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Crash!

Post by Goonerdad » Thu Oct 27, 2011 7:23 pm

OMG! Picked the car up Tuesday week ago - loving it!!

Today - some tw*t pulls across three lanes and takes me out!!! Suspension arm is bent, front side panel smashed, bumper mashed...................aaaarrrggghhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:
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Re: Crash!

Post by shadrack » Thu Oct 27, 2011 7:26 pm

ooooooooooow gutted! hope u get it sorted mate
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Re: Crash!

Post by x555 » Thu Oct 27, 2011 7:35 pm

Sorry to hear that :(
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Post by AW8 » Thu Oct 27, 2011 8:13 pm

Glad you are okay sorry to hear about the car .............Any more info re specifics of the crash ?
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Re: Crash!

Post by pvr » Thu Oct 27, 2011 8:54 pm

That is horrible :thumbsdown:
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Re: Crash!

Post by Goonerdad » Thu Oct 27, 2011 8:58 pm

[quote=""AW8""]Glad you are okay sorry to hear about the car .............Any more info re specifics of the crash ?[/quote]

Four lanes - Lane 1 turns right, centre two straight on, Lane 4 turns left.

Van is in lane 4, in front of a bus.....I am travelling at about 35 mph in lane 2....van decides he wants lane 1 to turn left and smash!!!
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Re: Crash!

Post by kkodal78 » Thu Oct 27, 2011 9:15 pm

sorry to hear that. good luck on getting it all taken care of.
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Crash!

Post by dirtymonkey29 » Thu Oct 27, 2011 9:19 pm

Knobber! I'd have bent his van up a bit more using his face!
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Crash!

Post by dirtymonkey29 » Thu Oct 27, 2011 9:21 pm

As long as your ok and damage can be fixed, although that's not the point. Gutting when some tool ruins something you've work so hard for or search for for ages.
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Re: Crash!

Post by Sanj » Thu Oct 27, 2011 9:34 pm

Hope you're OK first fella and not hurt!

Agree annoying some twat has to swipe your hard earned but you and family priority! :)

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Re: Crash!

Post by Goonerdad » Thu Oct 27, 2011 9:57 pm

Thanks guys - all ok physically etc etc - its just so f*****g annoying and inconvenient!
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Re: Crash!

Post by AW8 » Thu Oct 27, 2011 10:07 pm

Thanks for update.........clearly not good but sounds like it's his laibility claim wise - especially if you hopefully managed to get a witness &/or admission at scene.
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Re: Crash!

Post by strummer » Thu Oct 27, 2011 10:33 pm

sorry to hear this bud,wankers
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Re: Crash!

Post by X5Sport » Fri Oct 28, 2011 1:02 pm

Oh no! :o Glad you're OK, but.......what a real shame. Hope it all gets sorted and the other party gets clobbered.

I have to admit to thinking more and more about having some kind of 'black box camera' installed for these circumstances, but they're not easy to choose the right type. There's a few out there, but the dedicated ones could be better, and the others designed for track days aren't quite right and all seem very expensive for what they are. Might just as well plug a camcorder in with a GPS feed.

Anyone got any experience of these systems?
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Re: Crash!

Post by Goonerdad » Fri Oct 28, 2011 2:47 pm

The recovery bloke was banging on about cars should have cameras...I totally agree...I think America are streets ahead of us in this respect.

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