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- Tue Sep 05, 2023 11:35 pm
- Forum: Motorised Conveyances
- Topic: Breaking For Spares
- Replies: 8
- Views: 412
Re: Breaking For Spares
An early Metro parked on an industrial estate was rammed numerous times by a Transit Luton van. The incident lasted for four minutes rendering the car scrap. Police not interested in taking any action even though video footage was submitted to them. The Metro owner says he has no idea why the car wa...
- Tue Sep 05, 2023 7:00 pm
- Forum: Motorised Conveyances
- Topic: Breaking For Spares
- Replies: 8
- Views: 412
Re: Breaking For Spares
Its a video from a facebook Metro owners group, its still up on there, here's a link to the post.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/8995409 ... ently_seen
https://www.facebook.com/groups/8995409 ... ently_seen
- Tue Sep 05, 2023 6:05 pm
- Forum: Motorised Conveyances
- Topic: Breaking For Spares
- Replies: 8
- Views: 412
Breaking For Spares
It would appear that someone is seriously pissed off.
- Sat Jul 29, 2023 8:59 pm
- Forum: Motorised Conveyances
- Topic: EBay Finds
- Replies: 12431
- Views: 2873597
- Sat Jul 22, 2023 4:22 pm
- Forum: Motorised Conveyances
- Topic: Crash! Bang! Wallop! - Eddie Honda Shirking His Duties Edition
- Replies: 3436
- Views: 322705
Re: Crash! Bang! Wallop! - Eddie Honda Shirking His Duties Edition
Maybe a repeat, click the Twitter icon to view.
- Tue Jul 18, 2023 11:41 pm
- Forum: Motorised Conveyances
- Topic: EBay Finds
- Replies: 12431
- Views: 2873597
Re: EBay Finds
Me too, I ran a 1.8 as daily about 20 years ago, amazingly economical, quite nippy, good heater and very comfortable.
- Tue Jul 18, 2023 5:48 pm
- Forum: Motorised Conveyances
- Topic: EBay Finds
- Replies: 12431
- Views: 2873597
- Tue Jul 11, 2023 9:33 pm
- Forum: Motorised Conveyances
- Topic: Warren's next side hustle adventure
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1414
Re: Warren's next side hustle adventure
Footwear, non slip soles are a must, when the recovered vehicle is loaded, there is very little room to move around it. Most of the recovery drivers I know have fell of the recovery body, often with some kind of injury. Make a point of cleaning up any fluid spillage that may have occurred when the v...
- Tue Jul 11, 2023 4:02 pm
- Forum: Motorised Conveyances
- Topic: Warren's next side hustle adventure
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1414
Re: Warren's next side hustle adventure
A friend who did this professionally used to trailer most stuff as depending on your Transit you can legally shift upto 3500kg on the trailer, plus a Robin on the back Good call on using a trailer for heavier loads, mine had a train weight of 5.5 tons although I never had the need to use it. Proble...
- Tue Jul 11, 2023 3:32 pm
- Forum: Motorised Conveyances
- Topic: Warren's next side hustle adventure
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1414
Re: Warren's next side hustle adventure
There's a decent living in recovery as long as you don't cut corners and are reliable. Local work was best for me, I rarely did distance and usually just worked for the trade rather than private customers. Bloke I use now charges £40 a pop local, he's fully insured and got a very tidy 6.5 ton slide ...