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Brown Trouser Moment! and a good Samaritan
merlin617:
Hi All.
I just thought I'd share a very scary moment that wifey and I have just hadand thank a good Samaritan
We have just been on an expedition to Sainsburys in Peterborough in the good ladies Disco and for no particular reason I decided as I was piloting that we would take the back road home rather than the duel carriageway. On approaching one of the tighter spots on this road at approximately 55mph the ball joint connecting the drop arm to the drag link decided to suffer what i believe is termed a catastrophic failure leaving us with zero response from the helm. Praise the lord that the brakes are in good order and I managed to stop in a straight line avoiding going off the road into the dike albeit amidst much screaming and blue smoke (and that was just the wife :dance: ) I would very much like to thank the Gentleman in the grey one ten who stopped and kindly gave us a lift home (complete with shopping) and then ran me back to our crippled vehicle to await the RAC. I didn't get your name but if you happen to read this, you have my eternal gratitude and i owe you a large drink.
bilge rat:
wow , you were lucky . in one sence , glad you escaped .and nice to know theres always a landy helper nearby. alan....
V8MoneyPit:
Wow! It's making my toes curl just reading it :shock:
Glad everyone in OK.
Steve ray:
glad to hear that you're all ok and that the "chocolate ice cream" was the only casualty from the whole incident - at least that's what you told the RAC man it was! :twisted: :shock:
Seriously though,
1) good news no one hurt
2) Aren't fellow Landy owners great
freelanderpx54:
When I left the offroad site at driffield, I suffered a catastrophic loss of drive. The pillock that was driving hadn't put the vehicle in high properly. Whilst stopped a nice chap in a series LWB stopped to offer assistance which fortunately wasn't needed.
However, on the way home, the radiator decided to blow. As we were waiting for Greeen Flag, the nice chap turned up asking if we I really do believe he would have towed us to Manchester if we had asked.
At this point I would like to say thankyou very much.
Much to my chagrin, I didn't ask his name, I know he comes from the Lancaster area and he has a gorgeous partner :dance:
Point is, ask your helper if they are a member of a forum, at least you can thank them properly when you forget to thank them enough like I did :oops:
Cheers
John
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