In Praise of Oldtech

[unclebeast]

My wife and I had just got on the motorway north of the Forth Road Bridge heading home for Manchester (approx 300 miles) when without any warning the exhaust note went "Tractor Like" on my NAD 405...pulled in looked underneath to see the front pipe completely fractured between the mani and the first clamp....now I have breakdown cover (add on with insurance policy) but faced with a tow to nearest garage and overnight stay etc...etc... I checked the security of the rest of the system and as it was all good pressed on...Over the Forth road bridge over the hills to Biggar  over the A66 Brough...Incredibly loud under power but bearable on the overrun...Not one "limp Mode" to be seen though performance was down and I used HGV`s as a "Foil" and had to crack open the sunroof as even a slight wind down of the windows was scary...nevertheless we are home c/o an scottish police maxim.."the right to drive to a familiar location!" Happy Days, plus got the gasket pipe and clamp ordered from euro car spares delivered for under £30 quid...Old XUD9 tech ...WIN!