Baaaaaaaaaaad mistake......(Not all bad though)
07-11-2006, 06:32 PM
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Baaaaaaaaaaad mistake......(Not all bad though)
Whilst getting the car ready for an event, I just took it up the road to try something and evidently forgot something......
<<<<<Real Tears.
It's totally my fault, but I simply cannot tell you how lucky I am to be here. I instinctively hit the brakes, spun out of control and I really aren't joking when I say that I missed an oncoming car by inches. Literally, maybe 6 inches at the most.
So, what now? I need a bonnet like yesterday. The roof is dented (although not too bad), the scuttle is torn (again, not too bad). However, I'm not sure if the shell is worth spending the money on.
<<<<<Real Tears.It's totally my fault, but I simply cannot tell you how lucky I am to be here. I instinctively hit the brakes, spun out of control and I really aren't joking when I say that I missed an oncoming car by inches. Literally, maybe 6 inches at the most.
So, what now? I need a bonnet like yesterday. The roof is dented (although not too bad), the scuttle is torn (again, not too bad). However, I'm not sure if the shell is worth spending the money on.
07-11-2006, 06:35 PM
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Gutted mate....stupic mistakes happen to the worst of us. I left the radiator cap of my runabout a few days ago and promptly did the headgasket!!
Deffo worth repairing though!!
Deffo worth repairing though!!
07-11-2006, 06:36 PM
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shit, not good. hope you can sort it quick and cheap. 
did the same on a Granada once. Scared the crap out of me.
Luckily I was on a straight bit of road, so I just stuck hazards on and slowed down.
did the same on a Granada once. Scared the crap out of me.
Luckily I was on a straight bit of road, so I just stuck hazards on and slowed down.
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07-11-2006, 06:37 PM
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Close call!!!
You're very lucky to have missed the other car and other objects.
How did you see where you were going to stop?
1) Head out of the window Ace Ventura style
2) Peer under the bottom of the bonnet like that Ford driver did for 18 miles on one rally ages ago
3) Or just brake and hope for the best?
Si
You're very lucky to have missed the other car and other objects.
How did you see where you were going to stop?
1) Head out of the window Ace Ventura style
2) Peer under the bottom of the bonnet like that Ford driver did for 18 miles on one rally ages ago
3) Or just brake and hope for the best?
Si
07-11-2006, 06:38 PM
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Sh!t...!!!!! Glad your ok though. Remember a similar experience happening years ago when my old man forgot to shut the bonnet properly on the car. I'm sure you won't forget again.
07-11-2006, 06:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Christian and Beccy
SiB - Number 3 mate. All the talk of what to do and what not to do in these circumstances disappears from your head. I braked and the car just slid until I came to rest on the verge.
LUCKY LUCKY LUCKY in an odd kind of way.
LUCKY LUCKY LUCKY in an odd kind of way.
moment...Grab a bonnet off one of the guys above and get back on the road as soon as you can.
Can you get bonnet pins that actually lock / snap shut as you close them? I've seen this before a few times, so easily done
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07-11-2006, 06:58 PM
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Rememeber let my mate have my first black one for a day, bring it back like this 
just when i got a new bonnet & bb'd aswell! obviously been letting his mates having a nose at my bay & that & didnt slam it down shut! he was just coming back to mine along the motorway & SWING...! 
didnt tell me for aleast 2-3 hours til he came back to mine, & didnt even offer to pay up
just when i got a new bonnet & bb'd aswell! obviously been letting his mates having a nose at my bay & that & didnt slam it down shut! he was just coming back to mine along the motorway & SWING...! didnt tell me for aleast 2-3 hours til he came back to mine, & didnt even offer to pay up
07-11-2006, 07:16 PM
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fookin hell m8 you lucky bloke
glad your ok thoe m8
happened to my m8 while he was the wrong side of 70 on the a127 made a right mess of the bonnet and roof drove it around to for a few nights and got caught by the old bill whilst parked up they sad ok to drive home they started following till the turbo kicked in
fix it christian to nice a car not to and going by the above all ready been offered a white bonnet
glad your ok thoe m8
happened to my m8 while he was the wrong side of 70 on the a127 made a right mess of the bonnet and roof drove it around to for a few nights and got caught by the old bill whilst parked up they sad ok to drive home they started following till the turbo kicked in
fix it christian to nice a car not to and going by the above all ready been offered a white bonnet
07-11-2006, 07:22 PM
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Thats bad luck Christian
I had the same happen to me a long time back 3am on a country road, I sensibly pressed the brakes and looked out the side window to gauge the distance to the grass verge as I drove parallel to it.
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I had the same happen to me a long time back 3am on a country road, I sensibly pressed the brakes and looked out the side window to gauge the distance to the grass verge as I drove parallel to it.
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