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@@LonesomeTwin why don't you make some videos and show me how it's done.

@@rayjennings3637 I'm sorry to hear you're having such a nightmare. People have lost thousands because of this design.

@@NerdInMotion23 I have been told by the official Stellantis extended warranty provider that I am covered so, hopefully there won't be any charge. I had a call from the dealership to tell me that it's going into the workshop today for the usual diagnostic checks and they'll let me know how it went. When I mentioned that I need to know so that I can arrange a hire car, the advisor told me that today and tomorrow there isn't a courtesy car available but that I should be able to get on on Wednesday!

@@rayjennings3637 excellent news 👍🏼 let me know how you get on.

@@NerdInMotion23 I've got my car back. It turned out to be the inlet cam dephaser solenoid valve had stuck in the fully retarded position. Unfortunately, the extended warranty company wouldn't issue the final approval until the Citroen technician had tested it the way they wanted! It seems that, just as in the USA where an insurance company decides on the type and level of healthcare you get, so too in the UK with extended warranties! In any case, by the time warranty company issued the approval to go ahead, the job was already complete, the car was road-tested and waiting for collection. It seems that the dealership spent all day yesterday just getting them to admit the repair was covered and that included a 45 minute hold! The service department were not best pleased at the way they'd been treated. The examined the belt at 6 different points with a borescope, allowing for difficulty of access - a bit like a colonoscopy I suppose! Anyway they pronounced it to be fully fit and in great shape. The car runs better than it did before the breakdown so perhaps it had been getting progressively and unnoticeably worse until it finally stuck! Result: Full marks to the dealership and only 5/10 for the warranty company for the unnecessary delays. I can't give them null points because at least they approved it. The thing is that the component is fully covered in the warranty - I checked so I can only assume that everyone in the building has to sign off on the approval!

I know right

Are you insane? Of course we should know 🤯

@@beardedbodger @blown8cylinder sounds like a plan.

@@aidanmcculloch9794 awesome. Although I'm doing a refit shortly

@@raycollington4310 I saw a couple today stranded on Leeds circular after an ecoboom failed they were there for around 4 hours my guess. All because some design graduates can't do their job.

@@GDBRescueandrecovery I'd love to do a podcast with you at some point if you're up for it!

@@jb3274 it was in a queue for the lights

@@NerdInMotion23 or he was doing a delivery at that house

@@jb3274 as I understand it the guy was on his phone

@@XLbullyZeus have you watched video by the other RUclipsrs. Links on the description. I also don't disbelieve you in their video you see an HGV just roll through a sign. The issue is you're not getting the red x anymore to get on when you call highways.

Both issues could be reduced by having a working hard shoulder.

Highways DO NOT alway set RED X unfortantley, many of videos on my channel prooving this. GDB

@@GDBRescueandrecovery they need to be requested. The signal are currently turned off on m1 between jct 13 and jct11 a. They have a new system in place for broken down vehicles and crashes

@@NerdInMotion23 The recent ERA LDR policy change was driven by misuse of the ERA red X exit system by independent recovery operators. These operators would intentionally trigger a Red X exit and spend an hour handling breakdowns, distracting CCTV operators from other duties and unnecessarily closing lane 1 for extended periods. It’s worth considering who is responsible for this change and who has a history of using rage-baiting tactics for views. It’s important to recognize that if a vehicle can’t reach lane 1, it certainly can’t reach the hard shoulder. Annually, the hard shoulder accounts for around 26 fatalities and approximately 100 serious injuries (KSI). In fact, in a single year, four times more people die on the hard shoulder than have died from stationary vehicle incidents in lane 1 of smart motorways since 2006. Conventional motorways still experience more live lane stopped vehicle fatalities than smart motorways, and notably, no one has ever died under red X protection or inside an ERA. Replacing lane 1 of an All Lane Running (ALR) motorway with a hard shoulder removes the capacity for 3,500 cars per hour, pushing them onto A and B roads, which have 2 to 8 times higher fatality rates-resulting in 25 additional deaths annually. Many commentators who engage in social rage-baiting don’t know how many people die on each type of motorway or the circumstances surrounding those deaths. Most cannot even correctly identify different road types. This information is publicly available-please take the time to look it up. The hard shoulder solutions proposed to address issues, while seemingly logical, are often uninformed. Like many complaints about smart motorways, they lack a fundamental understanding of the data and facts. Depending on the year about 6 recovery operators die on hard shoulders per year. There was a year when 1 independent recovery operator died per month consecutively for 6 months. No recovery operator has ever died working on a smart motorway, largely thanks to the systems installed and the policies developed. Policies cowboy recovery operators can evidently be seen to ignore. On their own RUclips channel. Nevertheless, smart motorway systems still continue to protect even them. While one may portray himself a champion for the idiot motorist on camera, off camera he is recorded to be abusive. By reacting to these rage-baiting narratives, whether intentionally or not, you risk supporting misguided efforts. Every pound wasted on these uninformed campaigns is money that could have been used to prevent road fatalities. In the past, such rage-baiting tactics have led to over a billion pounds being wasted by a Tory government. Personally, I do not believe quick and dirty RUclips views are worth lives. There are certainly better ways to increase subscriber counts.

@@stevefox3763 I know could you imagine trying to get out of one of those bays with a car on the back.

@@NerdInMotion23 It would be a very nervous moment for sure, after I got experience in 7.5T I instantly saw heavy vehicles in a totally different light and have gone out of my way to give HGV's extra room since, its got to be an endless stream of cars doing idiotic things and has to be a stressful job.

@@stevefox3763 Everyday the level of stupid driving I see is unbelievable. Another problem group is entitled cyclists 😂 I could devote a whole video to them.

@@MrLeejohn02 if I remember correctly there was some statistics that the M62 fines had covered the cost of the smart motorway section in a matter of months.

@@NerdInMotion23 a single smart motorway junction can cost £300million. A mile can cost £79million. Each fine cost more to send out than is received. Any proceed is legally ring-fenced for safer road projects. Each sector has at most brought in under £2mil per year. Even ignoring maintenance cost of a motorway, that is surely a moronic way to regain construction costs. You appear to have remembered incorrectly or you are peddling misinformation.

@@tolga24 thanks mate it's mad in the UK at the moment.

@@NerdInMotion23 I can relate that bruv!

@@crytocc because as always we don't do things properly and bureaucrats get involved it all goes down hill trying to get jobs for the boys. In the UK the public sector is notoriously officious and lazy.

@@NerdInMotion23incorrect. NIMBYs Tories UK’s Low production rate Lesser educated members of the public who fear monger, rage bait and spreads misinformation.

Exactly! It's impossible my truck takes over 30 seconds to get to 56mph.

@NerdInMotion23 I was m5north, truck overtaking me. Car in breakdown area! It was daytime. Car had no lights on, no hazards, no brake lights on! Idiot decided to pull out 50m from me! They just dawdled out without a care in the world! Horn, lights flashing...car just didn't know or understand the danger! I had to bang on the brakes, pull into lane 2! I was down to 20mph!!!! Car then cut off a car as it pulled into lane 2(middle lane hog) for no reason! Then car put hazards on!! It's a shame we have to share the roads with uneducated drivers! I think to use the motorway, it should be an extra driving qualification! I believe every driver should drive a unit, brake. Then do the same with a fully loaded trailer! I bet every hgv driver, 1st time they brake from 50mph for a junction while 44t, shits themselves as it won't slow down fast enough!

@@terrystratford1235 Yes definately educate and let all drivers experience all types of vehicles. Growing up I started on a bicycle, then motorbikes and all makes and models of cars...once a bus and a couple of times small vans. I've not had a go at hgv driving yet...not sure I ever want to, they look big and scary...

@nixswatson same here! I passed bike, car, c2 and c1 1st time! Anyone who isn't scared of 44t isn't the type to drive them! It's good to have respect for hgv! Artics are easier to drive and manoeuvre than ridged trucks! Give it ago! You maybe surprised on what u can and can't see, blindspots! There's so much more to being a hgv driver than just driving! Try it! If your youngish....it can be a great career! Deliver food, easy life!

@@terrystratford1235 Nah I'm oldish, retired old school, light vehicle technician, I still retain my IMI membership to stay up to date in the motor industry...so I've seen lorries jack knife tip over etc etc I know to give them a very very wide berth and if forced by traffic conditions to be alongside or sandwiched btw 2 of them I make like a horse with it's blinkers on, pray a lot until I can put some distance btw myself and them lol

I don't blame you. That is the reality of these motorways.

I couldn't resist it.

@@robertmclellan3658 I'm glad you had a good experience.

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@@mungogerryjnr they're torqued up weekly but it's the constant of hot wheels going into freezing cold wheel washes that causes them to come loose. I'm not sure what you mean by Chinese the truck is German 😂.

@@NerdInMotion23 it’s 52c outside in Australia and god knows what on the road. Why would you torque them weekly? The tyres, not the truck been Chinese. So how do you know if it’s coming loose and done a complete turn and ended up looking like it hasn’t moved? Since you have put that indicator on you now can’t read the thread and know if it’s coming loose!

@@mungogerryjnr so the trucks only do small trips and are visually checked each time. With the indicators you can actually touch them with a glove on as they insulate the heat so you can tell if they've turned. Also quite often you hear a rattle if it's going.

@@NerdInMotion23 rubbish

@@mungogerryjnr I love you Aussies stop beating around the bush 😂😂😂