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Steve Maskery
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Do you remember when some cars had a "gutter" around the edges of the roof? You could clamp a roof-rack to them. My dad had one, I think it was a Mini van.
One day, not long after I had bought my first car, I was overtaken by a bloke with a very large load on such a roof-rack. He was driving far too fast, he cut me up and the load was wobbling about. I tooted and got a two-fingered salute in return.
A mile up the road I caught up with him. He was in a lay-by with a dangling ring of gutter and his load on his roof rather than his roof-rack.
I felt really sorry for him...
One day, not long after I had bought my first car, I was overtaken by a bloke with a very large load on such a roof-rack. He was driving far too fast, he cut me up and the load was wobbling about. I tooted and got a two-fingered salute in return.
A mile up the road I caught up with him. He was in a lay-by with a dangling ring of gutter and his load on his roof rather than his roof-rack.
I felt really sorry for him...
treeturner123
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Many years ago, travelling at a slightly sedate speed in my old mini, I was overtaken by a Cortina go full pelt. As he passed me, the bonnet sprang up completely obscuring his view!!
Laugh, I nearly ran into him!!!!
Phil
Laugh, I nearly ran into him!!!!
Phil
Driving in London a lot I have many stories. Many. 
But my favourite ever vehicular mistake was when Renault sent my firm my new Trafic. Instead of the bog standard model they sent a top of the range sport. Leather steering wheel, onboard computer with the brains of Deep Blue. This thing moves for a work van. Not that I ever drive near the speed limit. No Sir.
About two weeks in they phoned my boss up. Ahhhh. Bit embarrassing... we need to take the van back, we sent you the wrong one. My Boss says no worries, give me the two grand for the sign writing, and the two grand for fitting the water tank ( there is no water tank but don't tell Renault) and you can come and pick it up when you want.
Reanault: Dead silence.
And that's why if you're ever driving in London and see a white blur and time starting to bend at the edge of your vision, give us a wave. That's me! I won't see you of course because I'm in the fourth dimension and have a spatial understanding going on with the tarmac.
All I need now is missiles.
And as well as all that I'm actually a very considerate and polite driver.
But my favourite ever vehicular mistake was when Renault sent my firm my new Trafic. Instead of the bog standard model they sent a top of the range sport. Leather steering wheel, onboard computer with the brains of Deep Blue. This thing moves for a work van. Not that I ever drive near the speed limit. No Sir.About two weeks in they phoned my boss up. Ahhhh. Bit embarrassing... we need to take the van back, we sent you the wrong one. My Boss says no worries, give me the two grand for the sign writing, and the two grand for fitting the water tank ( there is no water tank but don't tell Renault) and you can come and pick it up when you want.
Reanault: Dead silence.
And that's why if you're ever driving in London and see a white blur and time starting to bend at the edge of your vision, give us a wave. That's me! I won't see you of course because I'm in the fourth dimension and have a spatial understanding going on with the tarmac.
All I need now is missiles.
And as well as all that I'm actually a very considerate and polite driver.
at my last workplace, they had an LDV400 diesel, and i had one in petrol, i was in the works one and went to fill it up, put in a tenners worth of petrol before i realised it was the diesel one so i put in twenty quids worth of diesel in it, it went like it was on steroids when the new mix went through,
finneyb
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A bent Black Bugatti Veyron would look good as an intarsia
Brian
Brian
Steve Maskery
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Yes, I think you can put a small amount of petrol in a diesel, some people do it regularity as a tonic.
The problem is when you put diesel into a petrol engine.
Or FILL a diesel engine with petrol.
DAMHIKT.
The problem is when you put diesel into a petrol engine.
Or FILL a diesel engine with petrol.
DAMHIKT.
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My first diesel was a Citroën BX est 1900 diesel and when I picked it up the garage kindly gave me 1/2 tank of petrol!! It never did run well after that and the actually replaced the engine with some reject from somewhere in Peterborough who refurbished engines???
As for the Bugatti? That's just a stupid bit of con! This is a Bugatti and far better than that load of c r a p even if it is a model.
http://www.diecastmodelswholesale.com/1 ... -by-bauer/
When Bugatti were in their heyday a customer complained about the brakes, that they weren't very good. The reply was that his cars were made and designed to go, not to stop!!
That idiot in the OPs post probably had retreads :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
As for the Bugatti? That's just a stupid bit of con! This is a Bugatti and far better than that load of c r a p even if it is a model.
http://www.diecastmodelswholesale.com/1 ... -by-bauer/
When Bugatti were in their heyday a customer complained about the brakes, that they weren't very good. The reply was that his cars were made and designed to go, not to stop!!
That idiot in the OPs post probably had retreads :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
Robbo3
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Bonnets lifting are only funny when they don't happen to you!
Tasked with several deliveries around Rugby, Coventry & Birmingham in an old Renault 4 van, the bonnet folded back onto the windscreen in the middle of nowhere. Luckily there was very little traffic.
The bonnet hinged at the front by the bumper & both hinge pins were non existent. A slow drive down a track with my head stuck out of the side window brought me to a farm where one of the workers produced two six inch nails which he knocked in & bent over the ends. Don't think they got changed until the next MOT was due.
Tasked with several deliveries around Rugby, Coventry & Birmingham in an old Renault 4 van, the bonnet folded back onto the windscreen in the middle of nowhere. Luckily there was very little traffic.
The bonnet hinged at the front by the bumper & both hinge pins were non existent. A slow drive down a track with my head stuck out of the side window brought me to a farm where one of the workers produced two six inch nails which he knocked in & bent over the ends. Don't think they got changed until the next MOT was due.
monkeybiter
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Many years ago I bought a second hand Mini [original style], the drive home was in torrential rain on a busy road, as above the bonnet decided to lift up against the screen, tearing the area where it was fixed to the hinges. When buying I'd checked the engine but clearly not closed the bonnet properly. That was a lesson well learned!
I also had a Mini van like Steve M's dad, mine was ex-YEB, got a few funny memories of that too.
I also had a Mini van like Steve M's dad, mine was ex-YEB, got a few funny memories of that too.
dc_ni
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The wife of someone I used to work with had to go to London for a meeting and drove down from where they lived in the west midlands, this was in the days before the congestion charges.
In a momentary lack of concentration she bumped into the back of the car in front of her and that car then bumped into the back of the next one.
It wasn't a hard impact, just one slight problem, the two cars were brand new Bentley's. He told me that the three bumpers on them that were hit were all damaged.
I shouldn't of laughed when he told me but....
In a momentary lack of concentration she bumped into the back of the car in front of her and that car then bumped into the back of the next one.
It wasn't a hard impact, just one slight problem, the two cars were brand new Bentley's. He told me that the three bumpers on them that were hit were all damaged.
I shouldn't of laughed when he told me but....
Phil Pascoe
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monkeybiter":1rh60klh said:
I believe this fault was known - when I first had one in 1970 the first thing I did was put rubber toggle catches on the bonnet.
monkeybiter
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phil.p":2hp7h8hm said:
I owned three or four Minis in total, it's the only time I had that problem.
Believe me, after stopping in traffic from 30-40mph, seeing the damage while trying to close the bonnet in the pouring rain ten mins after buying it, I was rather unhappy!
Steve Maskery
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monkeybiter":l6u0vw3m said:
Dad's was an ex-police car, light blue. It had a scar on the roof where the blue light had been attached.
