boyracer2002
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Coming home from the filming yest, just left London did a fair few miles before getting onto the M1, when suddenly my bonnet thought it would come and say hello 
Lucky with the outcome really...................:
Smashed screen as you can see below (had to drive 36 junctions - 180ish miles with no wiper in the pissin down rain) 
Damaged scuttle but easy repair,
dinted roof but luckily can be left and not realy noticed
bent wiper arm and lost smooth wiper arm cover - would have been worse, the bonnet luckily survived 
[Edited on 22-05-2006 by boyracer2002]
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Rileysport
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how the hell did the bonnet live
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Adam-D
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fark
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mike16v
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jesus man ure not having much look lately are u!
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boyracer2002
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nope not really - fingers crossed i have more luck soon 
Gonna ring insurance next day or so get someone out to fit a new one then send the scuttle for painting again and away we go................
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SteveW
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would have shit myself..
lucky it wasnt any worse there mate.
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mike16v
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and this is the reason id only have a carbon bonnet if it had the proper catch fabricated into it
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Gaz
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so long as your ok and the glass didnt smash over you!
Cars can be fixed lol
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JadeM
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You dont really have much luck...do you!! 
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BeArDy
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join the Carbon Bonnet smash crew
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Corsa E-Tec
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unlucky dude, quick fis tho so not all bad, glad your ok.
did the catch break?
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ed
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What happened to your bonnet pins
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JadeM
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Ive noticed a trend of folk with carbon bonnets getting smashed screens aswell!!
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Nismo
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I recomened bonnet pins ageeeeeeeeees ago
but your lucky it could have been worse!!
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RKS
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quote:
Originally posted by mike16v
and this is the reason id only have a carbon bonnet if it had the proper catch fabricated into it
or 4 bonnet pins
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dna23
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you had bonnet pins no?
Looks like you got away ok... obviously what happened isn't good in anyway but it could have been so much worse
After it popped up what did u do? i would have filled my pants... do you just pull over, pop it back down and drive off 
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Kathryn W
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Looks nasty
Least your okay though, and nothing to major happened!
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boyracer2002
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Was a stupid fault - the guys asked me to open my bonnet for the shoot so i did, left them with the keys while i went off for my interview, when i had finished they had finished and driven the car out of the studio so like an idiot it all looked ok, but wasnt locked which i didnt think to check at the time. drove about 20 miles or so and it was ok but as soon as i got on the motorway it lifted.
Luckily i culd see under the bottom of it so pulled over onto the hard shoulder and tried to force it down but with bent hinges and the scuttle ripped up and stoping the bonnet going down was a pain - sorted though locked it and attempted to drive home, insurance company was closed so couldnt ring for them to sort me a windscreen out there and then
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Doug
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Any chance of maybe claiming the £50 excess off the TV company as it was their fault?
Or did you sign a waiver of some description?
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ed
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They will say it's your responsibility to check the car before you drive it as it's non standard...
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Matt H
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Bugger
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Predator Corsa
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Fook, your lucky it didnt do it on your road trip to holland!
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Adam_B
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quote:
Originally posted by --Rikki--
quote:
Originally posted by mike16v
and this is the reason id only have a carbon bonnet if it had the proper catch fabricated into it
or 4 bonnet pins
why 4? my car has done 120+ on more than 1 occasion with just 2.
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jamesvalver
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Registered: 21st Feb 03
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thats really shoot luck mate! atleast you use your car on the road and dont trailer it everywhere!
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RKS
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quote:
Originally posted by Adam_B
quote:
Originally posted by --Rikki--
quote:
Originally posted by mike16v
and this is the reason id only have a carbon bonnet if it had the proper catch fabricated into it
or 4 bonnet pins
why 4? my car has done 120+ on more than 1 occasion with just 2.
Personally if I had a carbon bonnet I'd prefur to have a bonnet pin at each corner, just cuz I wouldnt trust any mounting points, I have nothing to back it up with, would just personally feel safer that way,
also if I had a lightweight bonnet I would want to be able to easily take it off
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