I don't really know where to post this, I don't come into GD much but I thought it may be appropriate for this as I wanted to post it on the internet somewhere.
So I was travelling home to see a family member last night.
Got on the M1 south at Junction 25 and shortly thereafter my engine temperature light came on. I had just had it serviced so I thought I'd be okay for a little bit and get off at the next junction. Anyway, turned out I couldn't make it that far and ended up losing power, cutting off the engine and pulling to the side of the motorway.
I'm guessing that the radiator fluid had frozen or something to that effect seeing as I couldn't even get any hot air to blow into the car up to that point and I'd had it running for a while. So something was definitely up. Anyway, smell of burnt oil everywhere, I think I've completely ****ed the engine and probably the entire car because it's not worth very much. Great. At that point my priority was to call for help and stay warm seeing as the temperature was in the negatives.
I only had a small amount of juice left in my phone, but enough to call the AA and wait for help. So I made the call and proceeded to wait. The car was just as cold as outside, plus I seem to remember hearing somewhere that it can be more dangerous to wait in a car on a hard shoulder in case you get rear ended. So I decided to pace back on forth on the edge of the hard shoulder by the foliage to keep warm.
I hadn't really prepared for the cold weather and was only wearing a t-shirt under my jacket. Pretty soon, even with the pacing I could feel my body temp dropping. I remembered I had a blanket in the trunk so I dug that out and wrapped it around me, which helped a bit. However after about and hour of pacing and waiting it was getting pretty ****ing cold. Then out of the blue a random car pulled over and this guy jumped out, hands full with two cups of tea and two bacon butties. He briefly mentioned that he had a cafe up the road and promptly handed them over and in shock I thanked him but before I knew, and after he'd asked if I was alright, he jumped straight back into his car and was off.
It was such a relief to be able to hold something warm and drink that tea, you have no idea. I was out there for another hour before the AA arrived and by that time I had begun to start shivering again quite a lot. During that whole time, not one other person stopped in that freezing weather.
In the end I managed to get home and warmed up, it cost me a fortune to get my car back as I didn't have recovery cover, only roadside and now my car is probably totally mullered and I won't be able to get a new one until spring which means I'll probably be walking to work for the next couple of months - but the one thing I'm taking away is how grateful I am for that guys kindness and generosity.
Also, I have no idea how he knew I was there. I can only assume that somebody pulled over and told him, or I'm guessing that it was possibly the trucker network on their CB radios perhaps? I don't know. But whomever it was that told that told the chap who runs the cafe, and to the guy who runs the cafe. Thank you so much! I genuinely think I would have become quite sick with the cold in some way if he hadn't have stopped.
I don't know if any truckers read this forum or if anyone reading this will be passing by that particular cafe at any point soon, but if you are then please pass my gratitude on. You guys are awesome
So I was travelling home to see a family member last night.
Got on the M1 south at Junction 25 and shortly thereafter my engine temperature light came on. I had just had it serviced so I thought I'd be okay for a little bit and get off at the next junction. Anyway, turned out I couldn't make it that far and ended up losing power, cutting off the engine and pulling to the side of the motorway.
I'm guessing that the radiator fluid had frozen or something to that effect seeing as I couldn't even get any hot air to blow into the car up to that point and I'd had it running for a while. So something was definitely up. Anyway, smell of burnt oil everywhere, I think I've completely ****ed the engine and probably the entire car because it's not worth very much. Great. At that point my priority was to call for help and stay warm seeing as the temperature was in the negatives.
I only had a small amount of juice left in my phone, but enough to call the AA and wait for help. So I made the call and proceeded to wait. The car was just as cold as outside, plus I seem to remember hearing somewhere that it can be more dangerous to wait in a car on a hard shoulder in case you get rear ended. So I decided to pace back on forth on the edge of the hard shoulder by the foliage to keep warm.
I hadn't really prepared for the cold weather and was only wearing a t-shirt under my jacket. Pretty soon, even with the pacing I could feel my body temp dropping. I remembered I had a blanket in the trunk so I dug that out and wrapped it around me, which helped a bit. However after about and hour of pacing and waiting it was getting pretty ****ing cold. Then out of the blue a random car pulled over and this guy jumped out, hands full with two cups of tea and two bacon butties. He briefly mentioned that he had a cafe up the road and promptly handed them over and in shock I thanked him but before I knew, and after he'd asked if I was alright, he jumped straight back into his car and was off.
It was such a relief to be able to hold something warm and drink that tea, you have no idea. I was out there for another hour before the AA arrived and by that time I had begun to start shivering again quite a lot. During that whole time, not one other person stopped in that freezing weather.
In the end I managed to get home and warmed up, it cost me a fortune to get my car back as I didn't have recovery cover, only roadside and now my car is probably totally mullered and I won't be able to get a new one until spring which means I'll probably be walking to work for the next couple of months - but the one thing I'm taking away is how grateful I am for that guys kindness and generosity.
Also, I have no idea how he knew I was there. I can only assume that somebody pulled over and told him, or I'm guessing that it was possibly the trucker network on their CB radios perhaps? I don't know. But whomever it was that told that told the chap who runs the cafe, and to the guy who runs the cafe. Thank you so much! I genuinely think I would have become quite sick with the cold in some way if he hadn't have stopped.
I don't know if any truckers read this forum or if anyone reading this will be passing by that particular cafe at any point soon, but if you are then please pass my gratitude on. You guys are awesome
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