I've only had a total fade once on an MG Metro coming down Porlock Hill in North Somerset, or is it Devon. Anyone who knows that hill knows how steep it gets, the run in is a good half a mile straight, and steep, then a 30degree left, quickly followed by probably a 120 right. The gradient never eases, and after another half mile, another 120 left, where it then starts to ease, but as you come into the village at the bottom, there's a very short section of single track betweem walls. It was on the last section that the pedal went to the floor, and there was nothing, pumping made no difference. There was nothing coming the other way through the tight spot, and we coasted into the village with the handbrake. We were lucky!
