f6cus

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well i knew sooner or later a video would turn up and now it has seems ya carnt bloody crash in peace without someone with a camera near by
not been on for two weeks so only just got SIB'S pm cheers mate so here it is for anyone intrested

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKEWz...eature=related

RichieST

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Nearly saved it!!!

johnandhissaffy

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you got charged 750 euros for that dude

e30cossie

Was there much damage ? I love this car.

PT

If barrier was couple of feet back you would have been ok

andy130

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good video same about damaged

ryan81

what steering rack do you have on the car ? as you nearly caught it...quick rack?

f6cus

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damages was just boot lid quater and bumper but just ended up puting the rs kit on it lik

f6cus

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no the racks only a standard one but with spaces on to reduce the lock by a little bit

zetec-Sam

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750euro for that? what did they charge for?

Chopshop85

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ahh thats nothing to be ashamed of tho. only a wee bump!

f6cus

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it was 635 euro they charged for 2 lengths of barrier lik

P_is_for_Paul

Whiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit?

The barrier didnt even look damaged?

Rax

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I can see what imo what you were doing there,comining out of the right hander nice and early on the power(foot in the floor).Bit of a sideways and you let off ? Fishtailed the fuck out of it and braked,shame about the car as I thought about doing this conversion with one of my sapphires.I would of thought braveing it out would have sorted this imo.Not trying to be critical btw.

f6cus

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it was lik the impact on the video dont look bad at all but in the car it felt alot worse am sure went chip sees this he will post up

Sonic Boom

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At least it wasn't as bad as this guy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDAu4...eature=related
Rich

RS Grant

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Ouch... seems harsh charging for damage which didn't look too bad, but suppose it could have been a lot worse.


Cheers,
Grant

Psycho Warren

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did they actually replace the barrier or just whack it out with a sledge/leave it??

Gary F

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Unlucky mate

Rich_bloor

if they charge ya for hitting the barrier, why hasn't the whole ring got sparkally new barriers all the way round

Rick

they regularly replace the barriers

cossie4i+

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Very harsh charging you that amount.

At least you wasn't hurt and only light damage to the car.

Steve

CossieRich

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Unlucky mate. Still cant work out what they charged you for though

Zetecfiesta

unlucky!

f6cus

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there was actualy quiet abit of damage to the barrier looking at the video you wouldnt think so chip and i went back to were i crashed and we took som pics of the barrier so hopefuly he might put them up when he see this thread

Chip

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He didnt lift mate, if you watch it again and listen carefully you can hear the engine note change as its swinging about.

The reason for the crash was a loose rear beam bolt, he never stood a chance at catching it even though he didnt everything right IMHO, as the beam was moving on the car.
When I drove Ian's car the day before I was convinced that something was loose at the back but I think cause he had been driving it as it became loose he hadnt noticed the change as it was gradual, we even jacked it up in the hotel car park to have a quick look at it after I said I thought something was loose but we were only on a little jack and couldnt really get it up high enough to look at properly so didnt manage to find it, he only found out about it when he was next working on the car.

With regards to the barrier, he was quite lucky he didnt get charged more, it actually moved one of the posts back a litle, but I covered up the witness mark before the guy from the ring arrived

I'll see if I have got the picture of the barrier that I took, as Ian mentions it was clearly dented.

I bet they still havent replaced it though they hardly ever do it seems, they charge you for the slightest impact and then dont bother to replace it till someone has a bigger crash there, they charged me to replace barrier I hit and yet 18 months later I could still see the mark I had caused, bet it will be the same if we go back this year and look at ians barrier, lol

Mr RS500

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Got to laugh that you got out to look at the damage rather than moving out of everyone elses way , lol

Chip

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We got out and waved a flouro jacket to warn others, thats what you are meant to do mate.

Human nature to look at the damage first of course though, thats always going to be your first reaction when you have just bent your pride and joy!

M7 COS

Hard luck on the crash fella, nearly got away with it!

I take it that helmets aren't a requirement at The Ring?

Chip

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You dont need to wear a helmet at the ring no.

COCHYN

Legend!

xr2i-carl

How much in barrier damage?

zetec-Sam

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you don't need them cos its not a track.
and, its not better you don't need them, I'd wear one there. Theres a reason they're a requirement in all motorsport...

xr2i-carl

Its a Toll road on tourists days, so German road law applies.

Chip

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Its in the thread already mate.

635 euros

xr2i-carl

Not too bad. Last time I went a friend let his miswah have a lap and she went off same corner through the gravel, wrecked the side of his car with stone chips, Didnt actually hit anything but they charged over 100 Euros for clean up.

fiend

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Blows my mind that you both drove the car and thought something was loose, so tried to jack it up and check to see what the problem was, but couldn't get it high enough so didn't bother.

Then still went onto the ring knowing something was loose.

Is there no local garages that you could of tried using their ramp, for abit of cash?

Chip

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Woah there mate, you've read too much into that, I drove the car and said I felt something was loose, Ian didnt think it felt any different to normal though when he drove it, as is often the case when something works loose and you are driving the car its such a gradual change that you dont notice it when you are driving.
We jacked it up and checked what we could with the limited resources we had available, and everything we pulled and push on felt normal so we both just assumed I was mistaken.
As the only thing he had telling him it was loose, was some bloke who had never driven the car before and he could find no evidence to support what I was saying and it still felt ok to him, I dont think he had any reason to believe me.

No good bitching at him about how he should have done something different as im sure he is aware of that now, but at the time he had no reason to believe there was anything up with it, so didnt know he was taking a risk!