Had a car crash today

[Rotary-Motion]

hi guys

i was driving along in a straight line on a main drag doing 40, thinking of veg oil and foxy ladies and my pants were to tight when from the side of me a car was flying at me in the shape of a VW golf 02 plate and a young lad driver, who didnt know there was a junction there just shot out full bore with no braking and stoved me car, done the wing and 2 doors even knocked off the indicator and wheel trim on the OTHER SIDE OF CAR it hit that hard and fast...

took a pic at night so cant see much, the doors dont shut right and the window stick halfway down but i think me steering rack is ok and may be good well seems ok, see how it goes on the tyres after done a few more miles on that score...

like you all know me, hey i got pics muhahahaaaaaa

[greasemonkey]

Did you get the plod involved? Always good for a young driver to have a really nasty fright. Lucky it was not any worse......

I expect he'll be a bit more careful next time out. What did his car end up looking like?

[Tony]

Nearly had exactly the same happen to me many years ago but was lucky enough to see it coming and braked in time.

At least you are OK, a car is just a car and can be replaced.

I'm guessing not fixable without spending plenty of $$$

[Rotary-Motion]

Did you get the plod involved? Always good for a young driver to have a really nasty fright. Lucky it was not any worse......

I expect he'll be a bit more careful next time out. What did his car end up looking like?

it was actually a 3 car job, as a girl was driving down the main road opposite direction too me when this kid shot out a junction, he teed into the side of me and she into the side of him, but managed to stop just ushing her bumper into his driver door, out the 3 his lost a number plate and looked ok? (what happended to rad etc not sure) hers was AOK, mine was twatted the most...

i had to calm everyone down i stuck me arm round him (shaking badly) and said we will have to change details etc and got paper and pen out to sort it all and calm the situe...

no police he would of got done wreckless driving maybe? he may want to settle a cash deal so not to hinder his insurance , i got to get a quote and hone him up, he lives about 20 mile away from me...

[Rotary-Motion]

Nearly had exactly the same happen to me many years ago but was lucky enough to see it coming and braked in time.

At least you are OK, a car is just a car and can be replaced.

I'm guessing not fixable without spending plenty of $$$

insurance company would write it off as 2 doors and a wing sprayed in would be more than 800 what its worth

[Tony]

You're a decent bloke Paul, he wrecks your car and you are calm and look after him?  Come find me if we ever have a post apocalypse nuclear winter, I want you on my side

[greasemonkey]

Probably the best way of handling it. He'll concentrate a bit more now. I would imagine he will be only to willing to pay up, thankful that the law wasn't involved.

I've almost rammed someone myself, more than once. A miss is as good as a mile, but could have ended up smashing the vehicles up a few times.

I left a trail of destruction behind me after a track rod end snapped. Cost me £450, but was better than having to claim on the insurance. And that bloke took some talking around to my way of thinking...........

[Rotary-Motion]

You're a decent bloke Paul, he wrecks your car and you are calm and look after him?  Come find me if we ever have a post apocalypse nuclear winter, I want you on my side

hehe thx tony, rachael was in the car and said she couldnt believe how calm i was, and is what kept her calm, she even commented i saw it coming and still pulled in off the main road to allow traffic by and at the very same time i said camly oh here we go, and my daughter was waiting at my house with my new grandaughter 2 weeks old so got out car and phoned her to let her know whats occured and be there shortly but she came to look...

[Tony]

after a track rod end snapped

Eeek!

Sometimes we forget how we daily put our lives in the hands of a bit of metal just a few mm across.

[Tony]

my new grandaughter 2 weeks old

I didn't know that, congratulations mate   People always tell me I'm too young to have three kids so I get it.  Grand-daughter eh?  Puts it all in perspective doesn't it!

[greasemonkey]

after a track rod end snapped

Eeek!

Sometimes we forget how we daily put our lives in the hands of a bit of metal just a few mm across.

True, but once one has snapped, one tends to forget it less often

I'm still not convinced that someone didn't try to cut it. You could see where it was slightly marked between the locking nut and the track rod. And usually, when something like that snaps, you can see where it has part fractured previously.

I'd fired some Fs into a particularly grumpy and aggressive supervisor, in front of 40 of his staff, about a week before it happened. Then we had a proper slanging match.

[greasemonkey]

my new grandaughter 2 weeks old

Good on ya mate!

[Rotary-Motion]

after a track rod end snapped

Eeek!

Sometimes we forget how we daily put our lives in the hands of a bit of metal just a few mm across.

funny you should mention this sort of thing i regularly think as im driving down a steep hill, what if the brake pipe leak / pops i would be fecked, sort of got a thing about that... i even go to the extent of avasive monouvres like pull hand brake which wouldnt do much and drop down gears and make it scream and ride the tourque of engine to slow it down... wierd...

[Tony]

after a track rod end snapped

Eeek!

Sometimes we forget how we daily put our lives in the hands of a bit of metal just a few mm across.

True, but once one has snapped, one tends to forget it less often

I'm still not convinced that someone didn't try to cut it. You could see where it was slightly marked between the locking nut and the track rod. And usually, when something like that snaps, you can see where it has part fractured previously.

I'd fired some Fs into a particularly grumpy and aggressive supervisor, in front of 40 of his staff, about a week before it happened. Then we had a proper slanging match.

Sounds a bit too inventive to be attempted murder.  You're a lovely chap too, I don't buy it.

[Rotary-Motion]

my new grandaughter 2 weeks old

I didn't know that, congratulations mate   People always tell me I'm too young to have three kids so I get it.  Grand-daughter eh?  Puts it all in perspective doesn't it!

my daughter has 2 children misha and kaiser and my son has a daughter rhiannan, grandad 3 times