A bit of a confessional here...
The Golf GTI I inherited from my wife nearly ate me. Could be an old 'Sunday Sport' headline!
An occasional Friday lunchtime treat I give to myself is getting Fish and Chips in the town where I work. I drive to a local car park, open the car window, turn on the Radio 4 News / whatever else is on, and stand next to the car to eat said lunch out of the paper wrapping whilst listening to the radio. Done like this so I don't stink out the car for the next days.
Recently I was following routine and leant through the open window to turn up the volume on the radio, but as I did this, I must have pushed the 'Lock' button on the key in my trouser pocket as I was leaning against the door.
The doors locked and immediately the electric window rose, pinning me quite firmly half in / half out of the car.
It stopped (thank god), but it hurt a lot and I was pretty stuck. I assumed that there would be quite a bit of 'bounce-back' as part of the safety mechanism, but my "rather larger than it should be" stomach was rather firmly held. I must have looked quite a sight.....
I did manage to slowly and carefully pull myself out, but was left with quite bad bruising about 6 or 7 inches across my stomach that lasted for >two weeks and was very painful. The motors that power these windows are very strong, and I was hugely relieved that these safety systems detecting resistance work, but gosh it hurt!
A lesson learnt and I won't be doing that again in a hurry! :)
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Darwin Award - Nearly! new
Darwin Award - Nearly! new