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Dan
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Sat Sep 03, 2005 3:53 am |
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well, today hasnt been very good so far, i was priming up a bad boy bonnet that ive got to send out, got a fecking run right down the front, so gotta rub that down and re do it, then i heard a crash as i walked out from the work shop, went back in couldnt see any thing, then go round the back and my clio has rolled down a hill, into a gate scratching, and scoring the bonnet, bumper, grill, headlights, majorly, i'll get pics once ive stopped hitting everything!  |
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Dan
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Sat Sep 03, 2005 3:56 am |
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its lucky the gates there otherwise it would have been the R19 that would have take the full force! if the gate had been open at the top, or not there, it would have written off both cars |
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Dan
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Sat Sep 03, 2005 4:14 am |
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heres pics!
The slope it could have rolled down:
The damage:
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mixpioneer
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Sat Sep 03, 2005 5:33 am |
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Ouch!!
Gutted for ya.
Off to a body shop or you going to repair it yourself? |
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A14LN C
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Sat Sep 03, 2005 6:12 am |
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ouch 
unlucky m8, sorry 2 c here it happening 2 u, it happened 2 me aswell coz my driveway is up a slight hill and my handbrake gaveway and my car rolled right down crashing through 2 metal gates, across the street went through a hedge and ended up in the neighbours garden  i normally always leave it in gear but that time i 4got 
need a new back light, the bumper was just scuffed and boot needed filled and sprayed, lucky i thought! as there could hav bn a car cuming the other way and hit it  |
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Dan
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Sat Sep 03, 2005 6:13 am |
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the bumper is fecked, fully cracked, so, if a replacement item is more expensive and a front skirt that i like, then its getting a front skirt.
i know someone who works in a bodyshop, so he can do it for me, on the cheap, but i dont know if i trust him with pearlescent paint yet! |
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Roger Red Hat
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Sat Sep 03, 2005 9:05 am |
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shit aint it?
but could of been a lot worse.
best of thinking about that, then what did happen.
no point crying over spilt milk, so to speak. |
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Gentle Ben
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Sat Sep 03, 2005 9:24 am |
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Dan
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Sat Sep 03, 2005 9:31 am |
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well just been to see the sprayer from where i used to work, he rekons the bumper may be saveable, if it is he'll mix up the paint and lacquer etc and spray the lot for £140 so, not too bad but its still £140 that i wouldnt have had to spend! |
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JB
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Sat Sep 03, 2005 10:00 am |
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feck that, its a tiny area, you could do that yourself with a spray can...not like you need to spray whole panels or anything! |
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Roger Red Hat
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Sat Sep 03, 2005 10:26 am |
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t cut will get the whiteness out of it. |
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Gentle Ben
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Sat Sep 03, 2005 10:53 am |
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Roger Red Hat
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Sat Sep 03, 2005 11:42 am |
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JB
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Sat Sep 03, 2005 1:10 pm |
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lol you wouldnt get it cos you WERENT THERE! |
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Roger Red Hat
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Sat Sep 03, 2005 1:12 pm |
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wtf?!?
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JB
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Sat Sep 03, 2005 1:13 pm |
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if u had been at the scottish meet you would get it. |
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Roger Red Hat
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Sat Sep 03, 2005 1:13 pm |
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Dan
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Sun Sep 04, 2005 8:55 am |
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oh and to finish the day off, i got stopped by the police for and i quote "extremely harsh accelaration" i mean wtf!? now ive gotta produce me sodding docs argh! |
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Roger Red Hat
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Sun Sep 04, 2005 3:20 pm |
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there is no law against how fast you get to the speed limit.
would of said
"did you catch me speeding?"
no sir
"is there anything defective about my car?"
no sir
"then you have no reason to pull me over...good day." |
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Dan
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Mon Sep 05, 2005 1:01 am |
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yea, exactly, but i was turning down roads and accelarating harshly, upto the limit, then down another road, so he wouldnt have been able to catch me speeding, and he would have no proof of me speeding as there was only one officer and no speed tracking video's so i would have said no i'll take it to court! |
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Chris H
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Mon Sep 05, 2005 1:05 am |
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I think you'll find that you have to accelerate up to the limit as quickly as is safe, 2/3 seconds to 30 is a safe acceleration.
I used to do that in the cossie, they hated it, from 30 up to 70 instantly joining the motorway, they used to be allover my arse, couldn't do anything though. |
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