Jas
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Registered: 13th Oct 04
Location: Mid Wales
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was in pontypridd last night!
watching the FULL PONTY!
lost prophets headlining!
20 bands etc etc
amazing night! all finished about 11
had a long journey ahead of me, 120 miles ish
drove through cardiff, and my throttle cable snapped 
pitch black, and i had a full car!
what would you have done if you had no aa cover etc?
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SportBoy
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Registered: 5th Oct 01
Location: Retford, Nottinghamshire
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drove with the bonnet up and a mate under there working the throttle 
[Edited on 27-05-2007 by SportyBoy]
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tom_simes
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Organiser: South Wales
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Registered: 12th Jan 05
Location: Undy, Newport Drives: Skoda Octavia vRS estate
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Why were you in Cardiff, if you were driving from mid wales to Pontypridd?
Where did you park in the end Jas?
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MatthewR
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Registered: 21st Oct 02
Location: Rickmansworth
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Phone AA and Sign up
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b4l
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Registered: 7th Feb 06
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hitch hike 
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Steve X16XE
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Registered: 31st Dec 06
Location: Barnsley, South Yorkshire
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Car full..... make them push 
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Jas
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Registered: 13th Oct 04
Location: Mid Wales
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i pulled through what was left of the non snapped throttle and tied a shoe lace to it, applied loads of tape and drove 100miles like that
was painful having my hand out of the window and Its not something I enojoyed doing but it worked!
parked in a little car park under a bridge mate, with cctv recording etcm, suited me fine 
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b4l
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Registered: 7th Feb 06
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brilliant
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Nic Barnes
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Registered: 5th Apr 04
Location: nowhere near ginger people
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zip tie on the throttle body to pull it to 2500ish rpm constantly so can atleast do 50mph or such then dipped clutch and use brake when need to slow down. done it many a time
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