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Re: Ouch !!
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2019 9:19 am
by Clive Bishop
Re: Ouch !!
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2019 9:38 am
by JamesS
It'll polish out.
Re: Ouch !!
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2019 1:38 pm
by Chris_R
maltatoday wrote:Sources say that the driver failed a breathalyser test carried out on the spot.
Often the drunks are the ones that walk away and the innocents are the ones that get hurt. Fortunately no innocent bystanders appear to have been involved in this incident.
Re: Ouch !!
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2019 2:54 pm
by JamesS
Chris_R wrote:
maltatoday wrote:Sources say that the driver failed a breathalyser test carried out on the spot.
Often the drunks are the ones that walk away and the innocents are the ones that get hurt. Fortunately no innocent bystanders appear to have been involved in this incident.
All too often the case sadly.
By the look of the pictures the cam cover gaskets have started leaking again....
Sad to see another Jensen totalled though.
Re: Ouch !!
Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2019 7:20 pm
by Pymmie
I think this is the Aston picture that ‘manwithaplan’
tried to upload last week ...
John P
Re: Ouch !!
Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2019 1:37 pm
by JamesS
Pymmie wrote:I think this is the Aston picture that ‘manwithaplan’
tried to upload last week ...
John P
Would hate to be the other drivers insurers...
(assuming he was swerving to avoid someone and hit the post?)
Re: Ouch !!
Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2019 3:40 pm
by Joerg
Regarding the Aston, I would say: Lunchtime drinking can ruin your engine
Re: Ouch !!
Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2019 8:07 pm
by VFK44
There's a roast meal waiting for me at home. WHEN I get home...
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Blowout on the M25 in my VW. Currently standing behind the barriers waiting for the AA and freezing.
Re: Ouch !!
Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2019 8:52 pm
by VFK44
6" away from disaster. Not a job I'd fancy.
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Re: Ouch !!
Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2019 8:59 pm
by felixkk
How unfortunate!
Re: Ouch !!
Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2019 1:18 am
by VFK44
"How unfortunate" was not exactly the phrase I had in mind when the tyre detonated, although those clever German engineers had designed the suspension so I could come to a halt without drama.
The AA patrolman said it was due to a "carbuncle" caused by hitting a pothole in the past. You can see that although 95% of the tyre had lots of tread it was worn in one spot where it had bulged. I had planned to replace the front tyres this week due to a persistent vibration, but never guessed it was due to a back tyre, which is much harder to check. Vibration now cured!
A lucky escape I guess.
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Re: Ouch !!
Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2019 4:04 pm
by felixkk
Well I'm glad that nothing happenend. At our International Mike Koch noticed his tyre he had been driving, for how long he did not know::
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Re: Ouch !!
Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2019 4:11 pm
by Dion
He was lucky. So was I, two weeks ago.
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Re: Ouch !!
Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2019 8:10 pm
by Jens
Hey guys,
even if you drive only 3,000 mls in 10 years and there are 10 mm rubber on the tyres - they don‘t last that long. Better change them after 5 to 6 years.
What you see in the pictures are the results if you don‘t. And a blown tyre on a two ton car could cause some havoc
Re: Ouch !!
Posted: Sun May 12, 2019 11:16 pm
by AH1951
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU.
My accident is one year old today.
Still no decision from the insurance bureau about who was at fault.
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