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Post by smiffy » 16 Nov 2007

Mercedes 709 23 seat minibus, going around a roundabout with the foot hard on the throttle, the rear tyres skipping as they loose traction.....the punters loved it-------NOT!!!

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Post by mickey taker » 16 Nov 2007

OO OO OO , I forgot one ,

I used to drive for the emergency doctor service in a striped up fiesta with a green light on the roof ,

one morning my mate came in off shift and told us he had turned his car over on a motorway slip road coz he fell asleep behind the wheelat 1.30 a.m.
no one was hurt so we all had a good laugh ,

11.30 that same night we got a call to Norf Lundun and set off ,
I drove over a local railway bridge ( bit of a hump back with no viz the other side ) to find an old pontiac the other side stopped in the middle of the road for no reason,

I switched to the inside lane and there was this fiat punto parked outside the curry house .

rear end of a pontiac or punto ,

no choice really was there

strike one punto and one fiesta

oh and you guessed it

it was Friday the 13 th
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Post by David » 16 Nov 2007

mickey taker wrote:rear end of a pontiac or punto , no choice really was there strike one punto and one fiesta
Now, if you'd thought about it you could have pulled a 90degree handbrake turn and belted the back of both of them, causing even more damage.

I dunno. Youth of today. No imagination. :wink:

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Post by mickey taker » 16 Nov 2007

David wrote: Now, if you'd thought about it you could have pulled a 90degree handbrake turn and belted the back of both of them, causing even more damage.:
not sure the police surgeon that was asleeo in the passenger seat would have been too impressed with that ,

I did go for the pavement but it was a high kerb and the poor little fiesta just bounced off of it instead of mounting it
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