Eck
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Registered: 17th Apr 06
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Car's a write off  back end kicked out coming round a bend in the wet and hit the kirb, chassis bent never felt so shit in my life 
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Ry_B
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Registered: 1st Dec 05
Location: Solihull, W Mids Drives: 45BHP beast!
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Ah that's bad news mate you alright? any pics of it?
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Eck
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Registered: 17th Apr 06
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aye am fine mate, and I just took one
as you can see its completely screwed, whole bodies warped, boot doesn't close now
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mark_gsi
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i done exactly the same thing on my fiesta xr2i and all that happend was my axle bent the chassis was ok the car is still all inline guess i was lucky.
unlucky about the car tho
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RCoughtrie
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Unlucky mate
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M6RKK
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at least ur ok
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Eck
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yeh thats what my dad was saying as well, at least no-one was hurt, cars can be replaced, people can't. but its still devastating like gonna strip everything out of it thats worth taking, put it in another corsa 
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fragpot
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You gonna break the car for spares or just keep it all for another corsa?
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Eck
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I don't know mate it all depends what happens, my dads gonna take it to a garage and see what they say, if the damage is gonna cost too much then I'll prob break for spares but keep the tints etc
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Jake
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must have been going stupidly fast to do that.
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lanky
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unlucky man, tough break.
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Gregor
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May not be as bad as it seems
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Eck
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quote:
Originally posted by jake
must have been going stupidly fast to do that.
thats the frustrating thing I wasn't came down to second at a junction and tried to pull in before the traffic coming along, and hit a metal plate in the road (ground was wet so you could imagine what that meant) and back skipped out and hit a big kirb side on at about 30mph
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Eck
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quote:
Originally posted by escortgti.com
May not be as bad as it seems
thats what Im hoping mate but its looking doubtful
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Poot
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Registered: 30th Jan 05
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quote:
Originally posted by Eckmcmann
quote:
thats the frustrating thing I wasn't came down to second at a junction and tried to pull in before the traffic coming along, and hit a metal plate in the road (ground was wet so you could imagine what that meant) and back skipped out and hit a big kirb side on at about 30mph
Know what you mean, in my area (in a 60mph limit) you travel up an embankment, then come to a brow at the top which leads into a left hand corner, on the top is a manhole cover the amount of times the corsa has slid on this in the damp is stupid
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Eck
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tell me about it but not much you can do when it happens really as long as no-one gets hurt its a bonus
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James
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That wheel looks like the wrong offset
Jokes aside, glad your ok 
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Eck
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 thanks mate I'll be back with another corsa a.s.a.p
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Ry_B
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Ouch
That a 1.2 8 valve I take it? Maybe time for something faster/newer? 
[Edited on 08-05-2006 by Rcb]
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Lil_John
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Gutted mate.
Might not be as bad as it looks
Would you not rather having a shagged car than it kicking out and hitting a woman with a pram?
least you were driving responsibly!
Get the bad boy back on the road!
**edited due to shocking spelling mistakes**
[Edited on 08-05-2006 by Lil_John]
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Eck
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yeh john thats what I was thinking, its far better that no-one got injured, I'd rather have a nailed car than killing a child on my consciounce (sp). and Rcb aye it is a 1.2 8v mate, I'm gonna get a newer one defo, post 97, but as for faster... I don't think insurance would be happy with that, 3 points and a write off within 6 weeks of driving
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Joe
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Bloody hell mate you made a mess of that, never mind could have been worse.
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Lil_John
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Fuck , 6 weeks! You psycho! lol
Dont get me wrong , its a gutter that you've smashed a tidy car but it could have been alot worse, like you said , could have been a child or even yourself injured!
If it cant be fixed, just come back again but better!
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Eck
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thats the plan mate, come back again with a better one the bright side is thats one car with those horrible lights off the road
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Lil_John
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quote:
Originally posted by Eckmcmann
thats the plan mate, come back again with a better one the bright side is thats one car with those horrible lights off the road
lol, true mate.
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