Idiot with a Volvo forgets handbrake

Stupid man working on Volvo forget to put handbrake on.
I was working on my car (adjusting the handbrake for MOT) and forgot to reapply handbrake when removing chucks…. Narrowly avoiding hitting my own car - a Volvo v70 t5 with R front bumper!!

[@mattatkinson6604]

Thank you all for all the kind comments, I initially put the video on YT for entertainment purposes but the kind comments has been very overwhelming. Thank you. If anything at all, I just hope we can all learn from my mistakes!

[@ERiC-1]

Result brother, happens to the best of us. The fact you avoided the crunch is a blessing... the fact you avoided crunching your door on the wall the second time was another blessing... Live and learn, there are enough videos of 20 year in mechanics making worse mistakes.

[@mattatkinson6604]

Tell me about it. I didn’t think anything of the second roll back… but it does look bad looking back. Also in person, there was much more room than perceived.

[@ERiC-1]

@@mattatkinson6604 From experience my first go in a car was 15 letting the handbrake off my dads car with the door open for it to drop back and crunch his other car... whoopsie....haven't thought about that for 30 years.

[@mattatkinson6604]

@@ERiC-1 ouch! If we didn’t have lessons and learn from mistakes… we would all be perfect and that would be boring! Thankfully nobody got hurt in either scenario so it’s all just entertainment! This is the closest thing I have done to damage both cars…. To the bargain the V70 handbrake is not strong… my panic and fear was escalated because it might of actually pushed the blue car out into the road and into the neighbours driveway/house or onto a busy road where people do 50 in a 30 every day.

[@TheGlovener1985]

damn, he did well to recover that

[@mattatkinson6604]

Thank you! 😂

[@TheGlovener1985]

@@mattatkinson6604 you're very welcome sir

[@interceptor-ss8kb]

The look you gave after putting the handbrake on was definitely I'm done with cars for today 😂😂

[@mattatkinson6604]

Thank you! Yup, definitely my feeling! 😂

[@stari313]

You're not stupid or an idiot, we are human, forgetting is part of our nature and we make mistakes. Good save though.

[@mattatkinson6604]

Thanks! Live and learn for sure but I will likely do something like this ahaha.

[@JowoHD]

nice save

[@mattatkinson6604]

Thanks!!

[@Daniel-nb3kk]

Nice Volvos!

[@mattatkinson6604]

Thanks brother! 👊🏻

[@alanwatts8239]

Imagine you open the door and the time you take to pull the brake isn't enough. There goes an entire door. 😂

[@mattatkinson6604]

Thankfully that didn’t occur! There was more room than the video lets onto be. 😬

[@mattatkinson6604]

Thankfully that didn’t occur! There was more room than the video lets onto be. 😬

[@ithinkitwaskhamas]

It must have collision avoidance because it changed direction magically

[@mattatkinson6604]

Hahah made me lol… yes… who needs modern cars!

[@AA-os1sg]

But do you condemn Israel

[@ithinkitwaskhamas]

@@AA-os1sg uhm but do you condemn khamas uhmm

[@badbusdriver7160]

Well done for catching it, I felt sure there was going to be contact!. Nice car though, i do like those C70's 👍

[@mattatkinson6604]

Thank goodness there was not! Wouldn’t have lived with myself for doing damage to both cars haha.

[@HellHunter00]

Rookie mistake which I'm sure you'll never make again. Brilliant save after. I was waiting for the kiss or worse after you went between the cars. Very well done.

[@mattatkinson6604]

Thank you. Very silly mistake. One of many silly things I have done.

[@HellHunter00]

@@mattatkinson6604 You're fine. We all mess up at some point 😉 Absolutely mint Volvo btw. You've kept them very well.

[@JUICECAT187]

I had a similar experience back when I just had my license, we parked on the side wall of a store to go get some ice cream with my friend, we came out and just watched it to start slowly roll away, it went all the way down a steep hill behind the store and ended up on a field. We just there frozen with the ice creams watching it all unfold :D

[@mattatkinson6604]

Ahaha. When it’s run away like that, no stopping it without someone getting seriously hurt. Thank fully, I’m stupid enough to jump behind a rolling car… car love over matter!

[@JUICECAT187]

@@mattatkinson6604 yeah that was an incredible save! Nice volvos btw I have a 2008 v50 T5 myself!

[@mattatkinson6604]

@@JUICECAT187 nice! Not very many of those about. Can’t beat a t5 🤘🏻 although you could want a s70 t5 go with the c70 and v70 😬😬😬😬🫣

[@sizzler2462]

To be fair he saved it hats off to him

[@mattatkinson6604]

Cheers brother! I won’t be doing this again… stark warning to myself!

[@threepotMR2]

Ahhh.. That relief when you got the handbrake back back on. Just stopped for a moment and reflected on that drama that escalated out of nowhere!

[@mattatkinson6604]

Ahaha thank you! I think my life flashed before me!

[@gregswank4912]

The bigger question is, why would you ever park a car in neutral?!?! I was taught that manual transmissions should be left in first gear, and automatics in park, then use the emergency brake/parking brake as a secondary backup in case the first fails. I’ve owned a few older cars that would just roll down the hill slowly if you only used the ‘handbrake’. (They aren’t all a lever, some are a pedal, and others a button making the name handbrake a less accurate description. Can you tell ‘handbrake videos’ are a pet peeve of mine?)

[@mattatkinson6604]

Simply put, i never out the car in gear as I forget to take it out and it launches forward… also not fun haha. However, for safety when working on a car i usually put it in gear for this purpose to stop it rolling… I don’t know why I didn’t this time round unless it jumped out.

[@Dan23_7]

Well saved 🎉 And being able to push a Volvo too !!! Man I wouldn’t pick a fight with you haha 💪🏼💪🏼

[@mattatkinson6604]

I wouldn’t say that haha. I’m definitely not that tough haha.

[@Dan23_7]

@@mattatkinson6604 They need Volvo pushing in world’s strongest man competition 😂

[@Soulvex]

Could have been waaaaay worse lol, well done.

[@mattatkinson6604]

Thanks man. I know, it was very much an act first think later I see all my mistake for sure! Thanks for the kind words!

[@jonnygti]

You stopped a big old Volvo rolling down a hill by jumping behind it? 😮😂 your inner hulk definitely came out there! I understand why you couldn’t put the brakes on, as you couldn’t open the door because of the wall, who put that wall there anyway? I dunno!😂

[@thearousedeunuch]

They just wanted to "kiss", that's all.

[@mattatkinson6604]

🤣🤣🤣 I like this!

[@thearousedeunuch]

@@mattatkinson6604 I'm glad you do. Mistakes happen to the best of us; if anything, it was a learning experience.

[@mattatkinson6604]

@@thearousedeunuch oh for sure! At least I chucked the wheels in the first place. Note to self, don’t work on cars when tired haha.

[@thearousedeunuch]

@@mattatkinson6604 Yeah... the added stress and fatigue aren't worth it.

[@jonathanparle8429]

Impressive - you made the decision in milliseconds as to whether you had the ability to stop the roll without injury or to just let it hit the other car. I'm not sure I would have had the strength to stop that once it was going but then again I'm a senior (in age) now and probably not as strong as I used to be. I let the hydraulics and wheel chocks to do all the heavy work these days! And the last time I adjusted the handbrake, it was all perfectly level in the garage!

[@mattatkinson6604]

If I hadn’t of done this, it risked both cars going out into the road… the v70 also has a weak handbrake and needs adjusting… next on my list!

[@jonathanparle8429]

@@mattatkinson6604 The handbrake on my Kia is a real pain to adjust. I had to buy a few universal joint attachments to actually get to the adjusting nut via the removable cover at the rear of the centre console. Unfortunately those flexible drive attachments just aren't really strong enough to take much torque at all - even on a small nut like the handbrake cable adjuster. Otherwise the other option is to remove the entire centre console - which is a huge job. I often wonder whether the people who design cars have ever worked on one.

[@rich3316]

Perfect save well done

[@mattatkinson6604]

About as good as it can be and on a knife edge haha.

[@johnw2758]

Tell you what though, you must be strong mate

[@ja7419]

Always have the handbrake on when parked.

[@dereckjtbear2175]

Maybe,but idiot saved the other impending disaster with calm action.

[@mattatkinson6604]

Ahaha 😬 nearly crushed my legs. 🫣🤣😭

[@bluesky-intertainment]

Dude, good save man!! 😳

[@mattatkinson6604]

Haha thanks Gary. Hairy moment for sure.

[@1171karl]

Ah, its ok calling yourself an idiot, was just about to go guns blazing on someone being self righteous an judgmental!

[@mattatkinson6604]

Thanks brother. I posted the video to make sure I never ever forget to be this stupid again. Totally couldn’t been avoided. Heart pumps for days.

[@davidreynolds3082]

Fancy standing behind a rolling car though! Lucky it wasn't a steeper drive.

[@mattatkinson6604]

Not my brightest moment I must admit… v70 has a weak handbrake, also needs adjusting and if the c70 hit the v70 both would have ended up on the road.

[@gufpott]

In Glasgow, they call it a "Vulva". (True)

[@mattatkinson6604]

Interesting 🤔

[@chylimzbydzi]

Hulk!

[@mattatkinson6604]

Haha. Big time… I’m impressed myself haha.

[@alleywatch22]

Why did he not leave in gear or in park?

[@mattatkinson6604]

I didn’t leave it in park because it is a manual. Was lowering the car down also to check. I very rarely put the car in gear but admittedly usually do when jacking any car up… not sure why I didn’t this time.

[@isaacsrandomvideos667]

Nice looking car.

[@mattatkinson6604]

Cheers dude! Much appreciated

[@Benoit4real]

Good reactions

[@mattatkinson6604]

Thank you! 🙏🏻

[@zingo2664]

great job saving car ( looks superb, love colour) same thing happened to me ( i damaged a door ) just one of those things.

[@mattatkinson6604]

Not trying to make a habit of this! Hopefully a reminder to yourself 😬😬😬 sorry to hear you didn’t have such luck 😔

[@Dashflix]

Hi Matt! A moment of distraction, well saved my friend. Can i use it please ? With credit, thanks, have a good day.

[@mattatkinson6604]

Thanks man. I would rather it just remain on my channel please and not be used on yours. Sorry.

[@john1million]

Really should be left in gear also!

[@mattatkinson6604]

I was adjusting the hand break and was usually when doing that I put the car in gear… not sure why I didn’t this time. If I am or ally stopped, I do not put the car in gear unless on a strap slope. As then when I turn the car on the car launches forward after I let go of the clutch.