Fiat Coupe Forum
- Founded by Kayjey & James Northam
- Funded by the Club for the benefit of all owners
Fiat Coupe Club UK
join the club
Fiat Coupe Forum
 
» Announced
    Posting images


» Related sites
    Main club site
    fiatcoupe.net


» External data
    owners listed
 
Who's Online Now
3 registered members (386ka, Woka, 1 invisible), 309 guests, and 3 spiders.
Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod
Forum Statistics
Forums69
Topics113,543
Posts1,340,419
Members1,785
Most Online731
Jan 14th, 2020
Top Posters(All Time)
barnacle 33,520
stan 32,122
Theresa 23,294
PeteP 21,480
bockers 21,070
JimO 17,917
Nigel 17,366
Edinburgh 16,659
RSS Feeds
Club Events
Club Information
Track Events
Rolling Road/RWYB
Social Events
Non-UK Events
Coupé Related Chat
Coupé Spotting
Coupé News/Press
Buying/Selling Advice
Insuring a Coupé
Basic FAQ's
How to Guides
Forum Issues
Technical Problems
General Maintenance
Styling
Tuning
Handling
ICE and Alarm
Coupés for Sale
Coupés Wanted
Parts for Sale
Parts Wanted
Group Buys
Business Forum
Other Vehicles for Sale/Wanted
Other Items for Sale/Wanted
Haggling/Offers
Ebay links
Other Cars
Other Websites
General Chat
Previous Thread
Next Thread
Print Thread
Good timing for breakdown! #1646671
29/11/2020 16:54
29/11/2020 16:54

M
Merlin_Cat
Unregistered
Merlin_Cat
Unregistered
M



On Friday I drove 120 miles for my dads funeral. As my Coupe used to be my dads I washed it nicely and was first car following the hearse. This morning I started my trip back up North and after 10 miles pulled over as the clutch felt a bit odd. I checked the fluid and all good. As I had a new clutch a year ago I thought I was imagining it. 80 miles later I pulled off the M1 but couldn’t change gear. Luckily the lights were with me so I could coast through the roundabout and was able to coast into a lay-by. Half hour later breakdown came to take me home. Tomorrow I will be phoning the folk who replaced the clutch to try and find what’s happened.

Thank goodness it didn’t happen Friday, or anywhere that is a ‘smart’ motorway bit of the M1!

Attached Files
Re: Good timing for breakdown! [Re: ] #1646698
30/11/2020 08:50
30/11/2020 08:50
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 17,112
FCSS 01684 593187
Countrycruising Offline
Club Rep Europe, member 914
Countrycruising  Offline
Club Rep Europe, member 914
Forum veteran

Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 17,112
FCSS 01684 593187
Yes quite, I don't think there's anything smart about smart motorways, imo they're dangerous because inanimate objects like cars don't choose a place to breakdown, they just stop sometimes!

Re: Good timing for breakdown! [Re: ] #1646703
30/11/2020 09:48
30/11/2020 09:48
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 16,659
Auld Reekie
Edinburgh Offline
Club President, member225
Edinburgh  Offline
Club President, member225
Forum veteran

Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 16,659
Auld Reekie
Originally Posted by Merlin_Cat
On Friday I drove 120 miles for my dads funeral. As my Coupe used to be my dads I washed it nicely and was first car following the hearse. This morning I started my trip back up North and after 10 miles pulled over as the clutch felt a bit odd. I checked the fluid and all good. As I had a new clutch a year ago I thought I was imagining it. 80 miles later I pulled off the M1 but couldn’t change gear. Luckily the lights were with me so I could coast through the roundabout and was able to coast into a lay-by. Half hour later breakdown came to take me home. Tomorrow I will be phoning the folk who replaced the clutch to try and find what’s happened.

Thank goodness it didn’t happen Friday, or anywhere that is a ‘smart’ motorway bit of the M1!





Was it the slave cylinder?


BumbleBee carer smile

Powered by UBB.threads™ PHP Forum Software 7.7.1
(Release build 20190129)
PHP: 7.3.33 Page Time: 0.038s Queries: 15 (0.026s) Memory: 0.7461 MB (Peak: 0.8073 MB) Data Comp: Off Server Time: 2024-03-28 12:06:18 UTC