How to modify the front of your house.

steve-45 · 16th December 2015, 22:08

Got home from the office tonight and noticed there were a few people standing about in my road.

When I pulled into my driveway, I noticed the house opposite looked a little strange.....

The lady opposite had just driven her 3 series BMW through the closed garage door - demolishing the entire front of the garage and part of the house wall !!!

Builders are out there now scratching their heads !!!

bl52krz · 16th December 2015, 22:18

Let me guess!!! It's an auto.

Vanbursta · 16th December 2015, 22:20

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Originally Posted by bl52krz

Let me guess!!! It's an auto.

Not any more.

DMGRS · 16th December 2015, 22:38

Blimey, that takes a rather epic level of 'oops'!
Hopefully easy sorted, and nothing too structural...

rich17865 · 17th December 2015, 07:04

I was on a new build site where a Jewson lorry parked at the top of the road, left his handbrake off, it rolled down the road at some speed into a double fronted detached property and literally pulled the gable end of the house off!

steve-45 · 17th December 2015, 07:38

A team of about 6 men were there until about 2a.m. suring up with acro props and boarding over the gaping hole.

And yes she does drive an auto, most ladies of "eastern" origin do. But other that the bumper and bonnet car looks ok, she was lucky that none of the brickwork fell on the car.

planenut · 17th December 2015, 07:41

Mortarfying!

75 tinkerer · 22nd December 2015, 00:07

A friend of my Mother's had a Vanden Plas 1100 or 1300 (I think). The mechanic left it in her garage. She thought she'd just turn it over and it exited the garage through the closed door. He'd left it in gear.

James.uk · 22nd December 2015, 03:57

An auto shouldn't start when left in gear. The engine should only start with the gear lever in Park or neutral.

If the lady used both feet to drive she could have stopped the car almost immediately innit.

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David Lawrence · 22nd December 2015, 05:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by steve-45

And yes she does drive an auto, most ladies of "eastern" origin do.

from Essex you mean? Or East Angular?

16th December 2015, 22:08	#1
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16th December 2015, 22:18	#2
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17th December 2015, 07:04	#5
rich17865 This is my second home Transit Connect Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Crewe Posts: 9,532 Thanks: 868 Thanked 1,619 Times in 1,095 Posts	I was on a new build site where a Jewson lorry parked at the top of the road, left his handbrake off, it rolled down the road at some speed into a double fronted detached property and literally pulled the gable end of the house off!

17th December 2015, 07:38	#6
steve-45 This is my second home Rover 75 Saloon CDTi Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Belvedere Posts: 4,076 Thanks: 108 Thanked 1,089 Times in 774 Posts	A team of about 6 men were there until about 2a.m. suring up with acro props and boarding over the gaping hole. And yes she does drive an auto, most ladies of "eastern" origin do. But other that the bumper and bonnet car looks ok, she was lucky that none of the brickwork fell on the car.

17th December 2015, 07:41	#7
planenut Regional Secretary Rover 1.8T Tourer Join Date: May 2007 Location: Heathrow Posts: 6,955 Thanks: 1,551 Thanked 2,036 Times in 1,264 Posts	Mortarfying!

22nd December 2015, 00:07	#8
75 tinkerer Regular poster Rover 75 Tourer Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Darlington Posts: 95 Thanks: 12 Thanked 10 Times in 9 Posts	A friend of my Mother's had a Vanden Plas 1100 or 1300 (I think). The mechanic left it in her garage. She thought she'd just turn it over and it exited the garage through the closed door. He'd left it in gear.

22nd December 2015, 03:57	#9
James.uk Passed Away 2002 Pale Blue. Rover 75 CDTi Connoisseur auto. 170K miles Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Near the M67. Posts: 14,509 Thanks: 199 Thanked 585 Times in 397 Posts	An auto shouldn't start when left in gear. The engine should only start with the gear lever in Park or neutral. If the lady used both feet to drive she could have stopped the car almost immediately innit. ...