I'm back!

[lozz]

in all fairness my speedo is ok, the garmin sat nav reads the same as my speedo.
406 speedos are much better than the 405 ones which looked as if they were being held by an alcoholic.

mines about 4mph incorrect ,
ive checked on one of them sighns that measures and displays Motorists speeds,

[FarmerPug]

ah yes one of them, i remember i was correct with it aswell.
quite lucky because remember when i changed the dial face i was worried about putting the needles on right.

[waue1978]

Your speedo would have to fairly well out of whack to be showing 70mph & have a lorry tailgating at 56 - safe to say he was unlimited at the time.

[FarmerPug]

he definatley was doing 70 and tailgating me.

[lozz]

he definatley was doing 70 and tailgating me.

are You sure it wasnt a Merc Sprinter them Mo Fo s can fly,
ive never seen a waggon going 70mph tho

[FarmerPug]

it was a big merc, but definatley a lorry.

[lozz]

it was a big merc, but definatley a lorry.

Merc seem to be un restricted these days,
ilove the Merc sprinter for its sprinting abilities idrive one from time to time very impressive machine
very easy to collect a speeding fine in one of them tho

[plod]

he definatley was doing 70 and tailgating me.

are You sure it wasnt a Merc Sprinter them Mo Fo s can fly,
ive never seen a waggon going 70mph tho

Pre 2001, 7.5t lorries were unrestricted
We had two of them

I also was coming out of london once, and as I merged into M25 there was 2 Italian artics
I had to speed up to keep up with them
We was doing 75 un the end
The lorry I was in, had had a new tacho head, and calibrated at the time, and was fairly accurate to GPS speed, so i'd say it was right
There is the odd one or two unrestricted lorries floating about post 2001

Either that or they've pulled the fuse out, but as laready mentioned by someone else, they are on borrowed time

[sirwiggum]

I've seen HGVs from certain Co Antrim haulage companies make it to the A77 in Scotland, and me in a car struggle to keep up

[steve_earwig]

I'm back!!! I take it all back, the award for the worst drivers in Europe goes to Austria - they're insane!!!

I would have liked to say that the car never let me down but... seems like Krešo the mechanic left the bleed screw on the thermostat housing loose and I lost it on the Autobahn, followed by the coolant A bit of a scare at the time but all sorted and the last 600-odd kms went without a hitch. I even have a quarter of a tank of the cheap diesel from Luxembourg left

I'll write some more in a bit, meanwhile there's much to do. 4 pages of posts to look at and the garden looks like a sodding jungle

[trem1]

welcome back to the UK ste.

watch out for that white van man

how long did it take you ?

What you mean "watch out for that white van man?" I'm a perfectly good driver

and mines silver so i dont count

[puggy]

Glad to hear you had a safe journey steve , look forward to you telling
us about it in a little more detail

[Doggy]

Welcome back, (or something similar)?, Steve.

Bet you're glad that lot's behind you...

[TooT]

Im looking forward to a full story too Steve

Oh it will be me on your arse in the Sprinter, mine has the 3.0 V6 in it

[lozz]

Oh it will be me on your arse in the Sprinter, mine has the 3.0 V6 in it [/quote]


Ha ha ,,,