Mike Raiford <"m[raiford]!at"@gmail.com> wrote:
> Stephen wrote:
>
> > Once when I was trying to teach my wife to drive (failed) I was sitting in the

> > snapped the gear stick off at the base then had to drive home in second. Last

>
> Ouch... I didn't think that was possible, unless the gear selector was
> either rusted through or made of cheap plastic....
>

It was an old car (a Hillman Imp IIRC) and it was the last drive it ever took.
The sheared end looked like cast aluminium, again IIRC. It did come as a
surprise to me when it broke a good job we were not on a public road.

Stephen

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