Moriath
I am a FH squatter
- Joined
- Dec 23, 2003
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Glad u r safeHad an enormous scare this morning - was driving down the M6 Toll at 4:30am to make the early morning flight to Amsterdam, doing late for flight on the Toll Road speeds, when The Beast randomly decided to try and shake itself to bits. Massive vibrations through the seat, rear view mirror was a blur, and a horrible thrumming noise from the back. Luckily I was in Lane 1 anyway, so slowed down and pulled onto the hard shoulder and had a look. Driver's rear wheel was scorching to the touch, with steam coming off the rear brake disk. Clearly a stuck caliper / brake, but really would have rathered it didn't happen at quite such high speed.....
AA couldn'te get me to the airport on time so missed my flight, had to do the customer meeting remotely. Went pretty well, although I think I now owe the account manager a bottle for going by herself. Mind you, at this point I'm happy to just be here, as that could have been proper nasty![]()