emc
03-15-2005, 11:28 AM
So i got my 3 this past saturday, its awesome and by far the funnest car I\\\'ve ever driven! But . . . I had a little disaster Monday morning trying to start it!
So, i\\\'ve read a whole bunch of posts here about how the 3 has troubles starting on cold days (keep this in mind)
I got into the car on my way to school downtown in rushhour . . . and tried to start it. It wouldn\\\'t go. I tried honestly probably 10 times in a matter of 45 minutes freaking out and FREEZING in my poor little red 3. I even tried letting it sit on accessory setting for a few minutes before starting it, some of you said that worked, and nothing was working.
I would hear a click in the engine if i just put in the keys and turned to start, but heard nothing when i turned it to start from acc setting.
So . . . knowing that alot of you guys had probs starting in the winter, i decided to call roadside assistance! haha by this time i wasn\\\'t going to leave my baby in the driveway as i take the TTC to school no way. So I called westowne service they told me to call roadside and to get it towed in to see what the problem was, so i did, and the tow came to my house, really quickly i was surprised!
so anyways . . . the tow driver got in my 3 pressed down the clutch and IT STARTED! OMG apparently i wasn\\\'t pressing THE CLUTCH DOWN HARD ENOUGH!!!
I had been starting it the same as i was that morning all weekend and it was fine . . . so maybe clutch is different on colder days?! haha anyways to sum it all up i learned my lesson, and i\\\'ll now press the clutch ALL THE WAY when i\\\'m starting it.
felt pretty stupid to make the tow come to my house just to press down the clutch :p
HAHAHAHA
So, i\\\'ve read a whole bunch of posts here about how the 3 has troubles starting on cold days (keep this in mind)
I got into the car on my way to school downtown in rushhour . . . and tried to start it. It wouldn\\\'t go. I tried honestly probably 10 times in a matter of 45 minutes freaking out and FREEZING in my poor little red 3. I even tried letting it sit on accessory setting for a few minutes before starting it, some of you said that worked, and nothing was working.
I would hear a click in the engine if i just put in the keys and turned to start, but heard nothing when i turned it to start from acc setting.
So . . . knowing that alot of you guys had probs starting in the winter, i decided to call roadside assistance! haha by this time i wasn\\\'t going to leave my baby in the driveway as i take the TTC to school no way. So I called westowne service they told me to call roadside and to get it towed in to see what the problem was, so i did, and the tow came to my house, really quickly i was surprised!
so anyways . . . the tow driver got in my 3 pressed down the clutch and IT STARTED! OMG apparently i wasn\\\'t pressing THE CLUTCH DOWN HARD ENOUGH!!!
I had been starting it the same as i was that morning all weekend and it was fine . . . so maybe clutch is different on colder days?! haha anyways to sum it all up i learned my lesson, and i\\\'ll now press the clutch ALL THE WAY when i\\\'m starting it.
felt pretty stupid to make the tow come to my house just to press down the clutch :p
HAHAHAHA