Wheels had gone out of balance, the reason was a first for me.

[curious]

The last few days the Vito's steering developed that well known vibration at 80-85mph.

A little irritated that I was going to have to get the wheels re-balanced, I took them off to ascertain which one had possibly lost a weight and, give them a bit of a clean so I wouldn't get them re-balanced whilst covered in crud.

When the nearside wheel was taken off I was confronted with a garden snail stuck to the inside of the rim. Pulled it off and put it on the chemists balance scales wondering if a snail could possibly make that much difference. It weighed in at a hefty 10g.
Put the wheel back on (without snail) and, no more vibration.

It must have had one hell of a headache after spinning around inside the rim for 300 miles.

 

[EmilysDad]

Fantastic .....

 

[LostKiwi]

When i had land rovers mud inside the rim was always a favourite...

 

[00slk]

I must check my wheels for nesting critter's

 

[Ken_R]

One of our cats has gone missing!

Nah. The car still drives fine.

 

[daibevan]

That's given me my first smile of the day.

 

[John Laidlaw]

Going at a snails pace then?

 

[umblecumbuz]

84mph for a snail!
Is this a record?

Probably not. I've had spiders in my door mirrors often. I feel sorry for them. There's even one who now wing-walks holding a red flag!

 

[peterws1957]

Funnily enough I had the same recently. Wonder what it thought as it whizzed round in tight circles at 85mph- bad night out?

 

[s5tuart]

Just over 1000 rev per minute! I bet it was dizzy!!!!

 

[00slk]

1000+ rpm oh that will be a 'bad hair day'

 

[Alex M Grieve]

1000+ rpm oh that will be a 'bad hair day'

For a snail, anything other than Shell Shock might be a pleasant change - just going out for a spin?

 

[LostKiwi]

Well he certainly won't have been feeling sluggish....

 

[Craiglxviii]

Clearly none of you have seen the Racing Snail from The Neverending Story...

 

[EmilysDad]

I used to have a racing snail. In an effort to speed it up, I tried removing it's shell.

It just made it a little sluggish ......

 

[John Laidlaw]

Do you use Shell petrol?

 

[LostKiwi]

It probably was looking for an S65... man look at that S car go....

 

[mercedes13156]

One of our cats has gone missing!

Nah. The car still drives fine.

Have you looked in the tread pattern for your cat?

 

[Yugguy]

Snail walks into a bar.
"Pint please."
"We don't serve snails in here", says the barman, and he picks up the snail and throws it across the street.
Three weeks later the snail goes back into the bar.
"What did you do that for?"

 

[ajlsl600]

The last few days the Vito's steering developed that well known vibration at 80-85mph.

A little irritated that I was going to have to get the wheels re-balanced, I took them off to ascertain which one had possibly lost a weight and, give them a bit of a clean so I wouldn't get them re-balanced whilst covered in crud.

When the nearside wheel was taken off I was confronted with a garden snail stuck to the inside of the rim. Pulled it off and put it on the chemists balance scales wondering if a snail could possibly make that much difference. It weighed in at a hefty 10g.
Put the wheel back on (without snail) and, no more vibration.

It must have had one hell of a headache after spinning around inside the rim for 300 miles.

did well to hang on, thats for sure the fastest snail.