I pulled out of a junction onto the A1 and floored it up through the gears. There was a wet substances on part of the road and it appeared to be water from the nearby construction of the dualled part of the A1 by Haddington. Apparently is was not water Just after passing through it I changed into 3rd and all four wheels let rip At first the slip was so smooth I didn't notice until the car started to drift sideways and towards the other side of the road A quick correction and it was all sorted Kinda weird though to have wheelspin in a scooby at 60-odd mph!! I assume it was oil or another fuel of some kind.

 

Probably diesel.. did you call the police mate? Stuff like that kills bikers by the dozen [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]

 

Good point - I never thought of that. Should I just call the local police station?

 

I think that would be a good idea.

 

fuel s....pill?

 

I thought your Scoob was Decatted and TEK'd (at least)

 

Not any more - its been put back to standard for sale

 

Ahhhh.....

 

Kenny - phone to police and tell them mate... hopefully they'll do summat about it!

 

Cop shop informed

 

I always call the police when I see stuff like that because it's so dangerous to the village peeps on bikes

Paul

 

Kenny - wot did they say?

 

Said they would send some boys out to investigate the 'spill' and take appropriate action.

 

My workmate's bruv is a cop (now CID) but was a Lothian & Borders traffic cop a few years back.

While driving back from East Lothian, he managed to lose it on an diesel spill coming off the roundabout just outside Macmerry....he was there attending an accident caused by the same spill...

He got ribbed for it for weeks....bit of damage to the Volvo too :-(

 

love those t5 volvo

 

Unless theyre behind you with blue lights flashing behind the grill

 

You could call the police, or you could just report it to the roads dept.

What the police would do is, attend and confirm that its diesel etc and then they call the roads dept! lol

The only benefit would be that they could temporarily close the road until the Roads arrive with their bags of sand/salt.

 

lol at chiark

 

Eh? Thought they were a soldier, sailor, construction worker and a red indian? No biker IIRC...

 

Did you remember to tell them that you currently have 4 bald tyres mate

Cheers

[Edited by SiPie - 10/17/2003 9:17:01 AM]

 

Aw *** on!! The back two are fine(ish) The front two are getting replaced today anyway so