Always make sure you fasten your bonnet properly!
07-01-2006, 10:13 AM
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Always make sure you fasten your bonnet properly!
This happened at 80mph in lane 3 on the M60.
Only the bonnet and screen are damaged so it could have been a lot worse.
Only the bonnet and screen are damaged so it could have been a lot worse.
07-01-2006, 10:19 AM
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I had that happen to me in my rover at 90mph in the 3rd lane and the dumb bint in the second didnt even realise 
I had to carry on going blind for a ffew hundred yards until I could pull in across all three lanes and then went too far into the hard shoulder and knocked the SOS phone clean off 
I had to carry on going blind for a ffew hundred yards until I could pull in across all three lanes and then went too far into the hard shoulder and knocked the SOS phone clean off
07-01-2006, 10:21 AM
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Same happenend to me in ma daily drive rover coupe about 3 weeks ago. Just popped up at about 75! The secondary catch was stiff and hadnt locked the bonnet properly 
Similar damage apart from i got two nice dents in the roof from the bonnet!!
And i needed a new drivers seat as id stained it far beyond a bit of febreeze!!!
Similar damage apart from i got two nice dents in the roof from the bonnet!!
And i needed a new drivers seat as id stained it far beyond a bit of febreeze!!!
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07-01-2006, 10:35 AM
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Originally Posted by timrud
You were lucky to get it over to the hard shoulder! 
If I'd hit anybody trying to move across blindly I'd have possibly spun somebody out and cause a pile up, it seemed safer to do what I did.
07-01-2006, 10:41 AM
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Mate of mine had this happen in his S2 while racing another mate,
Guys got balls of steel, Stuck his head out the drivers window and carried on Ace ventura style...
Guys got balls of steel, Stuck his head out the drivers window and carried on Ace ventura style...
Done me roof in too! 
07-01-2006, 12:39 PM
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easy thing to do here to help stop this kind of thing happenoing.....
Fix a steel cable from the slam pannel to the underside of the bonnet, it just means that when you lift the bonnet you will have to un hook the cable each time.....simple
Fix a steel cable from the slam pannel to the underside of the bonnet, it just means that when you lift the bonnet you will have to un hook the cable each time.....simple
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happened 2 times to me!
happened on me s2 3 days after buying it, the catch kept sticking open (since realised it was due to a dodgy frayed cable)
windscreen, bonnet, vents, scuttle...
i pulled out of a go karting place drive, up to 60, then whoosh!!!! my mate behind said i only just missed the oncomeing traffic...!!!
also happened in my old 3i cab, but that was down to my stupidity!!!
i ALWAYS check my latch is not stuck open before i close it, even though i have got a new cable and lock!
happened on me s2 3 days after buying it, the catch kept sticking open (since realised it was due to a dodgy frayed cable)
windscreen, bonnet, vents, scuttle...
i pulled out of a go karting place drive, up to 60, then whoosh!!!! my mate behind said i only just missed the oncomeing traffic...!!!
also happened in my old 3i cab, but that was down to my stupidity!!!
i ALWAYS check my latch is not stuck open before i close it, even though i have got a new cable and lock!
07-01-2006, 04:30 PM
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Originally Posted by st3v3
easy thing to do here to help stop this kind of thing happenoing.....
Fix a steel cable from the slam pannel to the underside of the bonnet, it just means that when you lift the bonnet you will have to un hook the cable each time.....simple
Fix a steel cable from the slam pannel to the underside of the bonnet, it just means that when you lift the bonnet you will have to un hook the cable each time.....simple
I make these cables from stainless wire with plastic sleeve to stop scratch's. It is fastened in place with 2 of these.
It works a treat and is also a security device if you use the hooks with a padlock when away from the car
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07-01-2006, 07:35 PM
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I was behind a crash damaged punto that did that...
stuipd people had obviously crashed earlier, I saw them coming up behind me on the M6 with a crupmled bonnet and 2 smashed lights....
they past and as they did so, up went the bonnet.
So the stupid girl driving hit the brakes for all she was worth and casued the car behind her to plough into the back LOL
Hopeuflly no one was hurt, I just fucked off as she swerved and hit another car in my lane
stuipd people had obviously crashed earlier, I saw them coming up behind me on the M6 with a crupmled bonnet and 2 smashed lights....
they past and as they did so, up went the bonnet.
So the stupid girl driving hit the brakes for all she was worth and casued the car behind her to plough into the back LOL
Hopeuflly no one was hurt, I just fucked off as she swerved and hit another car in my lane
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