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New Fri 13 Jul 18 10:53 
 " Too many offences to mention" - henry k
Man drove car sitting on bucket and steering with pliers

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-44819316

I have in the past while kneeling on the floor ( no bucket available) steered my car with a Mole wrench.
It was off road with no engine running but it was not easy.
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New Fri 13 Jul 18 11:21 
 " Too many offences to mention" - Robin O'Reliant
Normal for Norfolk.
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New Fri 13 Jul 18 11:35 
 " Too many offences to mention" - Zero
>> Normal for Norfolk.

Whats not normal is bumping into a copper.
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New Fri 14 Sep 18 02:22 
 " Too many offences to mention" - henry k
>> >> Normal for Norfolk.
>>
>> Whats not normal is bumping into a copper.
>>
or bumping into a ....

www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-norfolk-45515656/van-launched-into-the-air-during-attleborough-crash
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New Fri 13 Jul 18 11:23 
 " Too many offences to mention" - sooty123
I bet the coppers were met with nothing more than a shrug of the shoulders and a 'so what' when they stopped him.
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New Fri 13 Jul 18 12:24 
 " Too many offences to mention" - Cliff Pope
>> steered
>> my car with a Mole wrench.
>> It was off road with no engine running but it was not easy.
>>

Easier with two wrenches I think.
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New Fri 14 Sep 18 09:05 
 " Too many offences to mention" - devonite
I once sold a mk4 Cortina to a mate at work, the next morning he came ranting to me that the steering had failed on the way home the previous evening. At the time I thought that was strange because there was no indication anything was that badly worn when I drove it to work.
I offered to pay for a reconditioned rack for him, that was until I was told by his traveling buddy that he had smacked it hard into a kerb, burst a front tyre and buckled the rim, and they didn't get home till 10 o'clock! - A cursory glance at the car the next week showed it still had an odd tyre on the front - left!
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New Fri 14 Sep 18 09:46 
 " Too many offences to mention" - Dog
>>I once sold a mk4 Cortina to a mate at work
>>I offered to pay for a reconditioned rack for him, that was until I was told by his traveling buddy that he had smacked it hard into a kerb, burst a front tyre and buckled the rim

With fiends like that who needs enemas!
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New Fri 14 Sep 18 15:09 
 " Too many offences to mention" - Boxsterboy
>> Man drove car sitting on bucket and steering with pliers
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>> www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-44819316
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>> I have in the past while kneeling on the floor ( no bucket available) steered
>> my car with a Mole wrench.
>>

The visible wheels are space-savers. If all 4 were this type of wheel, the steering would have been lighter, and perhaps mole grips is all you need?!?
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New Fri 14 Sep 18 15:22 
 " Too many offences to mention" - No FM2R
We tried to do it with a mini on an RAF base once, on a supply road. It is quite surprising, or it was to me, how much force is actually required to steer and it was barely possible. Certainly any significant turns would not have gone well.

Maybe the car he was driving had power steering?
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New Fri 14 Sep 18 17:07 
 " Too many offences to mention" - BiggerBadderDave
Or Maybe those extra fingers did come in handy.
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