VegasPhil
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Registered: 16th Jan 05
Location: Fareham, Hants Drives: Octavia VRS
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Just come across this on another forum! Amazed the bloke is still alive 
Originally from: http://www.clubgti.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28643&PN=2
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This is what was left of my mates corsa 1.6 gsi!!!
(I know its a corsa, and how they are pish, blah blah, and that charvs drive em, but this was actually nice, except for his temporary alloys, which were due to get changed soon)
The pictures show what was left of his corsa, following a near miss head on collision at 115ish mph, when an on coming car was pulling an overtaking monouvere, lining them up for a heavy smash...
My mate just missed this car, braked and swereved as a result of this...
Hit the kerb, down a grassy bank, into a wall, fliping the car twice, and landing ontop of another wall, a few metres from the first, with the flips being forward ones,not sides!!!
Him, and another mate both had to be cut outta the car by fire rescue, with bobby (driving), unconscious, and legs trapped, and the other mate, concious!
They got air liffted to dif hopsitals, with bobby eventualy coming round, and other mate fine. Overall bobby has 3 cuts in head, bruised legs, scrapped arm, and back ache, whilst other mate has ripped all the ligamints in one hand, and has whiplash!!!
Bobby also didn;t know where he was, the day, or what he was doing due to concusion!!!
Luckily both are ok now, and I have still not convinced bob to join the veedub scene...he's goin for a 306gti (not bad)!!!!
Corsa 2.0 16v Vegas - Sold
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drunkenfool
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Registered: 7th Feb 03
Location: Hereford Drives: Audi R8 V8
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GT4Brody
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Registered: 26th Sep 01
Location: south
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woah, they are VERY VERY lucky to be alive, let alone escape with just those injuries.....
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RKS
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Registered: 2nd Mar 04
Location: Gloucestershire UK
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he is very lucky, but what was he doing 115 MPH on a single carriageway road for though?
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Rileysport
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Registered: 18th Jun 04
Location: West Yorkshire
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By the sounds of their injuries the old corsa bus did its job well though 
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Rileysport
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Registered: 18th Jun 04
Location: West Yorkshire
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although it has to be said.... how much for the GSi kit ??
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Twiggy
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Registered: 15th Oct 04
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I would not want to be in the paxo in that crash
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Siberia
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Registered: 9th Oct 03
Location: Leprechaun Land Drives : Zafira GSI
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i would have expected more damage to a corsa if them were doing 115MPH
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Nic Barnes
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Registered: 5th Apr 04
Location: nowhere near ginger people
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wonder if the fuel cap is for sale?
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Katie
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Registered: 26th Mar 05
Location: Northampton
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Can't believe they survived that at 115 mph. A girl i went to school with got killed yesterday and she was only doing 45.
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Adam-D
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Registered: 11th May 02
Location: Cheshire
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corsa, supprisingly strong cars
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Katie
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Registered: 26th Mar 05
Location: Northampton
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Hers was an old clio
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leeshez
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They were lucky
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Brett
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Registered: 16th Dec 02
Location: Manchester
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should this clown be trusted with a gti?
he deserved to die driving at that speed.
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Greasemonkey
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Registered: 17th Apr 02
Location: Drives a Tractor
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Another GSI bites the dust
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mintgreencorsa
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Registered: 14th Feb 03
Location: mids
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is he sellin them lowerein springs i only need front an they look good lol
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Wrighty
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Registered: 28th Feb 04
Location: Howden
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jesus christ they got away from that with them injuries,sooo damn lucky
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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They better start goin' to church on Sundays surviving a crash over 60mph
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mav
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foook
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richysport
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Registered: 15th Apr 05
Location: Flintshire, north wales
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that car is fucked
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Andrew
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Registered: 5th May 04
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quote:
Originally posted by Twiggy
I would not want to be in the paxo in that crash
Me either
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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Even the engine bent
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Black Stallion SRi
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Registered: 9th Dec 04
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Corsas are rock solid cars(cant belive i said that) must have been very well design for crash impacts
my mate didnt make in his 106 doing around 60mph 
would never touch a saxo or 106 with the ammount of deaths by people crashing them
[Edited on 21-10-2005 by Black Stallion SRi]
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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Doesn't matter how well designed the car is going from 60mph+ to 0mph in less than a second creates so much g-force that you internal organs turn to goo and come out of your mouth and ears....
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Jambo
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Registered: 8th Sep 01
Location: Maidenhead, Drives: VXR Arctic
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Ed is right
Cars are desgined to crumple up as much as possible under impact to absorb all the inertia and save your internal organs, the more messy a car looks the better off the occupants will be most likely
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