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Postby REPLIC8 » 25 Mar 2011 19:26

If you got caught with that in you're over here you'd be arrested for carrying an offensive weapon! The Swedish police must be more forgiving.

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Postby Odd » 25 Mar 2011 19:32

It's OK as long as it's carried (out of sight) in the luggage compartment. Quite common in rural Sweden...

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Postby busheytrader » 25 Mar 2011 21:19

I carry 2 x 4 litre polybottles of water - well my 2.0L engine's water pump leaked badly 20 years ago...........

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They carry far more tools in their van than would fit in my boot

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Postby staningrimsby » 26 Mar 2011 08:20

Same as beans for me, a mobile phone and my RAC card.[:D]

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Postby ColoradoTR8 » 26 Mar 2011 12:45

Over here in the US the best equivalent to the AA, RAC etc... would be a AAA card. They have varying levels of membership, mine has 100 miles of free towing to anywhere I want. Travels with me, not the car so can be used with anycar that I am with across the nation. There is no official limit on tows but after four or five they reportedly start asking questions. The yearly cost of membership is equal to about a single tow across town.

I do carry a small selection of tools, a few flashlights (hand torches), some with flashing light set ups, a tow rope, road flares and a first aid kit. I've actually had occasion to use all of those items, helping other people but not on my own car.

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Postby PeterTR7V8 » 26 Mar 2011 17:38

There's nothing so emasculating as watching your car being towed especially when all it needed was a pair of pliers & some fencing wire to get you home. [8D][}:)]

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Postby staningrimsby » 26 Mar 2011 17:51

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Wooooww i wish i had road flares [:D], i dont even know if were aloud them in the UK [?]

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Postby PeterTR7V8 » 27 Mar 2011 03:56

I got towed today so there's some instant karma. Unnecessarily as it turns out but it was raining so hard I accepted the tow to somewhere a bit drier to fix it.

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Postby staningrimsby » 27 Mar 2011 08:23

Now that is karma Peter what was the problem [?]

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Postby PeterTR7V8 » 27 Mar 2011 09:56

Something got caught in between the flywheel & the bellhousing. Full story here http://www.forum.triumphtr7.com/topic.a ... ichpage=15 Check the post from March 27 with the black Vitesse.

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