Raped by the ring ...compilation.
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Some crazy ones there! I remember seeing the Porsche come off on the trailer.
And poor little Japs Eye.... I formed a bit of a bond with the car, even forgiving it for having no 2nd gear
And poor little Japs Eye.... I formed a bit of a bond with the car, even forgiving it for having no 2nd gear
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Re: Raped by the ring ...compilation.
Originally Posted by cossymad
Fat little Golf 4
First Casualty.....snapped hub at track rod end.
First Casualty.....snapped hub at track rod end.
Originally Posted by ,Apr 19 2006, 11:23 AM
Well got back from holiday to the ring yesterday.
weather wasnt great all weekend but it was still busy.
Done my first and only lap on the Friday just before bend 112 i lost the back end of the car but caught it back but then it just 360'd the otherway and then the rear quater (drivers side) when into the barrier and the front hit in too. then landed in the middle on the track. My g/f had to go to the hospital as she was in the back of the car and took the brunt of the impact but she is ok just a bump to the head and whiplash and i had the same and the person in the passenger seat was ok. Cars not to bad but we had to do alot of last minute repairs to get it home and was a very hard drive as we didnt notice the rear hub was bent so i was dragging one back wheel all the way. All the shops were shut till the tuesday and we left on the tuesday so u can imagine to rush to get it sorted!
Now before everyone thinks i got there and went to fast that wasnt the case! when i had my accident there was 6 others cars off at the same time in diff places lol.
The case of mine was a broken hub assembally, because after the crash i couldnt drive as there was no steering on one side. So we got the car back to the hotel and stripped the wheel off ect to find that where the track control arm goes into the hub had snapped i.e the acctuall hub had snapped at that point. and looking at the old hub were it had snapped the metal isnt clean all the way thru so it was already fractured proior to this happening so i think it broke after i caght the back end the first time maybee :unsure:
But we got back safely us and the car will do some pics soon
damage to the car is front wing, rear quater, rear quater window, door, mirror, 2 wheels, front hub assembaly and rear axel or rear hub
weather wasnt great all weekend but it was still busy.
Done my first and only lap on the Friday just before bend 112 i lost the back end of the car but caught it back but then it just 360'd the otherway and then the rear quater (drivers side) when into the barrier and the front hit in too. then landed in the middle on the track. My g/f had to go to the hospital as she was in the back of the car and took the brunt of the impact but she is ok just a bump to the head and whiplash and i had the same and the person in the passenger seat was ok. Cars not to bad but we had to do alot of last minute repairs to get it home and was a very hard drive as we didnt notice the rear hub was bent so i was dragging one back wheel all the way. All the shops were shut till the tuesday and we left on the tuesday so u can imagine to rush to get it sorted!
Now before everyone thinks i got there and went to fast that wasnt the case! when i had my accident there was 6 others cars off at the same time in diff places lol.
The case of mine was a broken hub assembally, because after the crash i couldnt drive as there was no steering on one side. So we got the car back to the hotel and stripped the wheel off ect to find that where the track control arm goes into the hub had snapped i.e the acctuall hub had snapped at that point. and looking at the old hub were it had snapped the metal isnt clean all the way thru so it was already fractured proior to this happening so i think it broke after i caght the back end the first time maybee :unsure:
But we got back safely us and the car will do some pics soon
damage to the car is front wing, rear quater, rear quater window, door, mirror, 2 wheels, front hub assembaly and rear axel or rear hub
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From: essex
Originally Posted by dangerous - reyland
FFS
Looks to me as if most cars get smashed up there Or have mechanical failure
Looks to me as if most cars get smashed up there Or have mechanical failure
JC's cossy cracked the block
Michaels RX8 punctured tyre
Dave cos 4x4 top end damage
JC's evo rattling bottom end
Si Evo 7 steering rack bolts came out on one side.
Rainbird done a driveshaft
Fiesta zetec s done whole side
Pug 106 bacame a Pug 53!!!
Stu msd...see his post for details
Pug 306 became a pug 301
to name but a few!!!
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Originally Posted by 89XR2
Were they all over easter weekend? 
That is the people I know. Every 15 minutes a biker is recovered, or another car every 30 minutes.
Saw beautiful RS4 smashed to f*ck aswell.
BMW E36front end, Z3 totalled, oh yes...ALEX;
rear bumper damage mainly
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Originally Posted by 89XR2
Just people you know? Fuck me. I really didnt expect that many offs. Were they all driver error?
ike Stu's Hub, that broke and threw him into the barriers.
Some people get a little over enthusiastic, or forget the correct line to take,
or take the corner too fast.
Lots of people try to follow a faster car through a bend. This is not recommended.
Some people just drive like twats.
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rental car;
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I'm just imagining the driver on his mobile phone to the car rental company
"I demand a replacement car NOW!!!!!! - deliver it to me without delay - as I have'nt completed a full lap yet and I've purchased pre-paid tickets for another 18 laps this weekend"
[/quote] I'm just imagining the driver on his mobile phone to the car rental company
"I demand a replacement car NOW!!!!!! - deliver it to me without delay - as I have'nt completed a full lap yet and I've purchased pre-paid tickets for another 18 laps this weekend"
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Oh dear
Just shows up who CAN and CAN'T drive like they think they can, regardless of what machinery they own doesn't it
I know I for one would more than likely have an off over there... Either that or I would just hoon it round slowly
Just shows up who CAN and CAN'T drive like they think they can, regardless of what machinery they own doesn't it
I know I for one would more than likely have an off over there... Either that or I would just hoon it round slowly
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cor didn't relise there was so much damage done to people's cars whilst you was all out there
Hope for those that did get them sorted!
Fooking ell Chris the price of that and not fixed either
shocking!!I loved the comment also on the way people drive "and some people drive like twats"
Nothing serious Azrael - just a cam shaft snapped and the buggered morrette, smashed indicator and broken front bumper mounts - plus of course the dented wing, split boost hose, melted alternator wiring, melted speedo drive cable, tyre blow out and brake dust eaten wheels to deal with.
Quite uneventful really
Quite uneventful really
lol, makes me feel soooooooo much better seeing this post, now some of you get the jist of what we go through in our sport, and you were'nt even competing ( although looks like some of you may have had a go 
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get them fixed guys, then learn from your mistakes
)get them fixed guys, then learn from your mistakes
Originally Posted by Red16
Originally Posted by rsnissan
Originally Posted by Red16
whoops what happened ?
what happened ?
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Can't believe how many under skilled, over enthusiastic drivers, with under prepared cars turn up at the Ring during the Easter weekend.
Why don't people learn the track before they get there, get there motor checked over for reliability, and take there time learning the track properly.
RW
Why don't people learn the track before they get there, get there motor checked over for reliability, and take there time learning the track properly.
RW