What have you done to your car today?

dk345 · 14 Oct 2016 at 01:04

Had an accident in it.

Came to a roundabout in the right hand lane of two with a HGV in the left. Left lane is left and ahead, right lane is right and ahead. Got to the apex of the roundabout and had the lorry turn into me - he decided he wanted to go right and just didn't see me.

HGV clipped my left rear which spun me around, car mounted the kerb and landed the other side facing oncoming traffic.

Car is now sat in BMW being assessed for damage. So far it looks like at least 2 wheels, two tyres, rear bumper, rear passenger quarter panel and driver's side door sill. No airbags but dashboard looked like a Christmas tree.

Managed to limp the few miles to the dealership with a horrible mechanical grinding noise coming from the back of the car.

Havana_UK · 14 Oct 2016 at 07:00

Ouch! That's really horrible, but it's also why I'm always extremely wary of being on the inside of an HGV at a roundabout, whether I'm on his right or left side. For one, you're just invisible down there (to the driver), and second as they're so long even if they are being cautious you can get squeezed.

Hope you're OK though and that the car can be put right again. I'd expect that will cost between £5k & £10K, depending on whether the damage is just cosmetic or goes deeper, at a dealership / approved bodyshop to put right

Diagro · 14 Oct 2016 at 07:41

The hgv drivers guna get a *******ing from him boss haha

ChrisD. · 14 Oct 2016 at 08:16

grudas said:
how experienced were you with RWD cars may I ask, before you got your 1st s2k?

No extensive ownership experience, but have driven a variety of RWD cars.

What bugged me about the S2000, even when it was standard, was that I couldn't just get in and drive. I had to constantly think about what I was doing. No such issues in my Evo or FWD cars.

Ass I said, I'd have another. Thoroughly rewarding car.

[TW]Fox · 14 Oct 2016 at 08:33

geekman said:
Yes it does. They don't ask if you've made any claims, they ask if you've had accidents. And as soon as you call them to report it, it's noted.

Some ask about claims, some ask about accidents.

adam cool dude · 14 Oct 2016 at 09:56

Do not get me wrong I understand the HGV driver is at fault but I would never share a roundabout with a HGV. I know everyone thinks it is their right to be first on the road but when it comes to HGV's and roundabouts I will always give plenty of room.

Skillmister · 14 Oct 2016 at 09:58

"Never alongside a HGV on anything but a straight road unless absolutely necessary" crew checking in

rodenal · 14 Oct 2016 at 10:21

Mine chucked codes for the throttle body, pedal sensor, maf and went into limp home mode again.

Suspect it's wiring as the throttle body has been checked already so will do some testing at the weekend. Annoyingly after resetting everything it behaves normally for another month or so which means little point in sending it back to Skoda, but I'll need to get them involved next time it happens I guess.

grudas · 14 Oct 2016 at 10:26

o2 sensor error lol, comes and goes.. will replace it this weekend and see if that sorts it.

Malt_Vinegar · 14 Oct 2016 at 10:36

dk345 said:
Had an accident in it.

Came to a roundabout in the right hand lane of two with a HGV in the left. Left lane is left and ahead, right lane is right and ahead. Got to the apex of the roundabout and had the lorry turn into me - he decided he wanted to go right and just didn't see me.

HGV clipped my left rear which spun me around, car mounted the kerb and landed the other side facing oncoming traffic.

Car is now sat in BMW being assessed for damage. So far it looks like at least 2 wheels, two tyres, rear bumper, rear passenger quarter panel and driver's side door sill. No airbags but dashboard looked like a Christmas tree.

Managed to limp the few miles to the dealership with a horrible mechanical grinding noise coming from the back of the car.

Ouch, bad luck! Now you get to enjoy ~18 months of crud whilst it gets sorted out.

grudas · 14 Oct 2016 at 10:44

Dooksy said:
No extensive ownership experience, but have driven a variety of RWD cars.

What bugged me about the S2000, even when it was standard, was that I couldn't just get in and drive. I had to constantly think about what I was doing. No such issues in my Evo or FWD cars.

Ass I said, I'd have another. Thoroughly rewarding car.

My car is totally for fun and no other reason, I do not drive much - just a little over 4k miles this year.

S2000 sounds fun, guess the only way to see how I feel/find one is to take it for a test drive!

acemastr · 14 Oct 2016 at 13:46

grudas said:
My car is totally for fun and no other reason, I do not drive much - just a little over 4k miles this year.

S2000 sounds fun, guess the only way to see how I feel/find one is to take it for a test drive!

Get some decent tires and a good geometry set up and it'll be fine. I'd still rather have a 350z though

Axeboy · 14 Oct 2016 at 13:58

The Alto lives

Vince · 14 Oct 2016 at 13:58

Can't believe we are talking about people being scared of the RWD wonders of the s2k and similar marks. It's not like they are going to throw you in a ditch the second you jump in the drivers seat.

grudas · 14 Oct 2016 at 15:07

Vince said:
Can't believe we are talking about people being scared of the RWD wonders of the s2k and similar marks. It's not like they are going to throw you in a ditch the second you jump in the drivers seat.

of course not, but you're buying said car to have fun in it so you're going to try and drive it properly.

hence little to no experience in a RWD car is concerning when thinking about buying a car that is known to be hard to drive.

Vince · 14 Oct 2016 at 15:15

grudas said:
of course not, but you're buying said car to have fun in it so you're going to try and drive it properly.

hence little to no experience in a RWD car is concerning when thinking about buying a car that is known to be hard to drive.

Thinking about it, this is what happened to my first RWD machine...

There really is no doubt that they can bite

edit... tell a lie, forgot about the mx5 and 325i before this... this was first MR layout that I had. Of all the cars I have owned I miss that one the most I think. What a machine that was.

acemastr · 14 Oct 2016 at 15:17

No problems in my 278bhp RWD truck with no weight over the rear wheels during hurricane levels of rain. Stop being a pansy.

Had no issues in my 330ci either.

You're overthinking it.

grudas · 14 Oct 2016 at 15:28

haha, maybe I am overthinking it!

Cookeh · 14 Oct 2016 at 15:36

Why not just take it on a skidpan or get skidpan tuition before you buy it? Or something similar so you know how to avoid it, how to find the limits, and what to expect and how to deal with it when you find and exceed that limit.

You are also over thinking it too... I learned how to drive in a RWD car and never had an issue.

Rainagul · 14 Oct 2016 at 15:41

grudas said:
haha, maybe I am overthinking it!

Just do it, and accept that you will have an incident at some point with it (thats how you learn), unless you plan to drive it like an upstanding citizen everywhere you go.

I too went straight to a RWD and have no major issues with it