Driving fail moment of the week

Sirrel Squirrel · 5 Oct 2009 at 12:08

I've just had my fail moment of the week.

I pulled onto my drive and cut the corner ever so slightly as there was a car on the road in front of me, so in my moment of rushing and having other things on my mind I totally misjudged where the wall was

I've knocked the wheel as well so the balancing is out too.

Muffin` · 5 Oct 2009 at 12:10

Write off

smr · 5 Oct 2009 at 12:11

ouch

unlucky

kaiowas · 5 Oct 2009 at 12:11

Muffin` said:
Write off

Looks like HGF as well to me.

Sirrel Squirrel · 5 Oct 2009 at 12:11

Hopefully not lol, the bits that are cracked are all part of the body kit and Phate says he knows someone that can fix it. Not sure what to do about the door though.

kaiowas said:
Looks like HGF as well to me.

V6 doesn't have that problem

bledd · 5 Oct 2009 at 12:16

gutted :/

I've only managed to do this with a tractor and trailer before, however the damage was to the fencing posts that I took out and not the tractor

mrk · 5 Oct 2009 at 13:14

I did something similar the other week to my rear bumper when reversing into the drive, thankfully it was only a £40 fix by a mate instead of £150!

Your one is considerably worse however :O

Unlucky! everyone has their 2 minutes of stupid time at least once in their driving life!

dalin80 · 5 Oct 2009 at 13:22

mrk said:
Unlucky! everyone has their 2 minutes of stupid time at least once in their driving life!

did similar damage to my rover when a spider fell on my face while i was parking up.

always look above me when getting in now.

mrk · 5 Oct 2009 at 13:23

Ah the good old "a spider fell on my face ^_^" routine eh

Matt82 · 5 Oct 2009 at 13:45

Sirrel Squirrel said:
I've knocked the wheel as well so the balancing is out too.

how can you tell this?

SHEDDER1uk · 5 Oct 2009 at 13:49

I see a mark on the wheel in the pic!

VFR_KID · 5 Oct 2009 at 13:53

LOL thats a corker. Is the wall OK

Sirrel Squirrel · 5 Oct 2009 at 13:54

Matt82 said:
how can you tell this?

I could feel the car shaking when I drove it after.

.one. · 5 Oct 2009 at 13:55

Why is it a write off ?

Sirrel Squirrel · 5 Oct 2009 at 17:13

Not too sad, I've found the parts I need for 130 quid

Sone · 5 Oct 2009 at 17:15

.one. said:
Why is it a write off ?

I assume its a joke but rear quarter panel damage is always expensive and MGs are worth about 50p nowadays. Body panels can be difficult to find AFAIK for these too.

Dr Who · 5 Oct 2009 at 18:06

damn, usually my wife does this to my cars!

Matt82 · 5 Oct 2009 at 18:07

Sirrel Squirrel said:
I could feel the car shaking when I drove it after.

unless the rim has a chunk out of it or you managed to scrape a weight off, i think itll be more than just balancing

SlyReaper · 5 Oct 2009 at 18:09

That'll T-Cut out.

dalin80 · 5 Oct 2009 at 18:11

mrk said:
Ah the good old "a spider fell on my face ^_^" routine eh

nearly did a bit of damage to my pants too.