Charlene
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Had another crash, only had my new car two weeks 
Power steering went, was doing about 70, braked and the brakes locked up and spun a few times and hit an island and fucked up my wheel and body work, and the gearbox is fucked, bottom arm, drive shaft and track rod end Gonna get it fixed up at a garage but can see it costing alot, needs respraying as well i think, how much do you reckon to do it without doing through insurance?
The peugeot wheels come with the car  i wanted to change them anways but will deffo have to now
[Edited on 17-06-2006 by Charlene]
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Robin
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did the tyre not go down?
lucky lucky
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Steve
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sorry to see that and unlucky but cant believe you braked and locked the wheels up just cause the powersteering went 
[Edited on 17-06-2006 by Steve]
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Charlene
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No tyre never, im surprised it didnt to be honest
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PaulW
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so the PAS just died and you lost control??
electric power steering at its best then! (french cars)
Least your ok though... how long have you had the car? no warranty??
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Charlene
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quote:
Originally posted by Steve
cant believe you braked and locked the wheels up just cause the powersteering went
I didnt brake because of that, was coming to a junction, heard something go under bonnet and the steering went stiff which made me panic so i braked, the back had just been lowered as well
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Steve
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quote:
Originally posted by PaulW
so the PAS just died and you lost control??
electric power steering at its best then! (french cars)
Least your ok though... how long have you had the car? no warranty??
PAS dying wont make you lose control, just make the steering go heavy
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Marc
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Suprising how heavy the steering actually is when the pas gives.
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Charlene
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quote:
Originally posted by PaulW
so the PAS just died and you lost control??
electric power steering at its best then! (french cars)
Least your ok though... how long have you had the car? no warranty??
Cant believe i got another french car Only had car two weeks, bought it off someone, its a 51 plate so never thought it would fuck up
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Charlene
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Well from having power steering to all of a sudden not its a massive difference
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steve101
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yeah - it's worse on cars designed to have PAS - much heavier than a car like a 1.2 corsa b with no PAS as standard.
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Steve
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yes but you neednt brake to lock the wheels up if it goes, the car is definatly still steerable (if thats a word) could just brake slowly or coasted to a stop
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Charlene
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Yea i could of but at the time i paniced
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Nismo
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quote:
Originally posted by Charlene
Well from having power steering to all of a sudden not its a massive difference
but still i cant see how this would cause an accident like that 
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Charlene
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I dont tbh but it happened and its done now
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Jake
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It happened, why is everyone going on about it?
[Edited on 17-06-2006 by jake]
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steve101
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IMO, the slightest little thing that your not used to happening can cause an accident. I dare say she's never had PAS failing before, so it's not strange to me that its caused a bit of an accident...
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PaulW
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quote:
Originally posted by Nismo
quote:
Originally posted by Charlene
Well from having power steering to all of a sudden not its a massive difference
but still i cant see how this would cause an accident like that
like she said, panicking = braking harder
car just been lowered, so the brake bias valve will be going mental, so probably why the rears locked up...
just coincidential that it happened the way it did... non-related, just the timing of all I suppose...
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Steve
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yes panic would have been the cause
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daz_SRi
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The brakes locked up? What about the ABS system? (Im pretty sure it would have ABS) the wheels should of never locked up if it has got ABS.....
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steve101
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Anyway, how is the gearbox fucked? You sure its not just the driveshaft and diff circlip thats away?
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Charlene
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Im not sure if it has ABS, but i know for sure the brakes locked up, just lucky we didnt hit the light thingy on one of them island or we wouldnt be alive now
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Charlene
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quote:
Originally posted by steve101
Anyway, how is the gearbox fucked? You sure its not just the driveshaft and diff circlip thats away?
It is deffo fucked, only has 3rd and 4th gear, its because the car hit the islad going backwards, and one of the bars has bent into the gearbox, it hasnt been locked at properly by a garage yet so could be worse problems like a bent chasis , clutch got burnt out when trying to get it on the tow truck trailer, and then they ripped the bottom thing off the bumper because with the front being lowered it was hard to get it up the ramp
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3CorsaMeal
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hold on gromit, its the wrong trousers 
unlucky charlene
glad it wasn't any worse 
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Andrew
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quote:
Originally posted by Charlene
Power steering went, was doing about 70
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Originally posted by Charlene
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Originally posted by Steve
cant believe you braked and locked the wheels up just cause the powersteering went
I didnt brake because of that, was coming to a junction, heard something go under bonnet and the steering went stiff which made me panic so i braked, the back had just been lowered as well
You was doing 70 coming up to a junction
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