Dickhead of the year.

tut · Post by **tut** » Tue Feb 11, 2014 8:29 pm

Turned the ignition on yesterday on the Honda CR-V to lower a window and left it on. Went out later to walk the dogs and the battery was flat. Hooked up the charger, and though I do not remember I must have gone back out a couple of hours later and started it up and left it running.

Midday today Verian asked me why the car engine was running, which it had been for twenty hours. Hopefully it has not affected the engine as you could well do that if you were caught in one of these overnight Winter Motorway standstills, but it did use half a tank of diesel.

tut

flyingscot68 · Post by **flyingscot68** » Tue Feb 11, 2014 8:31 pm

Lol. Nutter.

hendeg · Post by **hendeg** » Tue Feb 11, 2014 8:42 pm

You get my vote.

Jam_s160 · Post by **Jam_s160** » Tue Feb 11, 2014 8:59 pm

Tut I'm stuck in a sh*t hotel in Belgium right now and your post has brightened up my sh*t day... Awesome

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j2 lot · Post by **j2 lot** » Tue Feb 11, 2014 9:07 pm

Brilliant, the stuff of legends

tut · Post by **tut** » Tue Feb 11, 2014 9:07 pm

Actually as nobody else has probably been stupid enough to do it, as we had just fuelled up, it could be useful to know that if you did run the engine for twenty hours to keep the heater running, you would still have half a tankful of fuel left in the average car.

tut

Jam_s160 · Post by **Jam_s160** » Tue Feb 11, 2014 9:15 pm

I guess you are retired for a reason

j2 lot · Post by **j2 lot** » Tue Feb 11, 2014 9:23 pm

tut wrote:Actually as nobody else has probably been stupid enough to do it, as we had just fuelled up, it could be useful to know that if you did run the engine for twenty hours to keep the heater running, you would still have half a tankful of fuel left in the average car.

tut

Valuable research , but the reality is that most of us would find the car had been driven off never to be seen again as soon as we left it

Post by **pete** » Tue Feb 11, 2014 10:54 pm

Valuable research you're doing there...

tut · Post by **tut** » Tue Feb 11, 2014 11:26 pm

A silly way to waste £40 though......

tut

Stu160 · Post by **Stu160** » Wed Feb 12, 2014 12:07 am

Stu

Claws · Post by **Claws** » Wed Feb 12, 2014 12:19 am

You Sir, are a legend!

It won't have done the engine any harm providing that the rad fan and water pump are in good condition, just a very expensive battery charger/radio that nobody is listening to!

Scottish Scrutineer · Post by **Scottish Scrutineer** » Wed Feb 12, 2014 8:38 am

Well done Tut. Just think of how much fun you could have had with that £40 in the Elise...

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tut · Post by **tut** » Wed Feb 12, 2014 11:11 am

Verian is my Carer but reckon I need a new one. She went to the Supermarket yesterday in her slippers, forgot to put her shoes on. With that and the car she is not earning her keep, and is now complaining about carrying the coal buckets in and stacking the logs.

£68/week allowance from the Veterans Agency if there are any volunteers.

tut

hendeg · Post by **hendeg** » Wed Feb 12, 2014 11:29 am

£68/week allowance and never a dull moment!

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