
Ive only ever been in 3 breakdowns that i can think of. The worst being a Bentley Turbo (who says these big old Volvos dont break!)
At the time the car was about 7 years old, it belonged to a friend of my dads who was complaining of a noise on the gearbox. So we picked it up and went for a drive to see about this noise. One of the main routes out of our town is though a little village to get onto the main dual carrigeway (A19). We were sat waiting to turn right, which ment we would have to cross the first dual lanes, stop in the middle and then set off down the other side of the dual carrigeway and be on our way. This sounds iffy and its quite an accident spot, but its often used.
So, we were stoppped wating to cross the first two lanes, there was a gap in the traffic so we set off to the middle. There was a loud bang and the car shot to the middle of the road, just, where it stopped with no drive, the gearbox had failed in a big way. So there we were in the middle of a very busy dual carrigeway with no drive, forward or back in a huge Bentley. This caused all kinds of problems for people wanting to cross over the other way.
We rang around a few friends who had 4x4s to see if they could pull us back. Someone came with a rangerover and a extremely short rope. So we coupled them up and set off back accross the main road. Luckily it had got quieter by then. Towing a Bentley with a 1metre rope tight country lanes was a bit of a bit iffy mind.
Another breakdown ive been in was a Rolls Royce Phantom, a 1960s model, built like a truck. It broken down due to an electrical problem one evening. We rang the RAC to come and collect us, who arrived about 4 hours later at 2am in a very tiny truck. The Rolls was loaded on with its rear wheels only just fitting onto the trucks body. On another occasion this car cought fire due to an electrial problem. Luckily it was put out before a lot of damage had been caused. Not very interesting but i dont really care to go in a Rolls or a Bentley again, ill stick with Citroens, they are far more reliable!
