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Old 12-09-2014, 08:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Daytona-Dave
Sprinter van just came in apparently it failed it's MOT on Nearside front brake excessively fluctuating,,,Hmmm i wonder why

This is a delivery van that was in use daily up till the MOT



It's quite worrying to think that van was probably doing 70mph on the motorway fully loaded in that condition
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Theres life in that.

Commercials are probably the worst, a lot not looked after
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Had a 2009/59 Merc Sprinter in at work yesterday, it had done 189k miles and was a complete wreck
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Not had much worth putting on here for a while but here is 2 from this week

Front brake discs from a 2005 190k mile golf



And a 2011 Range Rover Sport than had clipped a kerb









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That's some kerb and and some clip!
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surely that only needs a bit of filler and splodge of weld on the track rod
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Love this thread - scary to think people drive around like that!
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I agree, plumbers mate on the wheel. Sorted.

The place that powdercoated my wheels do repairs.. Screw that.. Some stiff with a tig botching my wheel before i make it rotate at silly rpm? Errrr
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Now what do you do if you own an MR2 and the lower part of the sill is corroded away right by the jacking point and seat belt mount,,well you fill it full of expanding foam ,



Then you slonk a load of body filler over it then underseal it and take it for an mot in the hope it doesn't get noticed




But the wily old tester knows all the tricks so all your hard work goes to waste and the whole lot gets cut out and welded up like it should have being in the first place .



better luck next time jr
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The lad might of been trying to build his own amphicar.


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