Yesterday while travelling home Vanity at Beaulieu on the m3 I had a pretty hairy brown trouser moment.
With no warning I nearly binned it into the central reservation while doing 70mph. I had just touched the brakes when the car suddenly lunged to the right and made a horrible noise. My first though was my wheel has come off. I had another zedder behind me he said my rear locked up. And was a mass of tyre smoke.
I somehow manage to make it across to the shoulder without being wiped out in the process. Every time I touch the brakes it pulled to the right and I didn’t want to steer too much I case it caused more damage.
After a 3 hour wait for recovery and a 2 hour drive to my home I took a quick vid of the under if the car while it was on the truck.
Both bolts that secure the lollypop to the car were gone. How this has happened I have no idea. It makes me think there may have only been one there to begin with. I did hear a second before something rattle under the car, which I can only presume was the bolt.
Thankfully, I didn’t bin it. The car isn’t too badly damaged. The wheel pushed back in the arch causing wear to the liner and tyre.
30 seconds earlier I was going considerably quicker and 5 mins I was on some twisty roads so it could have been a lot worse!
My dash cam caught it, it seemed a lot worse at the time but you can see how quickly it went.
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With no warning I nearly binned it into the central reservation while doing 70mph. I had just touched the brakes when the car suddenly lunged to the right and made a horrible noise. My first though was my wheel has come off. I had another zedder behind me he said my rear locked up. And was a mass of tyre smoke.
I somehow manage to make it across to the shoulder without being wiped out in the process. Every time I touch the brakes it pulled to the right and I didn’t want to steer too much I case it caused more damage.
After a 3 hour wait for recovery and a 2 hour drive to my home I took a quick vid of the under if the car while it was on the truck.
Both bolts that secure the lollypop to the car were gone. How this has happened I have no idea. It makes me think there may have only been one there to begin with. I did hear a second before something rattle under the car, which I can only presume was the bolt.
Thankfully, I didn’t bin it. The car isn’t too badly damaged. The wheel pushed back in the arch causing wear to the liner and tyre.
30 seconds earlier I was going considerably quicker and 5 mins I was on some twisty roads so it could have been a lot worse!
My dash cam caught it, it seemed a lot worse at the time but you can see how quickly it went.
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