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Author: ConorConor Date: Mar 20, 2008 10:37
You may like to know what the holdup was at J29. Some muppet in a
motorhome was towing their Smart car behind them. Looks like they
forgot to take the handbrake off the Smart and as I passed it, when it
had just set alight and they were there scratching their heads, both
rear wheels were well alight.
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Conor
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Author: GraculusGraculus Date: Mar 20, 2008 10:57
> You may like to know what the holdup was at J29. Some muppet in a
> motorhome was towing their Smart car behind them. Looks like they
> forgot to take the handbrake off the Smart and as I passed it, when it
> had just set alight and they were there scratching their heads, both
> rear wheels were well alight.
Fire must be the order of the day, as this morning a truck caught fire on
the M25 round J8, closing 3 of the 4 lanes. Thus the queue that build up
joined up with the queue you get every day around J5 to make a very long
tailback indeed.
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Date: Mar 20, 2008 11:12
Conor hotmail.com> wrote:
> Some muppet in a motorhome was towing their Smart car behind them.
Probably illegally. I was looking at the prospect of getting a spectacle
hitch to tow a car across Europe. As far as I can tell, despite the
willingness of companies to sell me a hitch suitable for vehicles up to
3-tonnes, it would be illegal to two any sort of car other than for
breakdown recovery because the vehicle (even a Smart) would exceed the
unbraked trailer limit.
Damned shame IMO.
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Author: HalmyreHalmyre Date: Mar 20, 2008 11:56
> Conor hotmail.com> wrote:
> >> Some muppet in a motorhome was towing their Smart car behind them.
>
> Probably illegally. I was looking at the prospect of getting a spectacle
> hitch to tow a car across Europe. As far as I can tell, despite the
> willingness of companies to sell me a hitch suitable for vehicles up to
> 3-tonnes, it would be illegal to two any sort of car other than for
> breakdown recovery because the vehicle (even a Smart) would exceed the
> unbraked trailer limit.
>
> Damned shame IMO.
>
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Author: ConorConor Date: Mar 20, 2008 12:40
>> You may like to know what the holdup was at J29. Some muppet in a
>> motorhome was towing their Smart car behind them. Looks like they
>> forgot to take the handbrake off the Smart and as I passed it, when it
>> had just set alight and they were there scratching their heads, both
>> rear wheels were well alight.
>
> Fire must be the order of the day, as this morning a truck caught fire on
> the M25 round J8, closing 3 of the 4 lanes. Thus the queue that build up
> joined up with the queue you get every day around J5 to make a very long
> tailback indeed.
>
>
I ended up with a smoking wheel hub myself this week. Caliper seized on
the trailer. Fortunately I noticed it and slowly dragged it off the
next junction onto an Industrial Estate I knew and called out the
fitters. Bottom slider pin on caliper full of crap. Disc was glowing
red when I pulled over. Fitter had it sorted in 10 minutes. Seems to be ...
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Author: Alim RahmanAlim Rahman Date: Mar 20, 2008 13:57
> Conor hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> Some muppet in a motorhome was towing their Smart car behind them.
>
> Probably illegally. I was looking at the prospect of getting a spectacle
> hitch to tow a car across Europe. As far as I can tell, despite the
> willingness of companies to sell me a hitch suitable for vehicles up to
> 3-tonnes, it would be illegal to two any sort of car other than for
> breakdown recovery because the vehicle (even a Smart) would exceed the
> unbraked trailer limit.
>
> Damned shame IMO.
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Author: Neil McD.Neil McD. Date: Mar 20, 2008 14:03
>> Conor hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Some muppet in a motorhome was towing their Smart car behind them.
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Author: GeoffCGeoffC Date: Mar 20, 2008 14:26
Halmyre wrote:
>> Conor hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Some muppet in a motorhome was towing their Smart car behind them.
>>
>> Probably illegally. I was looking at the prospect of getting a
>> spectacle hitch to tow a car across Europe. As far as I can tell,
>> despite the willingness of companies to sell me a hitch suitable
>> for
>> vehicles up to 3-tonnes, it would be illegal to two any sort of car
>> other than for breakdown recovery because the vehicle (even a
>> Smart)
>> would exceed the unbraked trailer limit.
>>
>> Damned shame IMO.
>>
>
> Get one of these... ...
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Author: Brian WhiteheadBrian Whitehead Date: Mar 20, 2008 15:09
On 20 Mar, 21:48, "nully" wrote:
> GeoffC wrote:
>> Halmyre wrote:
>>>>Conor hotmail.com> wrote:>
>>>>> Some muppet in a motorhome was towing their Smart car behind
>>>>> them.
>
>>>> Probably illegally. I was looking at the prospect of getting a
>>>> spectacle hitch to tow a car across Europe. As far as I can tell,
>>>> despite the willingness of companies to sell me a hitch suitable
>>>> for vehicles up to 3-tonnes, it would be illegal to two any sort
>>>> of car other than for breakdown recovery because the vehicle
>>>> (even a �Smart) would exceed the unbraked trailer limit.
>
>>>> Damned shame IMO.
>
>>> Get one of these... ...
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