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Many early cars used a hand crank to start the motor. If you don't do it correctly, it was possible to break your arm. My grandmother was impressed by the (fem
by Tangurena2 2mo ago
Many early cars used a hand crank to start the motor. If you don't do it correctly, it was possible to break your arm.
My grandmother was impressed by the (female) movie stars who had chauffeurs. As a consequence she refused to drive (or even have a driving license) for the remainder of her life. She was focused on "status" and "class". She lived to age 98.
- srean 2mo ago> If you don't do it correctly, it was possible to break your arm. Yup if you did not anticipate correctly where the spark plug would fire.
- TacticalCoder 2mo ago> Many early cars used a hand crank to start the motor. If you don't do it correctly, it was possible to break your arm. I daily drove for years a motorbike with a kickstart (and also rode MX bike with a kickstart but these were 2-strokes and the kickstart on 2-strokes wasn't that violent). Still have a scar from one kickstart gone wrong on a rainy day (my foot slipped and the crank violently went back up and damaged my leg).
- Finnucane 2mo agoNow we have Uber and Lyft. You can have a chaffeur on call.