Spray-on mud and speed cameras?

In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] (Moving Vision) wrote:

> Just don't try saying that your tyre
> was legal before you started out when the steel cords are showing
> through rubber!

I've come close to doing that on the CBR, but then 500 miles is 1/4 of
the lifespan of a rear tyre.

--
Niamh
4x4 Cymru
http://www.4x4cymru.co.uk

In message <[email protected]>
[email protected] (Niamh Holding) wrote:

> In article <[email protected]>,
> [email protected] (Moving Vision) wrote:
>
> > Just don't try saying that your tyre
> > was legal before you started out when the steel cords are showing
> > through rubber!
>
> I've come close to doing that on the CBR, but then 500 miles is 1/4 of
> the lifespan of a rear tyre.
>

Driving back from Leeds with a slightly bent track rod - 1 BFG
down to the cords in 99 miles!

Richard
--
www.beamends-lrspares.co.uk [email protected]
Running a business in a Microsoft free environment - it can be done
Powered by Risc-OS - you won't get a virus from us!!
Helping keep Land Rovers on and off the road to annoy the Lib Dems

Well I have driven with one front wheel 2 inches out of alignment to the
rear of the other with no appreciable effect on my tyres over about 20 miles
or so.

--
Larry
Series 3 rust and holes



"beamendsltd" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:7396b9774d%[email protected]...
> In message <[email protected]>
> [email protected] (Niamh Holding) wrote:
>
> Driving back from Leeds with a slightly bent track rod - 1 BFG
> down to the cords in 99 miles!
>
> Richard
> --
> www.beamends-lrspares.co.uk [email protected]
> Running a business in a Microsoft free environment - it can be done
> Powered by Risc-OS - you won't get a virus from us!!
> Helping keep Land Rovers on and off the road to annoy the Lib Dems

In article <[email protected]>, Larry
<[email protected]> writes
>Well I have driven with one front wheel 2 inches out of alignment to the
>rear of the other with no appreciable effect on my tyres over about 20 miles
>or so.
>


In 1976 I drove a Volvo F10 with a 40' trailer from Posnan in Poland to
London. For lengthy and exciting reasons I won't go into now the right
front wheel axle was bent out of kilter by about 45%, a truly bizarre
looking situation but the truck seemed to drive completely normally and
the additional tyre wear to the right shoulder was surprisingly slight.
But then I've seen an artic tractor unit with a trailer attached drive
for many miles with one front wheel entirely missing!
--
John Lubran

Why the hell would you buy spray on mud to obscure your number plate?
I take my vehicle out bush and do the same job with REAL mud,
and the good thing is, it doesn't need to be deep mud to bury a Suzuki
Sierra Number Plate in it.

It works even better if the number plate has one of those plastic frames
with clear perspex front,
the mud gets in, but doesn't wash out too easily, so still works even after
the once-a-decade wash it gets.

The downside is - you can't go fast enough in a Suzuki Sierra to worry about
speed cameras (well maybe in a 40km/h zone, downhill, with a tailwind)


<[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> Does anyone use spray-on mud, or know anyone else who does?
>
> I am a journalist researching a story on products like the one at
> http://www.sprayonmud.com.
>
> Have you used such products, or know any stories about people who have?
>
> What are the ways in which it can be used and why? Such products are
> marketed to 4x4 owners looking to give their vehicle an authentic
> just-been-up-the-side-of-a-mountain look, but I have read from some
> people who say they could be used to cover cars' registration plates to
> avoid detection by speed cameras (something the manufacturer of the
> above product says it does not condone and an activity it
> discourages)... Got any stories about either of these uses? Ever used
> spray-on mud yourself to avoid getting nicked or flashed?
>
> What do you think of spray-on-mud - handy way for busy drivers to get
> 4x4 street cred, pointless yuppie posturing, perfect way to evade the
> long arm of the law?
>
> I'd love to hear from anyone who has used this type of thing or who has
> any anecdotes.
>
> If you'd rather not be identified, email [email protected].
>
> Thanks.
>