danhubbard
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| posted on 24/5/09 at 05:50 PM |
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Another Bad Day!
Minding my own business yerterday evening and off out to see a mate in my Megablade which only landed in the shed on Tuesday after a very soggy drive
back from Huddersfield an old guy decided to pull across the road in front of me, i had no where to go.
The car was mint.
The police measured all my skid marks and although they were quite impressive they have confirmed my speed was between 46 and 49mph, so well within
the limit and totally the dopey all gits fault who just failed to see me.
I did get that horrible thought ' oh f..k' whats going to happen to my legs as i hit the caravan, and i hit it proper hard as you can see
from the photos it was hard enough to turn it over.
I want a replacement car asap and i guess as i am entitled to a like for like does anyone out there know where i might be able to hire a car from
whilst mine gets sorted? Dont want to miss out on the summer.
Lucky enough to escape with whip lash and sore shoulders inevitable i suppose!
I guess 1 good thing has come out of it One less caravan in the world
Drive carefully and watch out for low flying caravans!
 
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madrallysport
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| posted on 24/5/09 at 05:54 PM |
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Nasty one mate, gutted for ya, at least your not to bad hurt and the car will fix.
[Edited on 24/5/09 by madrallysport]
UNDERSTEER is when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
OVERSTEER is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car.
HORSEPOWER is how fast you hit the wall.
TORQUE is how far you take the wall with you.
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omega0684
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| posted on 24/5/09 at 05:55 PM |
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oh mate absolutely gutted for you!
glad to hear your ok!
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big_wasa
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| posted on 24/5/09 at 05:58 PM |
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Owch, feel for you mate.
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*davies144*
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| posted on 24/5/09 at 06:02 PM |
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gutted for you pal thought i had a bad day yesterday!!!! hope you get sorted out soon ben
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Werner Van Loock
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| posted on 24/5/09 at 06:09 PM |
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Damn, luckily you didn't go through the caravan, otherwise everything comes straight at you without the windscreen.
http://www.clubstylus.be
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Howlor
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| posted on 24/5/09 at 06:26 PM |
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Why didn't you get one in a bright colour so divets could see you coming! Glad your ok. Reassuring to see the car stood up well, handy having 4
points as well.
When you say the police measured your skid marks I presume the ones made by rubber on tarmac?!
Steve
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CRAIGR
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| posted on 24/5/09 at 06:37 PM |
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Blimey ,bad luck mate.
Glad you're ok ish
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mr henderson
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| posted on 24/5/09 at 06:44 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Howlor
When you say the police measured your skid marks I presume the ones made by rubber on tarmac?!
Steve
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Confused but excited.
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| posted on 24/5/09 at 06:56 PM |
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Glad you are OK mate.
Totally gutted for you about the car though. 
Tell them about the bent treacle edges!
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Dangle_kt
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| posted on 24/5/09 at 09:13 PM |
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Sad day mate.
Hope its sorted soon, though I think you'll be waiting a while for everything to pan out as insurance drags it's heels.
I bet you could argue for a hire car of a similar spec/standard - but I doubt they could oblige due to rare nature. When my bike got knocked over in
the car park at work, I got a hire bike for a few weeks whilst the mess was sorted.
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 25/5/09 at 09:27 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Howlor
Why didn't you get one in a bright colour so divets could see you coming!
Steve
You could have the sun as headlamps these planks can't see beyond the end of their nose, which imho needs breaking so they'll learn to
look
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