"it won't turn over" she said

"Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs" (yowen)
07/07/2014 at 10:08 • Filed to: None

Had some people crash at my apt on Saturday night, one of them ended up picking up her car the next day because her contacts were out and she couldn't see fuck-all so she had to go home to be able to drive her car home, hahaha. Anyways she calls and tells me it wouldn't turn over. To me this means the engine won't turn over... So I go what kind of car is it? "it's a camry" What year? "idk" Is it newer? "yes".

Well I go out there, turns out, "it wont turn over" meant the key wouldn't turn in the ignition. So... One yanks on the steering wheel while turning the key, that was the only problem, haha.

DISCUSSION (21)

ttyymmnn > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs
07/07/2014 at 10:14

Maybe best not to yank. Just easing the wheel off the lock should allow the key to turn.

McMike > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs
07/07/2014 at 10:15

To me, it means the same thing. The starter isn't rotating the engine.

To some, it's just a term they use to say they were unable to start their car. Just like "hacked" is a term people use when they fall for a phishing scam and give username and passwords away.

Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs
07/07/2014 at 10:15

hmm. Should I "lock" the steering when I park? I know that the Jetta I have access to locks the ignition if the steering gets locked (probably like many other cars), and will only unlock if the wheel is in a certain position away from the lock.

Audi-os, Amigos! > ttyymmnn
07/07/2014 at 10:16

^ Don't listen to this guy. YANK IT! YANK IT HARD!!!

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs
07/07/2014 at 10:16

It really bugs me when people don't know what year their own car is.

DipodomysDeserti > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
07/07/2014 at 10:21

Or how to turn the key...

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > DipodomysDeserti
07/07/2014 at 10:27

Yeah Some poeple don't get steering lock out. I remember when I discovered this. I had owned my own car for about a month when one day the key wouldn't turn. I just started juggling things and figured it out myself. It's literally that easy. What is really freaky is when cars don't do it like H3s.

crowmolly > McMike
07/07/2014 at 10:31

You mean all of those toolbars I installed aren't "viruses"?

thebigbossyboss > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
07/07/2014 at 10:38

I am amazed when people don't know this.

thebigbossyboss > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs
07/07/2014 at 10:39

What is the point of steering lock?

McMike > crowmolly
07/07/2014 at 10:40

LOL, yeah..

Kinja'd!!!

ncasolowork2 > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs
07/07/2014 at 10:52

In all fairness I stopped to help a stranded co-worker on the way out of the parking lot last week. He had a Hyundai Accent 5 speed and the wheel was locked and key wouldn't turn. Odd thing is he got to the exit of the parking lot before this happened. Having been stuck in a similar situation where the key wouldn't turn for an inexplicable reason (it eventually did in the Audi) I tried to help. No dice. No amount of pulling on the wheel or anything would get the key to turn or unlock the steering wheel. No idea what caused it.

Takuro Spirit > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
07/07/2014 at 11:12

I love when I get the "I need parts for a Mazda..... a 2002..... I don't know, it's a car...."

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
07/07/2014 at 11:32

Or how many cylinders the engine has. That's always funny when they dont know that.

ttyymmnn > thebigbossyboss
07/07/2014 at 11:32

Theft deterrent, I believe.

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > ncasolowork2
07/07/2014 at 11:35

Wow, did he manage to park such that he didn't need to steer till he got to the exit?

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > McMike
07/07/2014 at 11:36

I suppose that's true, it's just something I usually hear in reference to actual engine/starter/battery related problems. But I suppose the ignition isn't exempt from this statement.

ncasolowork2 > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs
07/07/2014 at 11:39

that's just the thing. it locked while running.

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > ncasolowork2
07/07/2014 at 11:40

Sounds like GM needs to issue a recall for that.

Roadster Man > Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy
07/07/2014 at 16:07

Nah, the lock is only there to keep thieves from steering your car onto a flatbed or out of your driveway or something.

Chris Havill > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs
07/08/2014 at 11:35

bought a miata with a replaced engine. came with the service order for the garage that did it. it starts "customer says car won't start" and continues "found hole in engine block"