jibjob
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Originally posted by Mike B
 That would be the one we was behind before? 
Must've cut that a bit fine
Ye the same one. Its got 642 miles on the clock. I went to look at it before The rear axle is completely off the car. The spare wheel well is long gone as its only fibreglass. All the airbags went off including the seats, the roof is caved in, the exhaust is smashed, theres no rear bumper, no windscreen, the bonnet is smashed to pieces, theres gaping holes down both sides where a fence went through it and its just a general mess. The only thing salvageable is the engine, 1 wheel and the rear seats.
The car that hit him was doing over the speed limit and was driving along the white line. That was admitted by the driver at the scene. My mate wasnt totally blameless but most of the damage was done by the axle coming off. Theres some serious safety issues with the back axle mountings though. Its only bolted through 5mm steel plate. The car that hit him is missing a front wheel, the wing is crumpled and the door is dented. It just doesnt seem like it happened in the same accident.
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pow
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Some of these crashes make me feel physically sick.
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mattk
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I had the luckiest escape ever in my saxo vtr when I fell asleep in the middle lane of road works one night doing 60mph on the M4...
the outside lane had oncomming traffic in it as it was being used as a contraflow
luckily I drifted across the slow lane over the hard shoulder and onto the grass verge where I woke up and after frantcaly trying to control the car came to rest half on the hard shoulder and half on the grass
fucking STUPID mistake and one of the only things in life Im ashamed of, how the fuck I didnt hit anything is a mystery, I must have done something in a past life to have deserved to come away with out touching anything
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JodieSarah
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I'd be scared to death if i did that, dont think i'd want to drive even a tiny bit tired again. I'd hate to have a serious smash like most of these, i only drove into my own gate.
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Graham88
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Originally posted by aron
some awful crashes! lucky to be alive in quite a few of these! 
^^how tall are you graham?
5'8, but I was leaning into the corner so I look alot shorter behind the wheel in that pic  I swear you've met me?  Might be someone else
There is nothing worse than driving home tired. I'd say thats the worst bit about working nights is driving home tired, quite often I have to pull over to snooze, but quite often I feel worse after a snooze or just wanna get home. Problem is so many times I've woken up infront of an island or something and had to swerve, you can feel fine then it just hits you
[Edited on 02-08-2010 by Graham88]
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am4nf
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A few belters on here
My sisters 206 after some guy pulled out a junction on her in the snow
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Chris F
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Not my greatest day!
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jibjob
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Pics to go with the crash i was on about.
Friday, delivery miles
Today, 642miles
If you look behind the car you can see the axle with wheels, brakes, bushes and everything still intact. The axle isnt even bent.
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am4nf
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wow, wtf hows the boot still on one piece
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Scotty C
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I am no longer the winner Judging by some of these
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am4nf
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jibjob thats bad
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am4nf
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Originally posted by Scotty C
I am no longer the winner Judging by some of these
Tbh I think that clio is the winner
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jibjob
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The boots still intact and relatively undamaged as the axle ripped off the exhaust, bumper and spare wheel well then it hit the curb on the sill and rolled over and over a few times but all the weight was on the front end so the boot never really hit the ground. Its totally shocking how easily the axle came away from the chassis. Its just thin plate holding it on.
[Edited on 02-08-2010 by jibjob]
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danny678uk
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i kinda did this
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Mike
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quote:
Originally posted by am4nf
quote:
Originally posted by Scotty C
I am no longer the winner Judging by some of these
Tbh I think that clio is the winner
The car looks worse but they walked away, Scott wins with the surrounding story with the seatbelt failure and the fact it still affects him now
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JonnyJ
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quote:
Originally posted by Mike B
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Originally posted by am4nf
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Originally posted by Scotty C
I am no longer the winner Judging by some of these
Tbh I think that clio is the winner
The car looks worse but they walked away, Scott wins with the surrounding story with the seatbelt failure and the fact it still affects him now
I went to visit Scott in intensive care in Hull, he was in a pretty bad way, he wont even remember me being there Very lucky boy!
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*JonnyG*
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Originally posted by danny678uk
i kinda did this
Sorry but
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danny678uk
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yep that's what i think now because you can either laugh or cry about it
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mike-
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cant really see much in the pic, but the two front wheels were on the floor, the right rear was on top of a fence pannel (still upright), and the left rear was on top of a lamp post, the rear bumper just touching a telegraph pole.
it started up on it 
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SR91
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Some quality parking in here!
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aron
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quote:
Originally posted by Graham88
quote:
Originally posted by aron
some awful crashes! lucky to be alive in quite a few of these!
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b112/GrahamVFR/NurburgringMay2010/_TF25823_wm.jpg
^^how tall are you graham?
5'8, but I was leaning into the corner so I look alot shorter behind the wheel in that pic I swear you've met me? Might be someone else
[Edited on 02-08-2010 by Graham88]
i think i met you when you had your white corsa, i'm really bad a names and faces though
credit for going back out after the smash, i'd probably be too pissed off in that situation to go again lol
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am4nf
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quote:
Originally posted by JonnyJ
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Originally posted by Mike B
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Originally posted by am4nf
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Originally posted by Scotty C
I am no longer the winner Judging by some of these
Tbh I think that clio is the winner
The car looks worse but they walked away, Scott wins with the surrounding story with the seatbelt failure and the fact it still affects him now
I went to visit Scott in intensive care in Hull, he was in a pretty bad way, he wont even remember me being there Very lucky boy!
Yeah, I was meaning purely by the looks of the car (I also dont know much about scotts crash apart from ending up in the back?)
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Scotty C
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quote:
Originally posted by JonnyJ
I went to visit Scott in intensive care in Hull, he was in a pretty bad way, he wont even remember me being there Very lucky boy!
You're right, I don't. Apprecaite it all the same tho mate. Still have the card u made with a pic of my car each side of it on my side in my room to this day tho  there to remind me how lucky I am...
[Edited on 03-08-2010 by Scotty C]
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Scotty C
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quote:
Originally posted by am4nf
Yeah, I was meaning purely by the looks of the car (I also dont know much about scotts crash apart from ending up in the back?)
Yeh, seatbelt failed. Seat broke so I ended up in the back, the boot landed onto my head which put me into a coma.
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ed
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I got some brown paint on my headlight once when I scuffed a fence at home. I also dented a wheel on my Corsa once. I have no pics of either of my epic crashes unfortunately.
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