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As this is a thread about vans I reckon the people posting understand some of the basics about vehicles, for example that power steering isn't necessary at speed, and that brake vibrations indicate worn pads or discs, so vibration does not portend complete brake failure.
Braking performance degrades gradually. Complete, instant brake failure in a binary fashion, from effective braking to zero braking, is incredibly rare. Modern brakes are designed not to do it. It happens in the movies, but not real life.
So when I did 100 on a motorway with nothing in front of me there was in fact far less risk of anything bad happening than there might be in, for example, any urban journey at a busy time in a mechanically sound vehicle.
I'm fairly sure that most people here do understand all that, and that the few who don't are unlikely to pipe up with a judgement about mechanical hazards.
The interesting thing is that the people who do understand a bit about vehicles, and still want to make some daft criticism, are just people who want a pile on beause they think pile ons are fun. I don't think LFGSS should be like that. I don't want it dragged down to the level of Mumsnet. But at least my posts have identified a few of the undesirables, enabling me to put them on my Ignore list, after telling them to fuck off.
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You may never read this if you're a man of your word, as I was a 'fuck off undesirable' as you put it, but maybe take a moment and think that no amount of internet-explaining is going to change the fact that you took a huge unnecessary risk for other people's safety to selfishly get an unfit vehicle to a garage. I know, you won't agree with that because of bravado etc, but you could have just got it trailered to the garage?
However, praise where praise is due, this has got to be one of the best things I've read today, especially if you actually believe it.
So when I did 100 on a motorway with nothing in front of me there was in fact far less risk of anything bad happening than there might be in, for example, any urban journey at a busy time in a mechanically sound vehicle.
I'm not.
I'm just politely pointing out that your post, that you wrote, made it sound to most people here that the van wasn't very safe to drive. Then you did a tonne.
I'm genuinely confused now. And wondering if this is all part of an elaborate troll session.