Having a good laugh at al these.
And after driving for 45 years, I have a few tales of my own.
First one I was thinking of adding to another thread but anyway...
Driving down an unlit country road around midnight, taking my girlfriend home, I hit a bump in the road and all electrics just failed, all lights, engine, the lot.
The sudden change in volume from the normally rackety 1956 Standard 10 with rock music playing loudly on the cassette player, to the simple sound of the wind whistling gently passed as we hurtled along at 50 mph in total darkness allowed me to clearly hear the sharp intake of breath from the direction of the passenger seat.
Luckily I knew the road and was aware that we were approaching a largish area of grass on the left I steered slightly left and felt the bump as the nearside went over the kerb and gently applied the brakes without saying a word until we stopped moving. Feigning 'king of cool' I just said, 'that was fun!' Luckily my girlfriend didn't appear to hear the shaking in my voice!
I gained massive kudos from the incident as my girlfriend repeatedly told friends how cool and composed I had been
saving her life!
In that car all the live cables were held into the back of the ignition with a simple brass grub screw (A bit like a standard 240v plug) It had worked loose and the bump had shaken the wires free! Incidentally that car had a separate ignition switch and a pull starter!
Another tale tomorrow...