191 reg cars...

OldMrBrennan83

Seen my first and only so far earlier. WW reg Fiesta in a lovely dark purpley blue.

Old diesel

Skoda Octavia estate - looked like it had a bit of spec on it with the chrome around the windows like most Superbs do plus privacy glass going on

novarock

Picked up an Ateca 1.5 TSI, switched from a leon FR that Ive had since 2015. Same horsepower, but lower torque. Can still move though!

Spotted an XC90 today, lovely machine..

greendragon3

not a good start for someone \\\\\\!!!

jellybear

Oh that's awful

sunnysoutheast

Wonder if they moved from a car which had rear parking sensors? Must be gutting.

Only seen one 191 so far, a Peugeot.

colm_mcm

jellybear wrote: »

Oh that's awful

Agreed. Can’t believe people are buying those things.

jellybear

colm_mcm wrote: »

Agreed. Can’t believe people are buying those things.

...I shouldn't laugh but, well played!

Duke O Smiley

colm_mcm wrote: »

Pure guesswork here:

Well, 89LS2 was a ford Escort 1.6D L in red.
90LS3 Ford Fiesta 1.8D L in red.
91LS1 FordSierra 1.8 TD in green.
92LS7 Ford Fiesta 1.1 C
93LS201 Ford Fiesta 1.1 L
94LS225 Ford Mondeo 1.6 LX
95LS208 Ford Mondeo 1.8 TD LX
96LS210 Ford Escort 1.3 CL

Nice work!

Comhrá

Two years ago a friend of mine bought a new 171 white Skoda Superb. He was rear-ended at traffic lights the day he took delivery. 4 K to have it repaired. He traded it the following year...couldn't live with it.

Cantona's Collars

I shouldn't laugh but the sister told me she saw a guy in the same colour one as that reverse into a car trying to park in Enniscorthy today.
Brand new and he got out and just walked off,never even looked to see if he'd damaged his 191 or the other car.
Some people shouldn't be allowed drive.

colm_mcm

That ecosport apparently rolled down a hill

emfifty

colm_mcm wrote: »

That ecosport apparently rolled down a hill

That would be those s**te Ford handbrakes?? ...heard a similar story on a Ford Kuga..car rolled back down a hill. Luckily, it didn't roll over someone..

OldMrBrennan83

emfifty wrote: »

That would be those s**te Ford handbrakes?? ...heard a similar story on a Ford Kuga..car rolled back down a hill. Luckily, it didn't roll over someone..

I'd say it's more a case of anyone who'd buy an Ecosport being at least 80.

Kevin Finnerty

Could so easily have been a tiddly eye.

Truckermal

greendragon3 wrote: »

not a good start for someone \\\\\\!!!

I was expecting a S4 with that reg....:(

Voodoomelon

That's so unfortunate, hopefully the damage isn't too bad, should be repairable and definitely worth doing. Wood is fairly resilient.

freshpopcorn

Apparently her automatic handbrake failed. If she didn't hit the pole it would have hit a shop!

Wildly Boaring

freshpopcorn wrote: »

Apparently her automatic handbrake failed. If she didn't hit the pole it would have hit a shop!

Failed?

Mine failed too in a passat when they first came out.

Well I put it on wrong and it rolled ever so slowly into a gate

X6.430macman

Forgive me for asking a stupid question here but I don't have the privilege of driving a 191 or anything close, do any of the cars here come with the remote start on the key fob to start the engine while outside the vehicle?

freshpopcorn

Wildly Boaring wrote: »

Failed?

Mine failed too in a passat when they first came out.

Well I put it on wrong and it rolled ever so slowly into a gate

Yes it failed I'm not sure was the owner at fault or the car!

elperello

Work of the devil those handbrakes.
Give me the good old fashioned ones any day of the week.

greendragon3

a neighbour was nearly killed two years ago when her passat electric handbrake failed on an incline just as she was going to get a baby buggy out of the boot , the car rolled over her and pinned her breaking her pelvis and leg , she was lucky that they were able to save her leg . i think she still walks with a limp today , lucky to be alive .

aaakev

freshpopcorn wrote: »

Apparently her automatic handbrake failed. If she didn't hit the pole it would have hit a shop!

Was reversing out of a spot in my local centra last week and another car was reversing out too. I said to my missus they have no lights on but turned out there was no one in the car and it rolled down the hill towards the main road! Luckily it hit a lamppost and stopped before it went onto the road. I assumed the electric handbrake failed bit the woman driving it said "oh **** im always doing that". ****in eejit.....

nim1bdeh38l2cw

Truckermal wrote: »

I was expecting a S4 with that reg....:(

But, you're in Ireland...

vectra

*Failed* is a very strong word guys,
I have had two cars, different models.
VW one was excellent, once it was on auto it was full auto.
In the Ford it is manually activated and can be hit and miss if you apply it properly.
I would guess it was user mistake.

bazz26

The EcoSport doesn't have an electric handbrake, it has a old style levered type hand brake. You can see a similar model below with it:



And even if it had an electric handbrake there is a very small chance that it would fail on a brand new 191 car so quickly. Electric parking brakes are well tried and tested technology at this stage, yes they were problematic a few years back when the technology was in its infancy, the Passat mentioned being one prime example but I'm on my 4th car with one and none of them ever had any faults. My guess is more likely driver error where the driver doesn't check the parking brake is engaged probably because they are new to it.

I'd also point out that I'm another advocate of leaving your car parked up in gear to avoid it rolling in the event the parking brake electric or manual fails. Good practice imo.

greendragon3

my sister in law currently has a 11' renault scenic with said handbrake and its been on the blink for a while now , the garage can't seem to find any problem with ( typical ) but when she parks for any length of time or stops and engages neutral it comes on automatically like it should but then the handbrake won't release , manually or when you put the shoe down to drive off ( its also has automatic transmission !! ) , only way to release it is to rock it forward and back a few time and knock it off and restart it a few times as well before it releases !! bit of a pain at traffic lights !!!

TheDriver

I too question when people leave cars in neutral when parked. Secondary handbrake

colm_mcm

bazz26 wrote: »

The EcoSport doesn't have an electric handbrake, it has a old style levered type hand brake. You can see a similar model below with it:

And even if it had an electric handbrake there is a very small chance that it would fail on a brand new 191 car so quickly. Electric parking brakes are well tried and tested technology at this stage, yes they were problematic a few years back when the technology was in its infancy, the Passat mentioned being one prime example but I'm on my 4th car with one and none of them ever had any faults. My guess is more likely driver error where the driver doesn't check the parking brake is engaged probably because they are new to it.

I'd also point out that I'm another advocate of leaving your car parked up in gear to avoid it rolling in the event the parking brake electric or manual fails. Good practice imo.

Those electronic parking brakes aren’t idiot proof though, I had a Skoda Kodiaq that had been parked and locked roll out a driveway in front of me last year. Mondeo doesn’t auto engage either and with all the beeping cars do when you get out it’s easy to miss.