Eldest daughter was taking a flight from Manchester Airport and wanted to be there for around 07:30; I agreed to drive her from Newcastle and said we'd take the 911, give it a good run out. Left home at about 04:30, nice run down the A19, M1, M62.
Hit a bank of dense fog as we drove up over Saddleworth Moore, slowing down when the ABS warning light flashed on together with the rather alarming "beep beep" indicating a fault (is that not a scary sound at 60mph!). Breaks work, everything seems ok, lets keep going. But what's this, no lights - no dash lights, no headlights, nothing. In fog! Fortunately its "go faster" red so its pretty visible. Descend the other side and come out of the fog - phew.
Tun off the M62 onto the M60, about 25miles from the Airport and there is that dreaded loss of power and we coast into the hard-shoulder. WTF now! Completely dead - zip; the hazards work for about 15 mins before they give up.
To keep it short - panic phone call to a local Taxi company to take the eldest to the airport & a 90 minute wait for the breakdown truck for me. Carted back to the main depot for a much needed coffee & swap to a smaller van for the journey back to Newcastle.
Must say the recovery guys (Manchester Breakdown Services) were pretty good, probably helped by what looked like a part restored 3.2 Turbo at the back of one of the garages (REG: xxx 911S!). Apparently it belonged to the boss.
Speculation is either its a dead battery (seems unlikely) or the alternator (maybe) or something worse... Hope to get some answers tomorrow.
Oh but the embarrassment of having to be taken home on a trailer!
:sad:
Hit a bank of dense fog as we drove up over Saddleworth Moore, slowing down when the ABS warning light flashed on together with the rather alarming "beep beep" indicating a fault (is that not a scary sound at 60mph!). Breaks work, everything seems ok, lets keep going. But what's this, no lights - no dash lights, no headlights, nothing. In fog! Fortunately its "go faster" red so its pretty visible. Descend the other side and come out of the fog - phew.
Tun off the M62 onto the M60, about 25miles from the Airport and there is that dreaded loss of power and we coast into the hard-shoulder. WTF now! Completely dead - zip; the hazards work for about 15 mins before they give up.
To keep it short - panic phone call to a local Taxi company to take the eldest to the airport & a 90 minute wait for the breakdown truck for me. Carted back to the main depot for a much needed coffee & swap to a smaller van for the journey back to Newcastle.
Must say the recovery guys (Manchester Breakdown Services) were pretty good, probably helped by what looked like a part restored 3.2 Turbo at the back of one of the garages (REG: xxx 911S!). Apparently it belonged to the boss.
Speculation is either its a dead battery (seems unlikely) or the alternator (maybe) or something worse... Hope to get some answers tomorrow.
Oh but the embarrassment of having to be taken home on a trailer!
:sad: