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Robin

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19th Sep 05 at 17:56

told reedy about it yesterday, thought i'd dig out the piccies

before: Minter

after ditch, concrete post, 5 rolls end to end and 90mph-0mph in those steps:

quite funny looking back on it, all 5 in the car were ok, only 1 injury, a broken arm

everyone except my mate was thrown from the car during the "off" and the police and ambulance said it would have been much worse if they'd stayed in the car

good advert for not trying to corner at 90mph with a car full, in the wet on bald rear tyres

he only had the poor thing 8 days

[Edited on 19-09-2005 by robmarriott]

[Edited on 19-09-2005 by robmarriott]

M333KS D

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19th Sep 05 at 17:59

y do people with saxos think thay corner and race like an F1 car

Robin

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19th Sep 05 at 18:01

i have to say, it DID handle well, but not at 90 evidently

he was showing off to the 3 girls in the back, usual story really

he now drives sensibly, and has a 5 door 1.4 CVH escort

Nismo

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19th Sep 05 at 18:06

Whoops , ahwell 1 less i guess

Robin

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19th Sep 05 at 18:07

indeedy

the best thing was the fact that he wrote it off before he started paying for it, so he had a 2 year loan to pay off with no car

Sidesport

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19th Sep 05 at 18:10

quote:
Originally posted by M333KS D

y do people with saxos think thay corner and race like an F1 car

Have you driven a saxo?

They handle extremly well, but 90mph even with a car full is asking for trouble.

Robin

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19th Sep 05 at 18:12

it was on a corner at the crest of a hill to, the car goes light at about 70, let alone 90

thing is, he fell off the road about 100yards further down the road than he should have if you know what i mean

Mikorsa16v

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19th Sep 05 at 18:16

did he know the tyres were bald?

Mikorsa16v

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19th Sep 05 at 18:16

or did he find out after?

Rob R

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19th Sep 05 at 18:17

was he only insured 3rd party? or insurance not pay out because they felt he was driving like a bell?

Robin

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19th Sep 05 at 18:21

car was insured in his old mans name, paid out in full, which paid his loan off

and he knew the tyres were bald, but had no money after buying the car

Mikorsa16v

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19th Sep 05 at 18:27

quote:
Originally posted by robmarriott
car was insured in his old mans name, paid out in full, which paid his loan off

and he knew the tyres were bald, but had no money after buying the car

and so he thought he would drive like a nobber with a full car...sorry but no fucking sympathy

Mikorsa16v

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19th Sep 05 at 18:28

anyway, we all live and learn (sometimes the hard way)

sure he won't do it again

scoob

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19th Sep 05 at 18:30

fucking idoit if he kills him self thats ok but to have a full car and try that is stupid

Robin

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19th Sep 05 at 18:41

i agree with all of you, not expecting sympathy for him

it was well over a year ago now anyway, and its made him and all of his mates drive more sensibly

he was stupid, but give an 18 year old a saxo vtr, when he had a volvo 340 and a citroen zx before, and its bound to happen really

Reedy

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19th Sep 05 at 18:41

fudging hell, thats pretty nasty.

But it still wont put me off going for a pug 106 gti, i will just drive sensibly and wait for track days to really test the car.
Also i wont have any back seats and always make sure i had decent tyre tread

Robin

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19th Sep 05 at 18:43

seriously reedy, look at how well the car survived considering it went backwards into a ditch at a fair whack, and rolled over 5 times, i did have an interior shot but cant find it

head unit came out of the dash and passenger seat collapsed

dave17

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19th Sep 05 at 18:53

i was about to say, looks like its held up well there. i always thought that saxos were like cans of sardines

Robin

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19th Sep 05 at 18:55

every panel was bent, god knows how the widscreen and front passenger window stayed in though

Twiggy

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19th Sep 05 at 19:05

quote:
Originally posted by M333KS D

y do people with saxos think thay corner and race like an F1 car

dunno!

mwg

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19th Sep 05 at 19:22

My girlfriends mate did this at 70mph on a roundabout in a Saxo

Robin

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19th Sep 05 at 19:24

WOW

thats slightly more impressive, obviously the ditch my mate his was more of a "soft bank" than an actual ditch

what happened for your gf's mate to do that?

Adam_B

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19th Sep 05 at 19:25

i think more people should do this to their saxos

Robin

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19th Sep 05 at 19:27

its a good mod imo

oh, forgot to mention the fact that my mate jammed the brakes on to stop himself sliding

mwg

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19th Sep 05 at 19:28

I dont know the full details as I think he lied a bit as hes in big trouble with the police for it. Was going round a roundabout says he was doing 70 but prob more and it rolled and went through some railings. Had one person in the front and another lad in the back but luckily he was sat on the other side to where the roof caved in. they all got out with minor bruising. Driving like a cock me thinks

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