High end car transporter turns over
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MXRod said:
There is a face book video ,but I have no idea how to link it
Happened on the old A20 (Death hill) near Brands Hatch
Astons s ,Audi ,and others spread across the road
My mate sent me the video. That's a few quids worth of exotica being damaged! I can imagine how the phone call went...Happened on the old A20 (Death hill) near Brands Hatch
Astons s ,Audi ,and others spread across the road
"Hi Boss, had a problem with the car transporter."
"What's that then?"
"I've turned it over..."
"Sorry, you have the wrong number....."
pocketspring said:
My mate sent me the video. That's a few quids worth of exotica being damaged! I can imagine how the phone call went...
"Hi Boss, had a problem with the car transporter."
"What's that then?"
"I've turned it over..."
"Sorry, you have the wrong number....."
"Hi Boss, had a problem with the car transporter.""Hi Boss, had a problem with the car transporter."
"What's that then?"
"I've turned it over..."
"Sorry, you have the wrong number....."
"What's that then?"
"I've turned it over..."
"Oh FFS, let me guess, it didn't start?"
"err.... yeah, right, yeah that's I was going to say"
"OK I'll be there soon, where are y.."
- CLICK -
I went past a convoy of several car transporters (3, maybe 4 of them) with similar cars on southbound M1 a few weeks ago. Weirdly, one of them, only one of them, had a trailer which looked wildly unstable, and was swinging and bouncing around behind the tractor unit like a mad chimpanzee swinging from a tree. To make it worse, it was in L2, it was a relatively busy day though the speeds were steady, and seeing the trailer like that terrified my daughter. I was in L3, there was no room to move to in L4, and every time I managed to build a decent gap to be able to zoom past without hanging about next to it, some t
t from L4 kept moving over. Eventually I managed to get past without spending too much time next to it, but it looked like there was something seriously wrong with the set up. I'm used to towing much smaller things with a 4x4 rather than a huge articulated lorry, but I would not be towing something as unstable as that. I wonder if this is that tractor and/or trailer... 
t from L4 kept moving over. Eventually I managed to get past without spending too much time next to it, but it looked like there was something seriously wrong with the set up. I'm used to towing much smaller things with a 4x4 rather than a huge articulated lorry, but I would not be towing something as unstable as that. I wonder if this is that tractor and/or trailer... 
Grumps. said:
Odd collection with the 11 year old bog standard three series on there as well and they appear to be well used.
Garage moving stock but they didn't secure something on the transporter that eventually caused the accident? That overturned Bentley is the only one no longer attached to the truck, could have been the cause. Just thoughts.Everyman Racing or Movie Car Heros or whatever they are called these days.
Not sure I'd call them High-End.
Expensive when new, yes. Normally a mess soon after from what I've seen of them.
One of their Atoms has a hefty weld repair to the lower main rail of the chassis. Not sure I'd want to be riding around in that.
Not sure I'd call them High-End.
Expensive when new, yes. Normally a mess soon after from what I've seen of them.
One of their Atoms has a hefty weld repair to the lower main rail of the chassis. Not sure I'd want to be riding around in that.
ridds said:
Everyman Racing or Movie Car Heros or whatever they are called these days.
Not sure I'd call them High-End.
Expensive when new, yes. Normally a mess soon after from what I've seen of them.
One of their Atoms has a hefty weld repair to the lower main rail of the chassis. Not sure I'd want to be riding around in that.
Not sure I'd call them High-End.
Expensive when new, yes. Normally a mess soon after from what I've seen of them.
One of their Atoms has a hefty weld repair to the lower main rail of the chassis. Not sure I'd want to be riding around in that.
I suspect that a lot of their cars are expensive MOT fails or write-offs. They were tooling a white Aston DB9 round a makeshift circuit at an airbase near St. Andrews a few years ago at an 'experience' my best m8's missus had bought him for his 50th (I went along to take some pictures/video). None of the exterior lights worked properly and I estimated there was 5-figure's worth of light clusters alone required just to get the car road-legal again.
Pretty sure also the white colour was a wrap to hide substandard bodywork repair.
Evercross said:
ridds said:
Everyman Racing or Movie Car Heros or whatever they are called these days.
Not sure I'd call them High-End.
Expensive when new, yes. Normally a mess soon after from what I've seen of them.
One of their Atoms has a hefty weld repair to the lower main rail of the chassis. Not sure I'd want to be riding around in that.
Not sure I'd call them High-End.
Expensive when new, yes. Normally a mess soon after from what I've seen of them.
One of their Atoms has a hefty weld repair to the lower main rail of the chassis. Not sure I'd want to be riding around in that.
I suspect that a lot of their cars are expensive MOT fails or write-offs. They were tooling a white Aston DB9 round a makeshift circuit at an airbase near St. Andrews a few years ago at an 'experience' my best m8's missus had bought him for his 50th (I went along to take some pictures/video). None of the exterior lights worked properly and I estimated there was 5-figure's worth of light clusters alone required just to get the car road-legal again.
Pretty sure also the white colour was a wrap to hide substandard bodywork repair.
Evercross said:
ridds said:
Everyman Racing or Movie Car Heros or whatever they are called these days.
Not sure I'd call them High-End.
Expensive when new, yes. Normally a mess soon after from what I've seen of them.
One of their Atoms has a hefty weld repair to the lower main rail of the chassis. Not sure I'd want to be riding around in that.
Not sure I'd call them High-End.
Expensive when new, yes. Normally a mess soon after from what I've seen of them.
One of their Atoms has a hefty weld repair to the lower main rail of the chassis. Not sure I'd want to be riding around in that.
I suspect that a lot of their cars are expensive MOT fails or write-offs. They were tooling a white Aston DB9 round a makeshift circuit at an airbase near St. Andrews a few years ago at an 'experience' my best m8's missus had bought him for his 50th (I went along to take some pictures/video). None of the exterior lights worked properly and I estimated there was 5-figure's worth of light clusters alone required just to get the car road-legal again.
Pretty sure also the white colour was a wrap to hide substandard bodywork repair.
98elise said:
I did a super car experience a few years ago, and all 3 cars had an array of faults being displayed.
Yes I can just imagine the conversation....." Boss what are we going to do with the various cars that are now accumulating major problems. Four need full engine rebuilds,six have major gearbox problems and others with various expensive electrical and ECU issues not to mention bodywork? "
" Well I have an idea " idea
Just saying.....! getmecoat
QuickQuack said:
I went past a convoy of several car transporters (3, maybe 4 of them) with similar cars on southbound M1 a few weeks ago. Weirdly, one of them, only one of them, had a trailer which looked wildly unstable, and was swinging and bouncing around behind the tractor unit like a mad chimpanzee swinging from a tree. To make it worse, it was in L2, it was a relatively busy day though the speeds were steady, and seeing the trailer like that terrified my daughter. I was in L3, there was no room to move to in L4, and every time I managed to build a decent gap to be able to zoom past without hanging about next to it, some tt from L4 kept moving over. Eventually I managed to get past without spending too much time next to it, but it looked like there was something seriously wrong with the set up. I'm used to towing much smaller things with a 4x4 rather than a huge articulated lorry, but I would not be towing something as unstable as that. I wonder if this is that tractor and/or trailer...
They aren't unstable at all, they drive surprisingly wellt from L4 kept moving over. Eventually I managed to get past without spending too much time next to it, but it looked like there was something seriously wrong with the set up. I'm used to towing much smaller things with a 4x4 rather than a huge articulated lorry, but I would not be towing something as unstable as that. I wonder if this is that tractor and/or trailer... Edited to add: under normal driving conditions they are very stable. Obviously like any high trailer they have a risk of over turning if you do something very vicious with the steering.
Edited by Its Just Adz on Friday 25th August 14:52
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