Was driving into work this morning, saw a AMG merc carbrolete (sorry not up on mercs) - looked like a c class sort of size.
08 reg, 6.2 engine, massive brakes - looked really nice, UNTIL i noticed the off side rear wheel was at about 30 degrees from veritical! I thought it
might be a bodged lowering job till he turned a left hand bend, and the wheel moved to vertical, and the whole car sort of squirmed sideways round
it!!
I thought the wheel was going to fall off, tried to signal to the people in the car, but they looked at me like I had two heads.
I couldnt figure out what was going on, as it couldn't have been a loose wheel, because it would have gone 30 dengrees the other way on the left
hand bend - instead it just straightend up to the vertical.
I can only guess is has SLAMMED a kerb at some point, and knackered the rear carrier/wishbones/bearings - who knows.
Certainly NOT safe to drive - dont know how the bloke couldnt feel it - the whole car raised up, and squirmed around it whenever he turned to the left
slightly.
Crazy.
Any ideas what it could have been and what caused it?
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Originally posted by Dangle_kt
Any ideas what it could have been and what caused it?
This Merc's in a bad way too - reversed thru' car park wall 7 stories up!
hopefully attached now
That one ^^^ seems to have remarkably little visible damage considering what it's done!
I was going down the M1 quite a few years ago, doing about 70 when this merc went past me doing about 20mph more. The thing is, his off side rear
wheel was bouncing about a foot clear of the road (Whilst/Still attached to the vehicle). 