Pete Dimsman wrote:

Robert Morein wrote:
"Mike Rivers" wrote in message

sometime) and drove it home. He said he'd been driving it that way for
about three weeks.


That's an invitation to an early death.
Loss of a wheel, which this is very close to, has been shown to inevitably
result in complete loss of control of the vehicle and a serious accident.

I agree, how stupid can one be. Driving for 3 weeks with a major
component taped together?

I was once given a beat up loaner car to use while my car was in a
repair shop. Not 5 minutes into my drive one of the front wheels came
off! Well, I was going less than 30 mph but it was still a very
frightening (and jarring) experience. Had I been traveling down a
highway at higher speeds, I can only imagine the outcome.

Talking of loaners.....

I was once given one of these http://www.anglia-models.co.uk/saloon.htm

Ok - it was a *long* time back. Top speed of about 60mph, which was problematic
on the busy M25 motorway that was my run into/back from work then..

It really should have been in a museum.

Graham