avenger 1500.

 

We've almost hijacked crispeys thread with "what old sh*t did your dad used to drive when you were a kid"

 

Ford Consul Farnham - Consul estate car
Wolseley 6/110 - motorised armchair

 

The one before the Viva was a Singer Gazelle.

 

Did not see it Steve where is it ??

 

I do not believe that Steve my first car was a Singer Gazelle convertible

 

Fords owned have been, Ford Zodiac Mk2, Ford Cortina Mk3, Ford Corsair V4, Ford Cortina Mk3 GT, Ford Escort Mk2, Ford Granada Ghia X pack estate Mk2, Ford Cortina mk4 estate.

 

My old lad's first car was a Ford Anglia saloon, followed by the estate car version. Then he graduated through a Mk 2 to a Mk 4 Cortina, a baby Mazda and finally a bloody Austin Allegro. When that heap of crap packed up he surrendered his ticket due to illness.
As for me, my first was a Ford Consul Cortina on C plate with a column change and bench front seat.

 

Austin allegro 2 door with square steering wheel was my wife's first car I bought it cheap for her to learn to drive in, when these first came out I think they had style ??