Thread: Couldn't get the d1 started this morning (funny)

LOL!

Did same once with my Tdi too.
My drive is on a bit of a slope(not much), but I like to put it in N first, handbrake, then let it rest, and then in P, so it doesn't bind the trans.

Once late at night(maybe 1AM or later) I did the routine, but instead of trans in P, I went back to D .... late night brain fade I guess.

Next day at about lunch, of course it won't start, and as I had battery issue with a brand new battery, my first thought was battery again!.

Nup! .. just as you found ... it won't turn over when in D.

Originally Posted by AK83

LOL!

Did same once with my Tdi too.
My drive is on a bit of a slope(not much), but I like to put it in N first, handbrake, then let it rest, and then in P, so it doesn't bind the trans.

Once late at night(maybe 1AM or later) I did the routine, but instead of trans in P, I went back to D .... late night brain fade I guess.

Next day at about lunch, of course it won't start, and as I had battery issue with a brand new battery, my first thought was battery again!.

Nup! .. just as you found ... it won't turn over when in D.

Hahahaha thats a good one glad im not the only goose out there. I was playing with the prop shafts last night and left it in D in the end and of course in a true land rover way I thought something had just gone wrong while I slept.

Cheers Jim

Ouch!!

I don't feel so bad now as, at least, mine was in "R" which is a lot closer to "P"

Steve