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Micael - 17/12/05 at 11:38 AM

When I got home from work yesterday i found this in my garden

Skoda in garden

all pics

Luckily, my kids was not playing in the garden.

CommanderAce - 17/12/05 at 11:46 AM

You have some strange taste in garden ornaments

Make a nice little donor maybe........
Or better still ransom the owner for it back

Micael - 17/12/05 at 11:54 AM

Too bad that skoda is not a good doner. The driver had to pick it up with a lorry and my lawn is full of oil and glycol. He even manage to drive over our apple tree

[Edited on 17/12/05 by Micael]

joolsmi16 - 17/12/05 at 12:00 PM

Does'nt Clarkson get the same problem?

MikeR - 17/12/05 at 12:03 PM

Once had to help a guy out of his skoda, he'd come round a corner ......

well not quite come round

and left it on the side...... bit strange opening the door upwards so he could climb out.

lsdweb - 17/12/05 at 12:44 PM

I went to a call years ago where an old guy was sitting in his Reliant Robin eating an icecream on the sea front in a gale. The car got blown over and he couldn't open the door upwards so somebody called the Fire Service!

theconrodkid - 17/12/05 at 01:31 PM

nasty...btw,whats all that white stuff on the ground?

Spyderman - 17/12/05 at 01:32 PM

Lucky it was only the garden it ended up in!
Could have been a lot worse!

Micael - 17/12/05 at 01:36 PM

quote:
Originally posted by theconrodkid
nasty...btw,whats all that white stuff on the ground?


I don't know, It happens every year. I think it comes from the sky, but i'm not sure.
It is some strange white powder and Its very slippery to.

I can send you some, if you want, we have plenty here

Micael - 17/12/05 at 01:39 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Spyderman
Lucky it was only the garden it ended up in!
Could have been a lot worse!


True..

We have a small junction close to our garden and the speed limit is 30 kph. This is the tird accident this year in this junction.
My plan is to build a concret wall instead of the fence.

mangogrooveworkshop - 17/12/05 at 02:01 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Micael
quote:
Originally posted by Spyderman
Lucky it was only the garden it ended up in!
Could have been a lot worse!


True..

We have a small junction close to our garden and the speed limit is 30 kph. This is the tird accident this year in this junction.
My plan is to build a concret wall instead of the fence.
And we all thought you scandinavians were good at driving on the ice......
Rather build a berm out of earth as it would slow the car down rather than killing the car occupants.

MikeR - 17/12/05 at 04:58 PM

depends if he wants to protect his land or not!!!!

Where my parents live we had a spate of accidents over 2 years. Then they stopped.

Worst was a BMW that was owned by the parents of a lad i went to school with. The only accident i've ever walked away from. The car was 50 metres from the bend, upside down, wheels spinning rest at 45 degress against a tree. Fences and brick walls where demolished. As we came out you could hear them crying and screaming.

Plenty of neighbours where around, i couldn't face seeing what was inside the car.

Turns out it was the lad i knew driving with his mates. All 4 got out with nothing more than scratches, bruises and brown trousers.

Another bad one was a bus cutting the corner, from the drivers mirror the car he hit looked in a bad way. Poor bloke was in complete shock, he thought he'd killed the car driver. Car driver was fine just trapped by the steering wheel / pedals.

Micael - 17/12/05 at 05:46 PM

quote:
Originally posted by mangogrooveworkshop
quote:
Originally posted by Micael
quote:
Originally posted by Spyderman
Lucky it was only the garden it ended up in!
Could have been a lot worse!


True..

We have a small junction close to our garden and the speed limit is 30 kph. This is the tird accident this year in this junction.
My plan is to build a concret wall instead of the fence.
And we all thought you scandinavians were good at driving on the ice......
Rather build a berm out of earth as it would slow the car down rather than killing the car occupants.


Theres no room for a berm, otherwise it would be a good solution.

I'm also thinking of building a fence similar to the fences between the lines on highways. Its a steel cable type of fence.

If the people drive at 30 kph as they should, they wouldn't end up out side my kitchen window.

MikeRJ - 17/12/05 at 06:19 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Micael
I'm also thinking of building a fence similar to the fences between the lines on highways. Its a steel cable type of fence.


They are used on some dual carriageways/motorways in the UK now instead of the older Armco fences. It's supposed to be very effective.

I hope his insurance will pay for all the damage caused?

Micael - 17/12/05 at 10:30 PM

quote:
Originally posted by MikeRJ
quote:
Originally posted by Micael
I'm also thinking of building a fence similar to the fences between the lines on highways. Its a steel cable type of fence.


They are used on some dual carriageways/motorways in the UK now instead of the older Armco fences. It's supposed to be very effective.

I hope his insurance will pay for all the damage caused?


Yeah, he (driver) has reported it to the insurance company. I will call them on monday.

an other solution would be to put some big rocks behind the wooden fence.

MikeR - 17/12/05 at 11:53 PM

Neighbours of my parents did something similar ..........

they put big rocks infront of the fence - they thought it would be cheaper then rebuilding the fence!

Then again, they didn't recon on the BOC lorry fully laiden not making the corner