We have one manual shift and one auto. The worst thing I did while flitting between the two was to get into the manual, stick my foot on the brake pedal and slam it into reverse to get off the drive. Luckily I live in a village and my little errors don't always have an audience, and it was early enough in the evening that the crunch didn't wake anybody. And no, I didn't break anything!!! Yes, Liz, I too duck. My darling son keeps remarking on it and I have to make myself go rigid under those height barriers when he's in the car with me. I agree about the dishwasher. The trouble is it has to be emptied again. Also you have to invest in more crockery etc because you ain't going to waste energy by switching it on half full, and you can't eat off the floor (in my house anyway). Has anyone noticed how, just like water, when you carve a path through all the garbage and mess that teenagers leave, it just closes behind you again to fill the void?

mouldy