At least it's not my car

[The Moose]

DonkeyApple said:

Big Rod said:

markmullen said:

Fill it with fosters.

It got one PHer home from Pistonfest in his TVR.

I know someone who ran out of water and topped their car up with pretty much anything they had to hand, including Coca Cola, urine, etc...

Got them over the Alps into Italy.

Over heated a classic mini 20 odd years ago in Reading.

Topped up the radiator by peeing into it. However, I singed my ball bag doing it.

[madbadger]

markmullen said:

Fill it with fosters.

It got one PHer home from Pistonfest in his TVR.

The amount of rain there was that night he could have just left the cap off and it would have filled up as quick as it emptied.

[williredale]

stewjohnst said:

If I want one of those, I better not show her this thread, she's probably wondering why I'm so concerned about her progress and safety and is on the verge of thinking I'm being nice...

...she doesn't know the internet is waiting for an explosion

You're dead if she finds this

[Ross1988]

OP, you do realise that when you drive to London later on, you'll be the one who will have issues?

[cologne2792]

A brilliant thread and far more gripping than anything in the media too !

[iva cosworth]

Whereabouts in the Sarf are you ?

I want to come round and suck a lot of air through my teeth at the potential HG failure....

As already said,love these realtime journey threads.....

Especially the ones with "mild peril".

[stewjohnst]

Semi-disappointingly, they made it there fine.

Have just stopped at Trowell for a pit stop piss.

In a bitter twist of irony, the slight blip in acceleration on the beemer that I put down to missing from cold this morning turns out to be my clutch...It's slipping in 4th, 5th and 6th on full throttle for a few seconds before biting again

Sure it'll get me there though

[iva cosworth]

Ross1988 said:

OP, you do realise that when you drive to London later on, you'll be the one who will have issues?

See OP above...clutch burnt out in Notts......

[Ari]

22Rgt said:

Tell her just to keep going no matter the smoke/noise from the engine. When it starts to rattle and knock and the revs seem to be falling advise her to change down through the gears but keep her foot to the floor!When its down to first and revving its tits off ram it it into reverse to blow the box as well. Once its rolled to a halt dump out a log on the drivers seat, brick on throttle pedal walk (run) away and what for the fireball. Bus home job done..

Doesn't sound very covert...

[Jasandjules]

stewjohnst said:

Semi-disappointingly, they made it there fine.

Well, on the plus side had they not made it, somehow it would have been your fault.

[stewjohnst]

Well I made it down ok but will be getting the beemer booked in for a new clutch courtesy of work.

For those interested the iron horse vehicle that powered through its thraped head gasket and survived was a 1.2 Corsa