flamingMoe Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Evening all, I did introduce myself a while back, but I kinda went missing ( ) for a bit... soz x Right, so we've had a little flurry of snow over the past couple of weeks, as you may have noticed, and I've pranged the Z on the M25. Nothing too bad, just lost the back-end while doing no more than 25mph, suddenly gripped and threw me, nearside frontend first, in to the banking before jct 18 (through the roadworks for anyone that knows the area). It then shot me down the jct 18 slip road and slid straight in to the roundabout at the bottom Theres very little 'physical' damage, just a few scratches to the front bumper (you can hardly see them to be honest), but will try to get a pic of it for you. Anywho the reason I bore you with this tale of crap driving is that it seems to have developed a 'squeak' coming from somewhere around the nearside front. It is extremely hard to describe and pinpoint, so don't expect you to be able to assist that much, but it seems to perform its 'squeak' when I hit a bump in the road) so thinking suspension (yeah I know, I'm quite the mechanic). It's not loud, but it is simply the most annoying ****ing thing in my life at the moment. You're going to tell me to take it to a garage, arent you? (been reading a few threads, I've missed this gaff ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamingMoe Posted December 31, 2009 Author Share Posted December 31, 2009 Oh, and Happy New Year, you cheeky scamps x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinmac Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Sounds like a lucky near miss. Yes, I know those roadworks well. I would get it up in the air and give it some moving about. Hopefully that will point you in the right direction. Happy new year btw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 possibly the drop links Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich5259 Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Hope the damage isn't too bad. Happy New Year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamingMoe Posted December 31, 2009 Author Share Posted December 31, 2009 Cheers chaps. I see your NYE is about as exciting as mine (for the record I've got to be at work at 06:30 and figured the fuzz might fancy tugging me first thing..... so to speak). Have a mate who runs diags on Alfas (he's a very busy boy), so hoping to get it in his workshop in the coming few days, fingers crossed it's something minor. Will keep you updated, in what can only be described as THE most entertaining thread of 2009. x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinmac Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 See you in the roadworks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamingMoe Posted December 31, 2009 Author Share Posted December 31, 2009 Look forward to it. What are you driving (colour/year etc) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunGodRA Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Evening all, I did introduce myself a while back, but I kinda went missing ( ) for a bit... soz x Right, so we've had a little flurry of snow over the past couple of weeks, as you may have noticed, and I've pranged the Z on the M25. Nothing too bad, just lost the back-end while doing no more than 25mph, suddenly gripped and threw me, nearside frontend first, in to the banking before jct 18 (through the roadworks for anyone that knows the area). It then shot me down the jct 18 slip road and slid straight in to the roundabout at the bottom Theres very little 'physical' damage, just a few scratches to the front bumper (you can hardly see them to be honest), but will try to get a pic of it for you. Anywho the reason I bore you with this tale of crap driving is that it seems to have developed a 'squeak' coming from somewhere around the nearside front. It is extremely hard to describe and pinpoint, so don't expect you to be able to assist that much, but it seems to perform its 'squeak' when I hit a bump in the road) so thinking suspension (yeah I know, I'm quite the mechanic). It's not loud, but it is simply the most annoying ****ing thing in my life at the moment. You're going to tell me to take it to a garage, arent you? (been reading a few threads, I've missed this gaff ) I know the 'squeak' you are referring to - it sounds like you have ruptured an EPS conduit on the port Nacell ...probably... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamingMoe Posted December 31, 2009 Author Share Posted December 31, 2009 Copies and pastes in to Google.... waits. Some thing about the Starship Enterprise. Oh good, a drunk Trekkie geek, just what I need ;-) Will forgive you if you send me one of them there beers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunGodRA Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 just eject the warp core - everything will be okay! (I cant believe u actually googled it!!!! ) Happy New Year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunGodRA Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 ps - i'm a Trekker, not a Trekkie! big difference! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmJak Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 ps - i'm a Trekker, not a Trekkie! big difference! I know one is geekier than the other, but forget which is which. . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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