August 27th M25 54mph in a 40 - Clackett Lane

[harlowrog]

All that jazz said:

What a drama queen! HA should've told him to fk off and to learn how to accelerate properly using the hard shoulder before rejoining the carriageway - you know, like everyone else has to do.

If you bothered to read the very post you have quoted you would have seen they weren't on the hard shoulder but in one of those tiny little refuge areas that have appeared since the hard shoulders were removed to create an extra running lane.

[All that jazz]

harlowrog said:

If you bothered to read the very post you have quoted you would have seen they weren't on the hard shoulder but in one of those tiny little refuge areas that have appeared since the hard shoulders were removed to create an extra running lane.

So? Still a drama queen. For starters people don't even use h/s when it's open and second any decent driver can safely judge a gap, pull out and get up to speed without causing a wake of carnage behind them. I have to do it regularly with a 44 tonne truck on the A1 north of Doncaster where the slip roads are barely 50 yards long and no-one's gone up in a ball of fire.

[Pontoneer]

anonymous said:

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What car is it that relies on a drive belt for brake servo ?? That is normally provided by vacuum from the engine .

Even a loss of power steering should be no reason to stop , the car will still be drive able to the next exit or services .

Depending on what else the belt drives , you may have lost the alternator , not an immediate problem as you can continue for a good distance on the battery ; of more concern would be loss of drive to the water pump , but again , keeping an eye on the temperature gauge , you could still drive for a bit .

[Pete317]

Pontoneer said:

What car is it that relies on a drive belt for brake servo ??

I had a Rover diesel once - can't remember the model - which had a short belt driving a vacuum pump for the brake server. I know that because when it went I had to stand on the brake to make it stop

[anonymous-user]

Pontoneer said:

What car is it that relies on a drive belt for brake servo ?? That is normally provided by vacuum from the engine .

Even a loss of power steering should be no reason to stop , the car will still be drive able to the next exit or services .

Depending on what else the belt drives , you may have lost the alternator , not an immediate problem as you can continue for a good distance on the battery ; of more concern would be loss of drive to the water pump , but again , keeping an eye on the temperature gauge , you could still drive for a bit .

BMW E39 it was actually a seized Water Pump that caused the belt to snap the temp shot up and all Power Steering and Brakes went heavy and unassisted. I'd rather stop in the refuge stop and wait for the AA than risk an HGF