RazMan
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 posted on 25/11/06 at 01:35 PM |
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An Apology
To all the drivers on the Dartford bridge at 9.00am today (Saturday)
I was trailering my middy down to Kent this morning and just as I got to the middle of the bridge, the brand new car cover that I bought from
Halfrauds the previous day (£24.99) suddenly decided to part company with the car and took off like a hang glider  . It rose about twenty feet
before plummetting onto the road behind - must of scared the crap out of the drivers behind me. I saw lots of hazard lights and swerving going on but
by that time I couldn't do anything about it. The car cover is probably in the estuary by now.
Moral of the story - Don't trust the tie down tags on Halfrauds car covers, especially in 60mph cross winds 
Cheers,
Raz
When thinking outside the box doesn't work any more, it's time to build a new box
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DIY Si
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| posted on 25/11/06 at 01:41 PM |
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He he. Mine blows off when on the drive way, let alone at 60!
“Let your plans be dark and as impenetratable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”
Sun Tzu, The Art of War
My new blog: http://spritecave.blogspot.co.uk/
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graememk
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| posted on 25/11/06 at 01:57 PM |
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hope it didnt cause an accident, infact maybe best to remove the thred just incase it did
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jonno
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| posted on 25/11/06 at 02:08 PM |
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ooops, what were you doing out that way ? more mapping ??
i remember using tarp going to a trackday in wales, that looked like a shark attacked it on the way
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RazMan
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| posted on 25/11/06 at 02:25 PM |
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I'm fairly certain that it just got well and truly flattened so hopefully the worst it caused was a stained driver's seat 
I was taking it to be painted (yay!) and the local painters were twice the cost compared to Kent. I have also seen this guy's work and he knows
my model's problem areas quite well, so I thought it was worth the journey.
Cheers,
Raz
When thinking outside the box doesn't work any more, it's time to build a new box
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jonno
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| posted on 25/11/06 at 02:32 PM |
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Wahooo, when do you get it back. I wanna see pics
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RazMan
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| posted on 25/11/06 at 02:41 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by jonno
Wahooo, when do you get it back. I wanna see pics
2 - 3 weeks should do it I am told. A couple more weeks of reassembling and SVA after Xmas (woo hoo!)
The garage looks awfully big now my beasty has gone
I suppose I can't avoid the house decorating now
Cheers,
Raz
When thinking outside the box doesn't work any more, it's time to build a new box
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 25/11/06 at 03:45 PM |
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Moral sorta connected......
Two guys at our place have lost a couple of things on motorways.....
1 a set of step ladders the other a empty tea chest type box.
The guy with the ladders did what most would do, pulled up, got onto BIB too warn other road users, he got £60 and 3 points for reporting himself and
doing his best too avoid any accidents.
The 2nd guy did nothing due too what happened too number 1.
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DEAN C.
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| posted on 25/11/06 at 04:03 PM |
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quote:
The guy with the ladders did what most would do, pulled up, got onto BIB too warn other road users, he got £60 and 3 points for reporting himself and
doing his best too avoid any accidents.
Takes the p@@@!,has this country gone mad or what?
Once I've finished a project why do I start another?
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UncleFista
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| posted on 25/11/06 at 06:00 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Jon Ison
Moral sorta connected......
Two guys at our place have lost a couple of things on motorways.....
1 a set of step ladders the other a empty tea chest type box.
The guy with the ladders did what most would do, pulled up, got onto BIB too warn other road users, he got £60 and 3 points for reporting himself and
doing his best too avoid any accidents.
The 2nd guy did nothing due too what happened too number 1.
*Exactly* the same thing happened to a mate a couple of weeks ago.
The moral of the story is, just keep driving and you won't be punished. Stop and alert the police to a danger on the motorway and you get a fine
and points...
Tony Bond / UncleFista
Love is like a snowmobile, speeding across the frozen tundra.
Which suddenly flips, pinning you underneath.
At night the ice-weasels come...
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