fesycresy
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| posted on 28/11/10 at 06:39 PM |
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How many broken down cars have you seen today?
I left the house this morning at 6am with the temperature at -7, the lowest I saw was -10.
During my 2 hour drive I must have seen at least 10 cars broken down, I would say 6 with the bonnets up and steam coming out.
Anybody else seen such lack of anti freeze carnage?
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P ?
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| posted on 28/11/10 at 06:49 PM |
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I saw -12.3 on the dash of my wagon heading from Rotherham M18 to ross on wye, and calling at malvern on way back.
If i remember right only the M1, 4 broken down with ppl waiting and 2 overnight abandoments (with police flashy lights and slickers on windows police
aware lol)
M42 saw 1 car
non on the M5 or M50 going down
on the way back, i saw so many (12ish noon) broken down i lost count lol.
all in all the roads were in good condition, just extreme freezing tempertures :S
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l0rd
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| posted on 28/11/10 at 07:03 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by P ?
all in all the roads were in good condition, just extreme freezing tempertures :S
Extreme freezing temperatures??
Where???? I must go out more.
Ohh FFS where i live in Greece we have seen -20 and in another vilage on top of the mountain -30......
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eznfrank
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| posted on 28/11/10 at 07:43 PM |
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I've just seen 4 on the M62 between Leeds and Manchester
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P ?
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| posted on 28/11/10 at 08:25 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by l0rd
quote:
Originally posted by P ?
all in all the roads were in good condition, just extreme freezing tempertures :S
Extreme freezing temperatures??
Where???? I must go out more.
Ohh FFS where i live in Greece we have seen -20 and in another vilage on top of the mountain -30......
For the u.k this time of year setting low temp records ! didnt realise it was a competition ! enter the helsinki locost builder with -110 lol
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Simon
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| posted on 28/11/10 at 08:25 PM |
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A friend's freewheel hub froze (initially thought it was broke) and I got a puncture on our bikes today, does that count
ATB
Simon
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P ?
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| posted on 28/11/10 at 08:26 PM |
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it counts 
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handyandy
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| posted on 28/11/10 at 08:34 PM |
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Mine........ battery gave up the ghost , wouldn,t start the car so I swapped the battery from my van & was mobile again within 15 mins  (
van is off the road at the mo so didn,t need to buy a new battery ).
cheers
andy
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morcus
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| posted on 28/11/10 at 10:02 PM |
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I've yet to see any brake downs, Though it's slightly warmer here in the south east and it was 'only' -3 out when I finished
work at 6. Someone had left a Clio opposite the building that was so caked in frost it looked like it had been snowed on. I have seen alot of cars
with ice on the inside of the windscreen.
The worst thing was buying petrol, the pump stuck to my hand.
In a White Room, With Black Curtains, By the Station.
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mookaloid
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| posted on 28/11/10 at 11:18 PM |
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My Mates sons car wouldn't start this am - suspect faulty starter motor
"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
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gazza285
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| posted on 29/11/10 at 08:04 AM |
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Drove down to Staines from Huddersfield last night, cars all the way down on the hard shoulder, including a Sprinter being towed by a Micra.
DO NOT PUT ON KNOB OR BOLLOCKS!
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alistairolsen
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| posted on 29/11/10 at 08:07 AM |
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Only cars by the side of the road Ive seen are due to operator inability
My Build Thread
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owelly
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| posted on 29/11/10 at 08:14 AM |
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I saw four broken cars. All in my garage......
http://www.ppcmag.co.uk
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norfolkluego
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| posted on 29/11/10 at 12:40 PM |
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Saw one breakdown on the way in this morning but lots of reports of people binning their cars due to a nice layer of dry fluffy snow on top a good
layer of ice, very, very slippery here this morning, coming down hard here at the moment
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