What's making you smile today?

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Grumpypants Jun 2021 4:26pm, 18 Jun 2021 1,396 posts	0 Grumpypants Dio 😁
halfpint Jun 2021 4:48pm, 18 Jun 2021 35,072 posts	0 halfpint Been there with work club cars. Not a clue how to start the damned things.
SsH Jun 2021 4:51pm, 18 Jun 2021 2,984 posts	0 SsH I was going to post an almost identical comment Dio. New car delivered halfway down the street and I couldn't for the life of me figure out how to get it into reverse. Had to do a long winded drive round the village to get back home...
SsH Jun 2021 4:52pm, 18 Jun 2021 2,985 posts	0 SsH and my current new-to-me car has a fancy pants push button handbrake. Had to go back in to ask the salesman how to operate it
Diogenes Jun 2021 5:11pm, 18 Jun 2021 60,674 posts	0 Diogenes [I was 21 at the time and none of the cars I’d driven up to them had had such a system. On the test drive I’d only used the forward gears.]
halfpint Jun 2021 6:52pm, 18 Jun 2021 35,074 posts	0 halfpint [push button parking brake was a revelation here too. I didn’t ask I just faffed and worked it put]
LazyDaisy Jun 2021 7:06pm, 18 Jun 2021 33,616 posts	0 LazyDaisy [Today W we had to show my BiL how to get his car radio - sorry, in-car entertainment system - to scan, find and save radio 4. They've had the car for six months ]
Grumpypants Jun 2021 7:50pm, 18 Jun 2021 1,399 posts	0 Grumpypants I'm smiling because I've found I'm not alone in my befuddlement 😁
Sigh Jun 2021 7:53pm, 18 Jun 2021 9,553 posts	0 Sigh [My last few company cars (all VW) have had push button parking brakes; on the first one, a 57 plate, one day the push button stopped working and the local dealer didn't have the spare part. Their answer? "Just leave it in gear." ]
Rosehip Jun 2021 8:13pm, 18 Jun 2021 21,494 posts	0 Rosehip Doesn't everyone always leave the car in gear? or dis you not all start off with cars with crap handbrakes? It's a good job I do, my last car had an electronic handbrake, I've had Elmo 2 years now and I still forget the handbrake is a proper lever.