polomouth
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| posted on 28/2/09 at 06:38 PM |
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Been out today
Took the indy out today having a great drive and really enjoying the BEC feeling you know the one i mean when you carnt stop smileing from the moment
you turn the key anyway life couldnt of got much better, till my bonnet nearly lifted of that is. Talk about crap me pants lol. I manged to pull over
quick sharp tho before it blew off completely. Has anybody else had this happen to them before?
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DIY Si
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| posted on 28/2/09 at 06:43 PM |
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Did you check the bonnet pins/locking things before you left? There are a few stories on here of people who've had bonnets go over their heads.
Mine does lift/wobble a bit, but not so it'll fall off.
“Let your plans be dark and as impenetratable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”
Sun Tzu, The Art of War
My new blog: http://spritecave.blogspot.co.uk/
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Paul (Notts)
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| posted on 28/2/09 at 06:46 PM |
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http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=92679
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 28/2/09 at 06:48 PM |
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Happened to me a few months back... in 1 second I went through a sequence of
"What the...!"
"Oh, it isn't is it?"
"Oh, b*gg*r, it is!"
Fortunately no-one ran over it, or crashed because of it, but it could have been so different. 
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nib1980
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| posted on 28/2/09 at 06:57 PM |
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Happened to me too, and i'm convinced some idiots undid it when i left it in the carpark, as it was fine all the way there, luckily it
didn't come off, but you should have seen the mess i left in the seat 
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polomouth
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| posted on 28/2/09 at 07:04 PM |
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It was fine for a good hour then filled her up at the garage. Noticed a car full of clowns pullin. I lost sight of them while paying. I had thought
that maybe somebody could of tampered with it for it to just happen like that. It could of been nasty. I would like to think that wasnt the case but
who knows.
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roadrunner
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| posted on 28/2/09 at 08:12 PM |
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I drove for five miles with my catches undone, it was fine while i was doing 60, went to overtake someone and the bonnet started to lift, quick
reactions and pleased my windscreen was'nt fitted so i could hold it down until i stopped. Very lucky.
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dead sierra
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| posted on 28/2/09 at 08:57 PM |
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It happened to me too - the first time I took anyone out in it to show it off. I don't know what was worse the fact it happened or the fact I
had to run 200 yards down the road with a helmet on before it was run over!
Also had a boot panel fly off on the motorway when towing it. When we left it was there and when we arrived it had dissapeared!
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Hellfire
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| posted on 28/2/09 at 09:31 PM |
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Often happens when the clips haven't been put in the right place, using the template.
Ours has never, ever flown off or come loose even when racing and we do not use any other form of holding.
Steve
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Moorron
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| posted on 1/3/09 at 10:15 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Hellfire
Often happens when the clips haven't been put in the right place, using the template.
Ours has never, ever flown off or come loose even when racing and we do not use any other form of holding.
Steve
Theres a template?
Never had it happen but im not convinced mine are tight enough. I want one with a build in bulge anyway lol
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 4/3/09 at 09:51 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Hellfire
Often happens when the clips haven't been put in the right place, using the template.
Or if they aren't done up at all...
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