sMMAshzilla Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 So there I am, happily driving along a dual carriageway. The sun is setting, I could probably hear some birds singing if it wasn't for the fact that The Pumpkin is very loud...then all of a sudden I hear a god-awful scraping sound coming from the back!! Scraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaape for what felt like an eternity (probably 3 seconds), then CLUNK. I look in my mirror and see a lump of metal bouncing across the road. Probably the size of my hand. This is not good, and of course there is no hard shoulder at this point! I check my brakes, and they are fine. Car sounds the same. I pull into an industrial estate, get on my back and look under the car. I know nothing about the underneath of a car, but it all looks normal to me. I book my car in to a local Nissan specialist the next day. They spend 10 minutes under it and can find nothing at all missing. The theory from them, and people from work is that I probably just picked up some debris and dragged it along for a bit, then spat it out. My heart has just about recovered. The car is booked in for a full service in 2 weeks time. I wonder if any other lumps of metal will be picked up in the meantime! And the guys at Nistec (Portsmouth) didn't even charge me for having a look Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marzman Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 Maybe one of your pistons fell out through the exhaust? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zugara Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 Zorst bracket Either way get your name down for ports Solent meet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkjmr Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 Maybe the heat shield from the exhaust back box... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wasso Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 Maybe one of your pistons fell out through the exhaust? Or a spark plug????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vik54 Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 Probably the c*ck rings Jay used to leave round his tips Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoogyRev Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 Probably the c*ck rings Jay used to leave round his tips Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zugara Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 Probably the c*ck rings Jay used to leave round his tips Hmmmm, prey tell Vik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glrnet Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 Oh mother, I say!!! Probably the c*ck rings Jay used to leave round his tips Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Probably the c*ck rings Jay used to leave round his tips I leave them at your house vik... never on the car... come on you know that Hmm are you sure it was metal? I have thought that before and it was just a big ass stone. Hope everything is ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vik54 Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 Probably the c*ck rings Jay used to leave round his tips I leave them at Neilp's house vik ... never on the car... come on you know that well I wasn't going to tell anyone about that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sMMAshzilla Posted April 13, 2012 Author Share Posted April 13, 2012 Yeah, it was metal. I saw it. Kinda rectangular shape, about the size of my hand. No issues at all with the pumpkin since then. It's having a full service on Tuesday. Drove it up to Milton Keynes on Thursday night, and even though the weather was terrible (thunder storms at times), and the traffic was quite dense (rush hour), the car itself was still plenty of fun. Had a Lamborghini and a GTR checking me out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sMMAshzilla Posted November 6, 2012 Author Share Posted November 6, 2012 Never did update this post! It was just a bit of debris from the road, nothing at all to do with the car. When Nistec (Portsmouth) checked it out, they said it was perfect and didn't even charge me for having a look. It amazes me what cr*p is on the roads these days, and the number of shoes that are laying around! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 Told you it wasnt the car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sMMAshzilla Posted November 7, 2012 Author Share Posted November 7, 2012 Don't worry Jay, your baby is still safe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sMMAshzilla Posted November 7, 2012 Author Share Posted November 7, 2012 And it still get's a crazy number of looks. I still love it when little kids point, drop their jaw and look like they are about to wet themselves when they see The Pumpkin! Of course, their parents then tell them off for pointing and staring, ha ha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Haha good to hear mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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