One for the South Africans, (and other

[Graham]

http://pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.as ... 0Africa%29

Gra.

 

[fridayman]

I had forgotten about December death tolls in SA...

 

[Dave Docwra]

I love this line:-

Quote -In a lot of cases this means cut and shut, dodgy welding and some of the most dangerous repairs you could think of (Eg: Taxi stopped because the brakes were smoking ....turns out someone had sold the guy brake pads made from MDF).

I wonder if they worked better than a Britool socket..

 

[Crispin]

I love this line:-

Quote -In a lot of cases this means cut and shut, dodgy welding and some of the most dangerous repairs you could think of (Eg: Taxi stopped because the brakes were smoking ....turns out someone had sold the guy brake pads made from MDF).

I wonder if they worked better than a Britool socket..

I witnessed a prang in Randburg where a full taxi (18-20 people?) made a u-turn on Hans Strijdom Dr in front of a quarry type truck. The truck broadsided it and killed a bunch of folk. Turned out the truck could not stop (probably would not have anyway...) because it had MDF (reported in the paper) for front brakes.

Surely they should know chipboard has a higher friction coefficient...

 

[Gary Stockton]

My favourite report is of a 'taxi' with a busted fuel pump, so the driver had a 20 litre plastic bottle wedged in-between the front seats with a syphon hose down to the carb.

AND to top it all, NO steering wheel - a pair of vice grips instead

Bloody hell ....