We were travelling nonrth up to Blackpool this Friday on the M6 and experienced some of the worst motorway ever.
Just past junction 23 it started, the tram line effect of a worn out nearside lane. But that was not all. We were stuck in the usual rolling traffic jam and doing about 30-40 Mph in the nearside lane when I started to get the most horrific wheel wobble from our trusty 1998 Laguna estate. It got worse and worse and realy felt like either the ABS braking working in reverse or the power steering was playing up.
Now I.m a burley 6 foot guy and I was having real difficulty keeping the car under control.
After enduring this for about half an hour I was so concerned that there could be something wrong with the car's brakes, steering or even an alloy wheel coming loose, I pulled over to the hard shoulder to check it out. I could find nothing wrong with the car at all.
This problem re-occurred several times until were were north of Preston. Then disappeared never to be felt again, even on the homeward journey yesterday.
I truly believe that had a more slightly built person had the same problem, then there would of been an accident as the car deffinately wanted to make a severe left turn.
I don't believe the car wasfaulty as it had passed it's MOT only four days previous with not even a minor comment from the tester.
So a note to all please be carefull on the M6 the road is desperately in need of replacement and is bloody dangerous!!
By the way I'll be forwarding this "verbatum" to the highways agencey to see if they will do anything about it, but don't hold your breath.
Just past junction 23 it started, the tram line effect of a worn out nearside lane. But that was not all. We were stuck in the usual rolling traffic jam and doing about 30-40 Mph in the nearside lane when I started to get the most horrific wheel wobble from our trusty 1998 Laguna estate. It got worse and worse and realy felt like either the ABS braking working in reverse or the power steering was playing up.
Now I.m a burley 6 foot guy and I was having real difficulty keeping the car under control.
After enduring this for about half an hour I was so concerned that there could be something wrong with the car's brakes, steering or even an alloy wheel coming loose, I pulled over to the hard shoulder to check it out. I could find nothing wrong with the car at all.
This problem re-occurred several times until were were north of Preston. Then disappeared never to be felt again, even on the homeward journey yesterday.
I truly believe that had a more slightly built person had the same problem, then there would of been an accident as the car deffinately wanted to make a severe left turn.
I don't believe the car wasfaulty as it had passed it's MOT only four days previous with not even a minor comment from the tester.
So a note to all please be carefull on the M6 the road is desperately in need of replacement and is bloody dangerous!!
By the way I'll be forwarding this "verbatum" to the highways agencey to see if they will do anything about it, but don't hold your breath.