My poor old M3!!!!

Sagalout said:
No other car/person involved therefore driving too fast for the conditions. Simple as that.
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Conditions are not always apparent. When I span it, it was a bright spring day, the kind you have to take your coat off for. There'd been a frost the previous night though and in the shadow of a curve the council had let a local stream flow across the road, this had frozen hence my spin.

I guess I learnt that beware of wet patches in shadows following a frost, even at 11am the morning after but its not exactly obvious imo.
Also the roadside grass had tyre marks all over it from other cars who had been doing the same all morning, something to watch for as well
 
don't get me wrong, of course i agree that it's easy to make a mistake like that,but with individuals like the OP's friend....namley.
Steve said:
my mate is a driving instructor, an advanced driving instructor, a qualified instructor instructor, now a copper with police driving training, an ex stunt man and a sports motorcyclists so is well adept at driving he has done ice lake driving in finland so is not too shabby at controlling a car when things get slippy.
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i'd expect him not to make such a mistake that's all.
if it'd been a regular motorist i wouldn't have even commented apart from stating it's a shame to lose a car so soon after buying it.
 
Update

quote for repairs stand at £4500!!!!!!!

new acs wheel, tyre, new trailing arm, bushes, shock.

The underside of the car is dented to crap where the car bounced along the side of the road on the chassis which is bent and need putting on a jig and re-alining.

I am worried as car is worth 8-9k so it is around cat D write off territory
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Still if it is I have told him to buy the car back as the engine and box is worth 3.5-4k and the interior 1.2k so he could actually make more on it having it writen off!!
 
Matt82 said:
whats been done to the engine to make it worth that?
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Maybe not quiet that much then but not far off

They are VERY sought after for conversions to lesser 3 series
 
my uncle brought a 98 evo engine and box a few years back for a conversion, we saw the car it came from and saw it only had 20k miles on it.

all in it was just over £1.1k with a handful of other bits thrown in too.

have had a lotta fun with those things in the past. his own M3 is pretty much dumped on his driveway now :rolleyes:
 
Matt82 said:
my uncle brought a 98 evo engine and box a few years back for a conversion, we saw the car it came from and saw it only had 20k miles on it.

all in it was just over £1.1k with a handful of other bits thrown in too.

have had a lotta fun with those things in the past. his own M3 is pretty much dumped on his driveway now :rolleyes:
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He got a bargain as they definatly go for more than that!
 
it was a project done on a budget, an M3 rear diff was gotten for 30 lol and that was with a lowered final drive.

.... had 993 turbo calipers with 355mm discs :S
 
Simon said:
I don't about anyone else but there is no way in the world you can see diesel on the road whilst driving. Maybe after stacking your car and walking over to the slippy bit you will see the rainbow effect that oils cause in water.

But to claim you can do that whist driving deserves a :rolleyes:
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Spend any significant time on a motorbike, and you will quickly develop that skill. On occasion, where there has been a trail in the gutter, I've been able to smell the diesel, not just see it. It's damn sight easier to spot in the wet, but it is far from invisible.

Just because you are unobservant, doesn't mean everyone else is as well.
 
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had had a lot of work done to that
 
emailiscrap said:
Spend any significant time on a motorbike, and you will quickly develop that skill. On occasion, where there has been a trail in the gutter, I've been able to smell the diesel, not just see it. It's damn sight easier to spot in the wet, but it is far from invisible.

Just because you are unobservant, doesn't mean everyone else is as well.
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Sorry my car doesnt allow me to smell the road, or see the road directly infront.

I would hardly say I am unobservant either, infact I think that's damn rude.
 
was quite a few years ago, and the car wasnt really done for "looks" i think the only cosmetic thing was the wing. the arches were necessitated for the wider track etc
 
Matt82 said:
was quite a few years ago, and the car wasnt really done for "looks" i think the only cosmetic thing was the wing. the arches were necessitated for the wider track etc
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Looks to have a very meshed front bumper too. And i dont think thats a standard colour.
 
Simon said:
Sorry my car doesnt allow me to smell the road, or see the road directly infront.

I would hardly say I am unobservant either, infact I think that's damn rude.
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I'd guess my car give as restricted a view of the road in front as yours does, yet I can see it on the road well in advance of driving over it. My point was that it is visible if you bother looking for it. Sorry if my tone was too blunt for your liking. Maybe I would have been better saying that just because you can't see it, doisn't mean it can't be seen by anyone else.
 
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