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Old Mar 19, 2006 | 01:00 PM
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..and saw a big crash

Santa Pod had been advertising a double seat (in tandem) drag car that could take people for rides for £119 a quarter.
http://www.santapod.co.uk/dr_2seater.php
Just saw this car (without a passenger) do a 8sec quarter then it started snaking and rolled and smashed into pieces

Don't know if the guy was ok or not looked crazy!

I personally had a shit time aswell as I completly fooked my clutch on my first run
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Old Mar 19, 2006 | 01:02 PM
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hope he`s ok
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Old Mar 19, 2006 | 01:03 PM
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Hpe they was ok ??
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Old Mar 19, 2006 | 01:04 PM
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Wasn't great advertising for the pod rides
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Old Mar 19, 2006 | 01:06 PM
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hope the guys ok
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Old Mar 19, 2006 | 01:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Paul Ripley
I personally had a shit time aswell as I completly fooked my clutch on my first run
go hydraulic and we fit the clutch foc....
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Old Mar 19, 2006 | 01:15 PM
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Looks like you'll be converting to hydraulic sooner than you thought!
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Old Mar 19, 2006 | 01:17 PM
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Martin I'll send you a pm in min
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Old Mar 19, 2006 | 01:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Paul Ripley
Wasn't great advertising for the pod rides

id ont know about that mate i bet 90% of ppl that go for a ride will not even know about the crash
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Old Mar 19, 2006 | 01:45 PM
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matrin, can you hydraulic me up? ive got a 2WD mt75 with V6 housing and i runa heli9x uprated organic clutch.

bernie tells me i'm getting clutch drag and a hydraulic would sort that out
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Old Mar 19, 2006 | 01:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Jim Galbally
matrin, can you hydraulic me up? ive got a 2WD mt75 with V6 housing and i runa heli9x uprated organic clutch.

bernie tells me i'm getting clutch drag and a hydraulic would sort that out

yes... no problem
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Old Mar 19, 2006 | 01:53 PM
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Fuck Not good a just as well there was no passenger

Sorry to here about your clutch to paul
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Old Mar 19, 2006 | 04:16 PM
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all the best rides cash at fairgrounds? then they get better
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Old Mar 19, 2006 | 04:19 PM
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Not good news for the pod at all!

Sorry about the clutch Paul, the joys of owning a cossie!
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Old Mar 19, 2006 | 04:24 PM
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Jesus man, just imagine the law suit if someone was in the car

I would of thought they'd be a contract you need to sign, but fooking eck
A crash in theose things is destructive to say the least
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Old Mar 19, 2006 | 04:29 PM
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Christ that dont sound good
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Old Mar 19, 2006 | 04:53 PM
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Originally Posted by James Raby
I would of thought they'd be a contract you need to sign, but fooking eck
A crash in theose things is destructive to say the least
There is.....

Hope the driver is ok.

Bad luck on the clutch, Paul
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Old Mar 19, 2006 | 05:24 PM
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You'd be very surprised Bill - I have turned down quite a few days where we've been asked to give rides to paying public, mainly because the event organisers have not sorted out any public liability insurance.

Good to see the pod had about the disclaimer on their website though
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