M7 COS

Glad you're okay mate, it could've been a lot worse. I saw the same thing happen to a guy in a 3DR at Donington last year, it's amazing the damage it does to the car. Bet you crapped yourself when it happened!

Rippers

Been there before myself in the Fiesta

Franco was in the car aswell.. turned on to the A10 hit about 80mph and wack!

Some how I mangaged not to smash the windscreen? but the bonnet and roof where fooked

























Bad things always happen when Francos in my car

Franco

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Fucking cheek!

Well may i suggest next time you LET me stroke you're leg instead of fighting back the feelings you have for Moi!

Rippers

Lets look at the evidence

First trip out we almost died on the way upto some event (over took a Range Rover only to find a huge sleeping policeman ahead at 60mph lol)

2nd time.. needs no reminding of the story



3rd time the bonnet flipped up


So basically you never getting in the Monte

Franco

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okay i'll stop licking you're earlobe then!

Rippers

xr2i-carl

glad your okay mate, what a shame such a legend of a car... im gutted

at first thought maybe you had rolled, how come windscreens pop up so much on mk4's?


carl

xr2i-carl

paul how did you manage to get your festa in a field like that?? was there much damage??


carl

Rippers

Well basically I had semi slick front tyres on 12psi and normal road wheels on the rear on 30psi and on the way back to the bottom of Brunters I took the bend a little to fast (100mph IIRC) and massivly under steered and the two off side wheels touched the grass and sent the car side ways in to what felt like the longest slide ever.. I remember me and Franco looking at each other thinking when the fuck is this going to end.. then ended up in that freshly ploughed field and the car lifted up to roll over but then fell to all fours again.. phew!
...Then basically me and Franco pissed ourselves laughing.. as did the Jamsport crew when they winched my Fiesta out and me and Jay had mud up to our shins...

Franco

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Ruined my brand new WHITE trainers!!

HINT: anybody notice who was driving all 3 times!


Oh and when the bonnet flicked up WHO didnt shite themselves and grabbed the wheel!

Rippers

I was trying to show off Jay

Franco

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Giving it the barry big bollocks to Saxo drivers eh!

TGTURBO

glad ya ok matey

Keith B

Wow - sounds like you were super lucky Christian! Glad you're OK.

Your S2 and Tony's are my 2 fave S2's so make sure it gets back to A1 condition soon

Twins

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Sorry to hear bout this lucky no one was hurt thats the important thing,as people have said get a bonnet on it new scuttle(think a mate has a brand new one in his loft) you said the roof has a bit of the dredded tin worm but the rest of the shell is ok,how about putting a new roof on with no sunroof?bit of extra weight loss!! you gotta keep the shell its a legend!!

gup

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i now how you feel mate had the same happen to my series 1 still restoring her now after 3 years lol my bonnet wrapped round the roof i had to stand on the engine to pull it off

Rick

Happened to me at the beginning of the year. Snapped a clutch cable and in all the confusion didn't close it prioperly. Scuttle and roof were fine though. Just needed a new bonnet and hinges. Good luck mate

RS500

The car can be fixed but not you.
Why not fit a carbon fibre roof and bonnet.
Glad your ok.

Lambchop

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sorry to hear that mate but glad you didnt hit anything else!

Rossco

Bad times mate

One of my mates did the same, 70ish mph, then the bonnet came up, his was because of the craply fitting intercooler.

It might also be a good idea to replace the bonnet hinges to, as my mates ones were bent as fooook and the new bonnet would not line up right.

Hope you get it sorted soon.

MJC

Really sorry to hear this chap. Hope you get it sorted ok I have seen some people with metal cables which loop through the reinforced bar on the bonnet n tie down on the anti roll bars etc just incase the catch does let go. Maybe it might be worth doing a group buy on something like this to prevent it ever happening! Is that something your company could do christian?

Rossco

Christians bonnet catch did not fail, he forgot to put the bonnet pins on after shutting it.

Jon ERST S2

Really sorry to hear - hope you get it all up and running soon, good luck.

Porkie

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Sierra has gone through 4 screens in last few years!!!

I did one screen at Castle combe... I didn't jump on the brakes though like a big girl

To be honest I didn't even lift off the throttle

I just peered through the gap at the bottom of the screen!

Renton was in passenger seat and after a while just screamed at me 'Are you going to FUCKING PULL OVER?!?!?!?!?'

Lou Lou.

pmsl @ Porkie thats quality

Mike Rainbird

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You could still see - what was his problem?

Linsay

Glad you are ok Christian

Keith am shocked and i always thought your own car was your favourite. I might not take you out in it with it's improvements when you come back to England now

sunny

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ROTFL! Franco the jinx!

R4N SS

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you were lucky mate.

I did this on ym rover gti years ago at 90mph on the m4 in the third lane. The stupid twat in the middle lane didnt even notice I had to carry on past my junction and then indicate and move over to the hard shoulder using just my rear view mirrors and then as i had come too far into the hard shoulder i knocked the SOS phone fplying down the road which damaged the car more than the bonnet.

Smashed the screen, sunroof, whole of the passenger wing, bonnet, headlight and indicator fooked.

Dingy

Been there myself at national day 2000....

Not good.....

Hope it gets fixed up soon

Found a picture...

Christian and Beccy

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Well, I managed to find, to my surprise, a white non-turbo bonnet & hinges at a local Ford breakers. Cost me Ł20! I also had a new screen fitted under the windscreen cover part of my policy. We had a fiddle with the dents etc and it actually looks quite reasonable now. That'll do for now until I decide where I am going with the car.

I actually have a more serious problem with it now!!

Daveyboy

blown up?

Cola

I remember that. It was just as I was pointing you out to my mates.

Cola: That's Dingy.
Pete: Who the white Escort?
Pete: ... wihout a bonnet (as it flys through the air)
Cola: Yeah, but I swear he knows what he's doing...

PS: Ding, I hear my car and yourself will be at Dan's next week

Linsay

Dingys has to be the only one who had a bonnet fly up sideways as well
where is the pic

Oranoco

My bonnet got intimate with the roof and windscreen a few years ago. Scary as Hell as one minute you are looking at the road and the next it's all gone dark

What do you mean you have a more serious problem? Don't tell us the boot opened while reversing?

Hope you get it all sorted soon mate

Nikki

didn't know what had happened the other day! glad ya ok tho Least you got it sorted

Hope your other problem gets sorted also fingers & toes crossed!

pmsl @ Porkie,,,,,,,you crack me up

xxx