On 30 Jan 2015 at 8:08pm Boo Khaki wrote:
Back from expensive trip to garage steering playing up, alternately sloppy and then incredibly stiff...
Road tested - fluid and air checked - road tested - 3-5mm of tread on all tyres - 17k miles since new - perfectly even wear - back on lift for visual check
Dealership flummoxed
All we can do is try changing the tyres sir - £400
Perfect!!!
"You live in Lewes don't you?"
"Speed humps and mini roundabouts" - tyre walls shagged way before rest of tyre expired
Please council NO MORE
On 30 Jan 2015 at 9:12pm Hu? wrote:
Yes speed humps only exist in Lewes. They're outlawed in the rest of the country. The council bought all the speed humps from other towns and shipped them here. If I were you I'd move elsewhere and enjoy the silky smooth roads the rest of the country enjoy.
On 30 Jan 2015 at 9:17pm Polly wrote:
I heard there was a speed "hump" spotted recently in Barnsley so we don't quite have a monopoly. Shame.
On 30 Jan 2015 at 9:24pm Mechanic wrote:
If you cross them slowly and release your brakes immediately BEFORE you hit the bump your car won't be damaged. Never hit a speed bump with your brakes on. I also doubt sidewall damage would cause the symptoms you describe. On the bright side you've made your garage owner very happy!
On 31 Jan 2015 at 7:06am Annette Curtin-Twitcher wrote:
I don't know why they bother with speed humps. Potholes are just as good at slowing down traffic if people can see them well in advance.
They should just put reflective paint round the potholes to make them more obvious, traffic calmed at a fraction of the cost of speed humps.
On 31 Jan 2015 at 7:58am Nunc est bibendum wrote:
3-5mm tread left after 17kmiles - you bought Budget tyres ! You should change them @ 2mm . Then you paid £400 .Was that for the front ones - methinks you have a Chealsea Tractor and you left it in 4 wheel drive 
On 31 Jan 2015 at 9:03am Boo khaki wrote:
Remembered why I stopped using this forum...
On 31 Jan 2015 at 9:18am Belladonna wrote:
Seriously ? Lewes has very few speed bumps and you"re hardly likely to do much damage if you slow right down as you go over them, which is the whole point of them in the first place.
On 31 Jan 2015 at 10:09am Sot wrote:
Love speed bumps !! I like my children to say alive and if a few boy racers get their suspension fracked even better
The speed at which some people fly around the Neville (which is often a mass of running/ playing children going to Wallands ) is infuriating .
Where are these idiots going thats such a rush? Picking flowers on the Downs, staring at the tranquility of grazing sheep ?
More speed bumps and preferably ones that detect anyone in a Subaru with a stupid exhaust and send iron spikes straight through the floor impaling the driver.
On 31 Jan 2015 at 10:30am Michelin Man wrote:
Sensible post from someone alluding to me ( Nunc est....) as it was my original advertising slogan . Boo Hoo more like, what has Khaki got to do with anything ? A sad loss for the forum .
On 31 Jan 2015 at 10:50am You cant get better than wrote:
A diagnosis on this forum - Power steering problem - going from loose to stiff . Dealership might be flummoxed - I'm not
On 31 Jan 2015 at 11:46am Neil Trembler wrote:
Speed humps? Loose to Stiff? I'm feeling nostalgic...
On 31 Jan 2015 at 11:52am Rodney Trembler wrote:
So am I Neil, So am I
On 31 Jan 2015 at 4:46pm Trembler Coil wrote:
Anyone know what one is ?
On 31 Jan 2015 at 11:56pm Mavis wrote:
the work is starting on February 22 so the notice says and that there maybe delays !!!! Duh
On 1 Feb 2015 at 10:24pm JamiesTorch wrote:
I'm struggling to think of any speed bumps in Lewes apart from on Mountfield Road. Were you driving up and down there over and over again?
On 1 Feb 2015 at 10:55pm Historian wrote:
There are quite a few 'sleeping policemen' coming as part of the speed reduction regime currently rolling out in the sleepy estates of Lewes, where the fastest vehicle I've noticed lately is the Post Office van very early in the mornings.
On 2 Feb 2015 at 2:42pm Early in the morning wrote:
just as day is dawning ...he picks up all the post bags in his van ....all together now ....Postman Pat etc.