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I used to do 60K a year so I've had a few, my old Legacy B4 was cursed
#1 a month after owning it, leaving the A404M to turn right onto the M4 at junction 8/9 3 lane roundabout of which the first two lanes are for the M4 exit and the right hand lane goes back onto the A404, stupid bint in a fiesta to my left decides she doesn't want to go on the motorway and continues around the roundabout, I stand on the brakes come to a complete stop and half a second later get rear ended at about 50mph buy some git in an Audi 80 who made no attempt to stop as he was in a hurry to get his kids to a football match, he didn't appreciate me saying "Well they won't be playing now will they mate?", attempted to start his car not noticing the huge green and black puddle forming under the engine bay and seized his engine in short order.
Cost: £4500 in repairs, £1000 in damaged personal property, £50 to put my GF in a taxi and complete her journey (she was buying her 200SX from a guy who was emigrating tomorrow), constant uncurable back problems for both of us (still ongoing nearly 5 years later), personal injury claim ongoing.
Edit: Also thanks to Churchill's incompetence (they were my insurer at the time) I also had ot foot the bill for 3 months of hire car which I was unable to claim back as it's not the 3rd party's fault that Churchill delayed starting the repair for 3 months, apparently they said I wasn't covered because I didn't tell them my B4 RSK was an import despite the fact that a) I did (proven by the phone call recording that took them 3 months to find) and b) The B4 RSK was never sold in the UK.
#2 Stopped at a give way line in a built up area (Southend), I'd had my car back on the road for less than a day after 3 months sorting out a new engine, rear ended by a chavved up smart car as the driver was checking over his shoulder to see if his cruise mates were still following.
Cost: £1000, bumper, slam panel, backbox
#3 Trying to enter Ainley Top roundabout in huddersfield, clear as far as can be seen but then some 80s hatchback comes flying around at a completely unsafe speed in both lanes, I stop a few feet across the give way line, he continues his line coming inches away from taking off my front bumper, then I get rear ended by two old farts in a Renault Scenic.
Cost: £4000, bumper, slam panel, light cluster, backbox, centre section
#4 Having recently had all the belts changed on the car, the garage overtightened the aircon belt, over the course of a trip to Ireland it starts cutting into the timing belt cover, on the way back, near Powys doing 45 in a 60 on a long fast bend it finally cuts into the timing belt destroying the engine and causing me to lift-off-oversteer backwards off the road across the roots of a recently cut down hedge and then into a concrete post, writing off the car.
Cost: Car: £6550 (after excess), Fence: £150, no injury
I was glad to be rid of that car, especially since there's no way I could have afforded the engine rebuild that I would have had to pay if it had gone on a straight. I also had the 120K service coming up and needed a new radiator and rear diff bushes.
And that's why I'm now driving a manky old Volvo 940 and importing a Cefiro.
#1 a month after owning it, leaving the A404M to turn right onto the M4 at junction 8/9 3 lane roundabout of which the first two lanes are for the M4 exit and the right hand lane goes back onto the A404, stupid bint in a fiesta to my left decides she doesn't want to go on the motorway and continues around the roundabout, I stand on the brakes come to a complete stop and half a second later get rear ended at about 50mph buy some git in an Audi 80 who made no attempt to stop as he was in a hurry to get his kids to a football match, he didn't appreciate me saying "Well they won't be playing now will they mate?", attempted to start his car not noticing the huge green and black puddle forming under the engine bay and seized his engine in short order.
Cost: £4500 in repairs, £1000 in damaged personal property, £50 to put my GF in a taxi and complete her journey (she was buying her 200SX from a guy who was emigrating tomorrow), constant uncurable back problems for both of us (still ongoing nearly 5 years later), personal injury claim ongoing.
Edit: Also thanks to Churchill's incompetence (they were my insurer at the time) I also had ot foot the bill for 3 months of hire car which I was unable to claim back as it's not the 3rd party's fault that Churchill delayed starting the repair for 3 months, apparently they said I wasn't covered because I didn't tell them my B4 RSK was an import despite the fact that a) I did (proven by the phone call recording that took them 3 months to find) and b) The B4 RSK was never sold in the UK.
#2 Stopped at a give way line in a built up area (Southend), I'd had my car back on the road for less than a day after 3 months sorting out a new engine, rear ended by a chavved up smart car as the driver was checking over his shoulder to see if his cruise mates were still following.
Cost: £1000, bumper, slam panel, backbox
#3 Trying to enter Ainley Top roundabout in huddersfield, clear as far as can be seen but then some 80s hatchback comes flying around at a completely unsafe speed in both lanes, I stop a few feet across the give way line, he continues his line coming inches away from taking off my front bumper, then I get rear ended by two old farts in a Renault Scenic.
Cost: £4000, bumper, slam panel, light cluster, backbox, centre section
#4 Having recently had all the belts changed on the car, the garage overtightened the aircon belt, over the course of a trip to Ireland it starts cutting into the timing belt cover, on the way back, near Powys doing 45 in a 60 on a long fast bend it finally cuts into the timing belt destroying the engine and causing me to lift-off-oversteer backwards off the road across the roots of a recently cut down hedge and then into a concrete post, writing off the car.
Cost: Car: £6550 (after excess), Fence: £150, no injury
I was glad to be rid of that car, especially since there's no way I could have afforded the engine rebuild that I would have had to pay if it had gone on a straight. I also had the 120K service coming up and needed a new radiator and rear diff bushes.
And that's why I'm now driving a manky old Volvo 940 and importing a Cefiro.
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cba to list them all, but the last one saw me ploughing into the back of taxi full of deaf kids. Made a loud bang, but suprisingly no obvious damage to either car.
Another time i had my car in the garage 2 days and gave them back their courtesy car with the front bumper in the boot after ripping it off on a tree stump.
They were impressed, i can tell.
Another time i had my car in the garage 2 days and gave them back their courtesy car with the front bumper in the boot after ripping it off on a tree stump.
They were impressed, i can tell.
1 Put my parents R19 thru a hedge when driving to work on a B road in the country at about 60mph. Happended because I was sneezing and blowing my nose. Looked up and found I had one wheel on the grass verge, pannicked and corrected it too quickly which knocked the car out of balance as two wheels were on tarmac and two on grass, fought the car as it slewed from side to side but eventually went straight thru a hedge in to a farmers field. Damage to car? £30 to repair a bent gear linkage.
2 Rear ended a 4x4 on a motorway slip road due to lack of attention and a car unwilling to stop any time quickly. My car writeoff.
3 hit a bridge and knacked up the bumper of my mx5 due to losing the back end which was shod in bald tyres. Sold the knackered alloys, had the bumper resprayed, bought some new alloys and decent tyres. Lesson learned!
2 Rear ended a 4x4 on a motorway slip road due to lack of attention and a car unwilling to stop any time quickly. My car writeoff.
3 hit a bridge and knacked up the bumper of my mx5 due to losing the back end which was shod in bald tyres. Sold the knackered alloys, had the bumper resprayed, bought some new alloys and decent tyres. Lesson learned!
Makes for good pub stories!
The most idiotic thing I've ever done, but did not lead to a crash, was on a dual carriageway.
It was in the old Clio; where whenever there was a bit of space I would do 110 on the speedo although I think they max out at 105. Obviously at that speed a car like that felt like it was going to take off. The brakes, although excellent at slower speeds, also became questionable imo.
So there is a lorry on the inside lane, and some old **** pulls out relatively late to overtake it at about 50-60mph. I decide I am not going to slow down, as I wasnt even sure I could, so I try to overtake using a tiny space between the outside lane the central reservation....zoooom... fly past and only afterwards do I remember what am absolutely stupid idiot thing it was to do, especially so close to a HGV.
We often sit on here critising chavs, etc, but as this thread shows, many of us have driven like nutters ourselves. Only when you have an accident, as I did, bad enough to calm you down do you calm down.
I am just glad I didnt get too badly hurt (or anyone else) in learning that lesson.
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Some of these are crazy! And crazy often! of course now I say this I will fall of the road tomorrow, 8 times.
So far so good anyway. In 3-4 years.
Oh actually I am a dirty liar, shortly after I got my 306 tyres changes for some crap ones I skidded on some road up to a roundabout, braking normally, no idea how, and tapped the back of some small car. Guy got out, we inspected cars, no damage, off we go. Taught me not to listen to Dad about anything related to cars.
EDIT: Language Doe-ran...
So far so good anyway. In 3-4 years.
Oh actually I am a dirty liar, shortly after I got my 306 tyres changes for some crap ones I skidded on some road up to a roundabout, braking normally, no idea how, and tapped the back of some small car. Guy got out, we inspected cars, no damage, off we go. Taught me not to listen to Dad about anything related to cars.
EDIT: Language Doe-ran...
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Same here. When I made my Ren5 look better
p) I had my girlfriend in the car, which shows how stupid I was. I learnt from it and don't drive like a pleb with others in the car, and don't drive as hard as I used to in that thing...still enjoy my cars mind. 
Also had my girlfriend (different one) in the car when I damaged the 205. Makes me think I shouldn't have girlfriends in the car else I may crash.
Well now that Lopez has admitted to all those dumb things I'm not so shy about it
1. Flat out down a back road, 90-right with a little too much confidence. Onto the verge I went, bumpy ride that was, chipped some paint from the front wheel, scuffed the leading edge of the skirt and broke a rear bumper mounting.
That's the only time I've hurt the car, on other occasions I've spun it, fishtailed it at high speed (this one is particularly scary, avoid it if you can), and no doubt some other stupid things.
I like to think I've got most of my driving stupidity out of my system by now though and drive a little more sensibly.
1. Flat out down a back road, 90-right with a little too much confidence. Onto the verge I went, bumpy ride that was, chipped some paint from the front wheel, scuffed the leading edge of the skirt and broke a rear bumper mounting.
That's the only time I've hurt the car, on other occasions I've spun it, fishtailed it at high speed (this one is particularly scary, avoid it if you can
), and no doubt some other stupid things.I like to think I've got most of my driving stupidity out of my system by now though and drive a little more sensibly.
Well now that Lopez has admitted to all those dumb things I'm not so shy about it
Even monkeys fall from trees
I think learning to drive in Wales where people do nothing but hurtle down backroads at night has a lot to do with it. If I'd have learnt to drive here in the Midlands it would have been very different, there are hardly any roads worth really bombing down.
Even monkeys fall from trees
I think learning to drive in Wales where people do nothing but hurtle down backroads at night has a lot to do with it. If I'd have learnt to drive here in the Midlands it would have been very different, there are hardly any roads worth really bombing down.
I don't know about that, a fair few around here, but then again where I live is pretty much bordering Shropshire which is country roads galore. My friends and I used to go out actively seeking such roads, but since one of them spectacularly crashed his Subaru, and another had a rather more serious accident resulting in a broken neck and several months in hospital, it is off the agenda. probably just as well tbh, destined to end in tears.
Crash 1 - Rear ended in the Capri, i braked to let a truck through an arched narrow bridge, unfortunately my 25 year old car outbraked a new punto & the pillock behind locked up & slid into the back of me.
Crash 2 - Rear ended in the Capri, i stopped to let a bus pull out & someone ran into the back of me again.
Crash 2 - Rear ended in the Capri, i stopped to let a bus pull out & someone ran into the back of me again.
Biggest/Most serious crash
Bimbling along on my Kwack GPX600R in 1990 on a quiet road. I'm entering a 40mph limit and I am obeying the speed limit ( wow!!!...a biker that doesnt break the speed limit!!! ).
Old goat, 87 years old, pulls out on me from a garage forecourt at point blank range. There was absolutely no way to avoid him.
Bang.......hit the Fiesta on its offside front, just in front of the "A" post.
I go over the handlebars of bike, bounce off windscreen of car breaking it on the way and shuttle down the road on my backside for about 200 yards only stopping because I hit a wall.
Result?.
Severely fractured Femur running into the kneejoint requiring major surgery and bone grafts.
My spleen was ruptured also, but it didn't fully burst until I was in the operation room and the result was a second team of surgeons was called in to fix that issue whilst the first team worked on my Femur.
So that was the "biggy".
After that, only other *bumps* I've had were minor.
Woman in front of me at a roundabout hesitated/stalled her car as we were both pulling out onto it which resulted in me driving into the back of her at walking pace. I posted a thread about that years ago, I was in my auld Calibra at the time.
Only other bump I've had was at work.
We got a shout to a "persons reported" house fire in the early hours of the morning a few years ago. I was driving the Volvo FL6 fire appliance.
Turned into the bottom of the street and got halfway up and had to stop as there was an Astra Coupe blocking the road as it was double parked. It was the only way into the street with the house that was on fire.
I had no option but to move forward, catching the Astra by the front bumper, ripping it off......carrying on and dragging the side of the fire appliance up the offside of the Astra's bodywork and then catching the rear bumper, pulling that off too.
Owner wasn't pleased obviously and I would rather not have had to do it, but the upshot was 2 occupants of the house on fire were rescued in time and with minumum injuries/smoke inhalation.
Bimbling along on my Kwack GPX600R in 1990 on a quiet road. I'm entering a 40mph limit and I am obeying the speed limit ( wow!!!...a biker that doesnt break the speed limit!!!
).Old goat, 87 years old, pulls out on me from a garage forecourt at point blank range. There was absolutely no way to avoid him.
Bang.......hit the Fiesta on its offside front, just in front of the "A" post.
I go over the handlebars of bike, bounce off windscreen of car breaking it on the way and shuttle down the road on my backside for about 200 yards only stopping because I hit a wall.
Result?.
Severely fractured Femur running into the kneejoint requiring major surgery and bone grafts.
My spleen was ruptured also, but it didn't fully burst until I was in the operation room and the result was a second team of surgeons was called in to fix that issue whilst the first team worked on my Femur.
So that was the "biggy".
After that, only other *bumps* I've had were minor.
Woman in front of me at a roundabout hesitated/stalled her car as we were both pulling out onto it which resulted in me driving into the back of her at walking pace. I posted a thread about that years ago, I was in my auld Calibra at the time.
Only other bump I've had was at work.
We got a shout to a "persons reported" house fire in the early hours of the morning a few years ago. I was driving the Volvo FL6 fire appliance.
Turned into the bottom of the street and got halfway up and had to stop as there was an Astra Coupe blocking the road as it was double parked. It was the only way into the street with the house that was on fire.
I had no option but to move forward, catching the Astra by the front bumper, ripping it off......carrying on and dragging the side of the fire appliance up the offside of the Astra's bodywork and then catching the rear bumper, pulling that off too.
Owner wasn't pleased obviously and I would rather not have had to do it, but the upshot was 2 occupants of the house on fire were rescued in time and with minumum injuries/smoke inhalation.
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First accident I was sat at a T Junction, waiting to turn right on to main road. A 4X4 turning left comming along from my right took the corner to wide and hit me. New Bonnet, Front wing, Bumber and drivers door.
Had the above car back about three days, parked in the work car park (Tescos back then) and a delivery came in, driver didn't wait for anyone to watch and help him reverse the car and drove over the front of my car in lorry. Written off.
New car, had it about 3 weeks by now and sat waiting at a T junction to turn right, a car, this time from my left took the corner to tight and went straight into the front of me. AA driving school, poor kid driving it was on his second lesson. front end crumpled nicely. Another write off.
New car number 3. Was going over roundabout and a car came out of a junction as he "thought you were going faster" slammed right into passanger side and pushed me up onto the flower bed of the roundabout.
Had a curtosy car whilst the above was being fixed, packed at work and they had a skip delivered, the idiot guy didn't spot my car, was stoned or just asleep and dropped a skip nicely on the bonnet breaking the windscreen and causing no end of panel damage. Had that courtesy car swaped, this one survived a good couple of weeks. Got my car back from the roundabout incident. Driving home from the garage I stop at a set of lights and see a nice big radio controlled plane. I hear screech's then a thud as car ploughed into the back of me, another write off. The driver got out and first think he said "sorry mate, wasn't paying attention I was watching the plane".
Thats my history. 6 accidents, 5 when i was stationatry, two when not even in the car. Three write offs. Every one classed as a no fault. Not bad as it all happened in about 3 months.
Had the above car back about three days, parked in the work car park (Tescos back then) and a delivery came in, driver didn't wait for anyone to watch and help him reverse the car and drove over the front of my car in lorry. Written off.
New car, had it about 3 weeks by now and sat waiting at a T junction to turn right, a car, this time from my left took the corner to tight and went straight into the front of me. AA driving school, poor kid driving it was on his second lesson. front end crumpled nicely. Another write off.
New car number 3. Was going over roundabout and a car came out of a junction as he "thought you were going faster" slammed right into passanger side and pushed me up onto the flower bed of the roundabout.
Had a curtosy car whilst the above was being fixed, packed at work and they had a skip delivered, the idiot guy didn't spot my car, was stoned or just asleep and dropped a skip nicely on the bonnet breaking the windscreen and causing no end of panel damage. Had that courtesy car swaped, this one survived a good couple of weeks. Got my car back from the roundabout incident. Driving home from the garage I stop at a set of lights and see a nice big radio controlled plane. I hear screech's then a thud as car ploughed into the back of me, another write off. The driver got out and first think he said "sorry mate, wasn't paying attention I was watching the plane".
Thats my history. 6 accidents, 5 when i was stationatry, two when not even in the car. Three write offs. Every one classed as a no fault. Not bad as it all happened in about 3 months.
car none bike 2 slowish offs
first was playing with a porsche in the wet and lost the front on a roundabout
not hurt but new levers ect
2nd had somone pull out on me when i had new tyres on only done 50 miles on them
only going 30mph hit the brakes and the front went faster than i can blink
now the good bit remember 30mph i broke my back in 3 places , all my ribs and punctured both lungs
hospital for 4/5 months and a free wheelchair
first was playing with a porsche in the wet and lost the front on a roundabout
not hurt but new levers ect
2nd had somone pull out on me when i had new tyres on only done 50 miles on them
only going 30mph hit the brakes and the front went faster than i can blink
now the good bit remember 30mph i broke my back in 3 places , all my ribs and punctured both lungs
hospital for 4/5 months and a free wheelchair
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That is shocking.
I read the other day about a dude who had his leg ampuated after a 20mph filtering off where he hit a post. Christ, makes me never want to get on a bike!