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Mar 22nd, 2013, 19:22 | #171 |
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So come on Zeb, what DID happen?
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Mar 22nd, 2013, 19:51 | #172 |
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Like he says, he parked up in a quiet cul-de-sac for five minutes and upon returning, found that some disrespectful oik had bished up his ride using a combination of a motorcycle and a kerbstone. I know this is a fast paced thread but do please try and keep up......
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I wonder if Zeb would submit to regressive hypnotherapy, that's the only way I can see the truth being known. But in the mean time keep your eyes open for invisible motorcyclists in quiet cul-de-sac's
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Dry humour. I have pi**ed myself laughing. Better than the telly.
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A good liar will believe his own lies after a few weeks!
A bad liar won't and will invent new things all the time!
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The rear wheel has been hit and pushed rearward by the kerb. This will result in the car wanting to turn to the right all the time. To negate this effect zeb is turning to the left all the time. I don't think there is anything amiss at the front end. Unless zeb hit the front wheel off the kerb at the same time. This entire incident is a good advert for putting decent tyres on your car if you like to press on a bit. Cheapies are acceptable in most everyday driving situations. But will show their weaknesses if you push them nearer to their limits. When a more premium brand tyre will tend to break loose a little bit more predictably a cheapie may well just let go with little warning. Though some cheap tyres are surprisingly capable. The Nankang NS2 is a case in point, had them on a Legacy and they were excellent tyres. But the ones on zeb's car look like the ones you get as part of a wheel and tyre package. The truth shall set you free.......... |
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I do however think Zeb has done well and moved on from this incident in itself and perhaps done a little learning along the way. |
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I have a theory too. It may explain zebs coyness at filling in the blanks as to what happened that day.
Zeb leads a double life as the 'Transporter'; I mean it's going to be hard to admit that whilst he was the getaway driver for a heist team, he clipped the kerb negotiating a roundabout in a clockwise direction to throw off the pursuing police car. The body work dents were caused by a glancing blow from the railings on the bridge they drove off, and the steering got buggered when they landed on the freight train which facilitated their escape. Where does the cul-de-sac come into it? presumably when zeb had been paid for that job he needed somewhere quiet to count the dosh and assess the damage. Of course this might all be tosh. A more credible explanation might be that Mr 'X' caught Zeb tupping Mrs 'X', and he was forced to high tail it out of the house at speed to avoid a fatal beating. The bodywork dent was caused by Zebs head as he struggled to pull on his trousers whilst attempting to run away (can't be done mate) and the wheel damage was done by (a) the rock thrown by Mr 'X' as Zeb made good his exit, or (b) Zeb taking the corner out of the cul-de-sac too early at too high a speed and clipping the kerbstone. The concussion Zeb sustained from the 'trouser incident' means that he has no recollection of that evenings drama and genuinely believes that the damage 'just appeared'. He is low on funds because his wallet was lost in the ensuing melee and he daren't go back and look for it; so his rebuild budget is based on what he can find down the back of the sofa and from the whisky optic on his bedroom windowsill.
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