Two hours in crawling traffic not good!!!!

[marcus cliogtt]

After an accident on the M1 today, I was crawling along for two hours, in that my exhaust developed another hole in the backbox and my crappy K&N melted by the throttle bodies and fell off!!! Wonderful!!

 

[GR7]

Good job you werent on the M6 today, as a lorry crossed over the central reservation and collided with several cars travelling in the opposite direction, killing four people. Apparently hundreds of cars were almost at a standstill for at least six hours.

Personally I hate lorries and the way some are driven and I think they should have their own roads well away from cars!

 

[The Monk]

agree with GR there, how many times have u seen a lorry drifting across lanes because the driver was sleepy?

 

[marcus cliogtt]

Where abouts on the M6 as I as was on there after the M1 bloody hell!!!

 

[GR7]

Monk, also have you noticed how CLOSE lorries drive in behind each other, I think it is called TAILGATING and I have seen some horrendous accidents caused by these dreadful drivers and their vehicles.

They seem to have forgotten that lorries need a huge number of metres in front of them if they have to stop.

 

[philglover]

I think they tailgate to try and save on some fuel. Those things need alot of juice to push them through the air - if they sit right behind another then they dont have to push through the air as the one in front does it for them, less power needed = more saved fuel.
Dont make it right though

 

[16V_Matt]

I bloody hate lorrys too! i keep as far away as possible from them!

 

[GR7]

Another annoying thing about them is when one lorry is overtaking another lorry and it is travelling at one mph faster and it takes forever!

 

[marcus cliogtt]

There were two lorries involved in the crash on the M1, it is because they just sit their looking at p**n all day and they have not go their eyes on the road or there hand on the correct gear stick!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[BRUN]

i almost crashed while readin p**n once

i now no longer do anythin while drivin apart from drive, i know i shouldnt have been in the first place like, but it shocked some sense into me

 

[BRUN]

how did you know ur filter had fell off mate ?

car suddenly get louder, or did ya see it in ur rear view mirror lol

 

[Ben H]

I just dont commute to work in my car - simple as that really. I know you cant predict a motorway smash-up, but you can predict a snails pace on the Kings Road!

 

[weight]

"i almost crashed while readin p**n once"

BRUN - that has made me laugh m8.

 

[BRUN]

well id just bought the new issue of Club from the garage, i couldnt help but look !

 

[marcus cliogtt]

I only realised my filter had fallen off as I pulled onto a services to find out where my exhaust was blowing from so I popped my bonnet and there was my air filter balanced in the bay, all parts still there just with a great big tear around the top where it was connected!!! Think that is what bodged my exhaust up as there was some heat coming off the engine and without a filter must have done some damage hopefully not to any enfine internals with a bit of luck!!!