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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: TheBoy on 06 February 2012, 17:31:05
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Another car gone. This time, Mrs TheBoy's beloved Rover.
Some of this next paragraph is taken from other witnesses.
Driving home from work on Thursday, quite sedately as it happens (there was my mistake!), I'm slowing down for the roundabout at the end of a decent stretch of dual carriageway. I'm on the inside lane, which is queuing, as it usually does at rush hour, with the outside lane moving reasonably well. I join the back of the queue, I'm over on the centre line as its just about to go to 3 lanes for the roundabout, with middle lane being straight on. My lane. According to the lady 2 cars back, the car following me looked like she was going to go up the inside lane to turn left (which makes sense, given her address), but for some reason doesn't see I'm stopped. Hits me on NSR fairly hard - enough for spin me through 90 degrees, clipping the car in front in the process, and across the outside lane into the central reservation. Inevitably, the car coming down the outside lane had nowhere to go, except into the side of me.
End result, the Rover is clearly written off - damage to every panel except passenger door, possibly NSF wing. The car in front of me that I clipped will get away with rear bumper hopefully - I wasn't even aware I'd hit that on way through, but her bumper has damage on it, and I have scars on my NSF corner. The car who hit me in the outside lane, that is going to need a front end, and the car that hit me up the rear is going to need a bit more of a front end, inc radiator. 1 car was driven away, the other 3 recovered.
Police breath tested everyone, AFAIK, everyone passed. My reading was 0.0 apparently. What a good boy.
Paramedics called, as the woman who hit me was clearly in shock, and turns out may have broken or severly dislocated a finger, other than that, no serious injuries. Thankfully. My aches and pains are subsiding, and my strange memory issues becoming far less frequent.
The Rover, however, will never recover. I bought it brand new back in 2000, and its been loved and cared for ever since, and you would never believed it had over 116k under its belt. Yes, it had let us down - a fuel pump failure, and the obligatory K series HGF - but has been a dependable, enjoyable, comfortable, reliable workhorse. And in its last breath, protected me.
I don't get that emotionally attached to cars. Yes, I tend to keep the good ones for a long time, but very really emotinal about them. But I really will truely miss the Rover. The longest I've ever owned a car, both time and mileage, and I would say, for the purpose it fulfilled, the best car I've ever had.
RIP my little Rover.
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Comiserations on loss of a family member
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Sorry to hear mate :(.
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shame about the car...it is a metal box though....people are a lot harder to replace :y
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As long as you're ok TB, the car can be replaced. Love to Mrs TB too, know she's gutted as well as being relieved. :-* :-*
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Glad your back to posting again, hard luck on it.
I know Mrs TB is upset too.
Still, the fun of a new car to choose again....
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just wait for the courtosy car to arrive, always handle a lot better and seem to accelerate right through red line lol
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just wait for the courtosy car to arrive, always handle a lot better and seem to accelerate right through red line lol
turned it down, couldn't be arsed to deal with the extra hassle. Got 2 perfectly good Omegas on the drive. The Rover was always happy to kiss the redline, unless I hadn't driven it for a few weeks ::)
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Still, the fun of a new car to choose again....
Gee, swell, can't wait. Thanks?
:P ;D
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As long as you're ok TB, the car can be replaced.
Not entirely sure it can :'(, no luck so far in my search.
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are you looking at new again, or 2nd hand this time?
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Jaime - Hope you are ok mate :y
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Other than shaken but not stirred, your ok mate! Sorry about your Rover though, but as you said, served you well and protected you at the end ;)
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Your OK, that's the main thing.
But yes, it's funny how you get attached to a car, when I did my dancing on ice appearance in my first 3.2 I was absolutely gutted. Still yet to see another 3.2 that is in as good (post accident!) condition IMHO. Certainly the current 3.2 has took a lot of money to get it close....
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Had to be done. :D ;D
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Glad everybodys in one piece :y
Ever thought of a Vtec honda as a replacement ?
They rev very nicely ;)
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Oh no, that's not good news. At least you're not injured. I know that Rover was talked about on the forum a good few times. You could get the same again for next to nothing?
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As long as you're ok TB, the car can be replaced.
Not entirely sure it can :'(, no luck so far in my search.
Meant in so much as it's a metal box versus an irreplaceable TB! :-*
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sorry to hear about that but realy pleased that you are all ok.. :y
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Really sorry to hear this, Jaime, and I hope the aches and pains heal quickly. :(
Sounds like another distracted driver who didn't even see the accident coming from the shock diagnosis. What a shame the car didn't make it. :'(
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phew.. multiple car crash.. ???
glad nothing serious happened to you.. although you may have pain after some time.. :-\
sorry for the car.. :(
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Your OK, that's the main thing.
But yes, it's funny how you get attached to a car, when I did my dancing on ice appearance in my first 3.2 I was absolutely gutted. Still yet to see another 3.2 that is in as good (post accident!) condition IMHO. Certainly the current 3.2 has took a lot of money to get it close....
Hope you meant "Pre-accident"
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Your OK, that's the main thing.
But yes, it's funny how you get attached to a car, when I did my dancing on ice appearance in my first 3.2 I was absolutely gutted. Still yet to see another 3.2 that is in as good (post accident!) condition IMHO. Certainly the current 3.2 has took a lot of money to get it close....
Hope you meant "Pre-accident"
Just realised maybe you did mean post.... :)
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glad you are ok mate, shame about the little rover, that driveway is just not going to be the same without it sitting there!!
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Really sorry to hear about the Rover's demise TB, but glad to hear you're ok :y
Just for info; there's a rather nice lpg'd Trabant estate on e-gay at the moment (ducks for cover sharpish!) ;D ;) :y
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Sorry to hear about your Rover Jaime - glad to hear you're OK though. In the market for another Omega or going for a Rover ;)
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Sorry to hear this .. but the important thing is that you are OK. :y :y :y
Mrs TB might well miss the Rover .. but I'm sure she'd miss you even more !!!!!
(well .... I assume that is the case !!! :) )
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Having read between the lines a couple of days ago I had assumed the Rover was dead :'( But I'm glad you're OK after a nasty shake :o
Don't rush things and I hope you've been and let a doctor check you over?
Commiserations to both yourself and Mrs TB on the loss of a very good car :'( :'(
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Sad news indeed - but good that you're uninjured. :y
If you're looking for a replacement I can recommend the Prius - it's reliable and cheap to run. :-* :-* :-* :-* ;D ;D
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... my strange memory issues becoming far less frequent.
Not all bad then? :)
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...and yes, get yourself checked over. Log the aches and pains.
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Sorry to hear about this Jammy, at least you're ok.
I wonder if the woman who hit you had just had the car valeted and couldn't see you because of something hanging from the rear view mirror :-X ::)
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There's no excuse for hitting stationary traffic, especially in a queue. Glad you're OK though.
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Glad your ok , take it easy :y :y
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Sounds like you had a lucky escape, never mind the car, just glad to hear you are ok... :y
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Glad you are ok TB apart from a few aches and pains :y and sorry you have lost your Rover, by being in the wrong place at the wrong time. >:(
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...and yes, get yourself checked over. Log the aches and pains.
Yep. I know you don't like "bollock fondlers" but well worth making sure any injuries are checked out.
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...and yes, get yourself checked over. Log the aches and pains.
Yep. I know you don't like "bollock fondlers" but well worth making sure any injuries are checked out.
Indeed... You must have injuries logged. My father had a similar amount of damage in an accident (nearly wrote off a brand new car :o) that was not his fault and the injuries are still causing issues now, 2 years on!
I don't normally encourage injury claims but you will have whiplash and potentially more :o You must have them checked and logged as this is a situation that a claim is justified IMO ;)
Just make sure you don't mention your fear lack of attendance at medical institutions or they may want to give you a full medical, and you're of an age where he'll want to stick a finger up your bum :o :o ;D ;D
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...and yes, get yourself checked over. Log the aches and pains.
Yep. I know you don't like "bollock fondlers" but well worth making sure any injuries are checked out.
I think he's just scared he'll enjoy it! ;)
Seriously though, whiplash needs treating or you may be in to long term problems, loss of mobility being one. Don't be a baby!
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Oh dear,sorry to learn of your misfortune and your loss of a much revered motor
As has been already said many times you hopefully escaped serious injury along with the rest (seriously have those checks done)
Better your chassis escaped intact even at the expence of your Rover's :y
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...and yes, get yourself checked over. Log the aches and pains.
Yep. I know you don't like "bollock fondlers" but well worth making sure any injuries are checked out.
Did somebody call for Nurse Melchett? :D
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...and yes, get yourself checked over. Log the aches and pains.
Yep. I know you don't like "bollock fondlers" but well worth making sure any injuries are checked out.
I think he's just scared he'll enjoy it! ;)
Seriously though, whiplash needs treating or you may be in to long term problems, loss of mobility being one. Don't be a baby!
for a change Jaime, she's actually right !!!!! take note !!!!
:y 8) ;D
gonna nag you till Mrs TB says you've been....... >:(
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...and yes, get yourself checked over. Log the aches and pains.
Yep. I know you don't like "bollock fondlers" but well worth making sure any injuries are checked out.
I think he's just scared he'll enjoy it! ;)
Seriously though, whiplash needs treating or you may be in to long term problems, loss of mobility being one. Don't be a baby!
for a change Jaime, she's actually right !!!!! take note !!!!
:y 8) ;D
gonna nag you till Mrs TB says you've been....... >:(
Oi! Excuse me! I'm always right! Cheek of you anyway! >:(
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the male mantra for self preservation is " only MY wife is ALWAYS right..... even when she's not....."
therefore, from TB's perspective , or mine, you cannot always be right...... :y :y :y ;D
(gets coat, puts on hard hat and ducks behind nearest upturned table.... )
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Can we now stop with the sympathy and start with the p1sstaking ? :D :)
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the male mantra for self preservation is " only MY wife is ALWAYS right..... even when she's not....."
therefore, from TB's perspective , or mine, you cannot always be right...... :y :y :y ;D
(gets coat, puts on hard hat and ducks behind nearest upturned table.... )
Think you're out of order but what would I know....apparently....I'm a woman therefore always wrong! >:(
No need to be patronising you know. ;)
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I'm a woman therefore always wrong!
Ah, we have it in writing. So there :P
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Can we now stop with the sympathy and start with the p1sstaking ? :D :)
I've been trying, but no one has been biting. Least of all Jammy Dodgem ;D
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the male mantra for self preservation is " only MY wife is ALWAYS right..... even when she's not....."
therefore, from TB's perspective , or mine, you cannot always be right...... :y :y :y ;D
(gets coat, puts on hard hat and ducks behind nearest upturned table.... )
Think you're out of order but what would I know....apparently....I'm a woman therefore always wrong! >:(
No need to be patronising you know. ;)
it wasn't intended to be....
it was very much tongue in cheek , intended to suggest someone take note of the long term issues related to neck injuries.... of which i am acutely , permanently, painfully, intimately aware........
i'll put down my shovel and step away from the hole...... hopefully before i get shoved in.....
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I'll echo the above, glad to hear you are all right :y
Sounds like quite a bad smash, side impact must have been a shock. :o
I'm imagining the roundabouts at Towcester, at a guess the BP/MacD's one? :-\
I'm still attached to my old 2.2, hence its still here. It will come in useful one day!
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I'll echo the above, glad to hear you are all right :y
Sounds like quite a bad smash, side impact must have been a shock. :o
I'm imagining the roundabouts at Towcester, at a guess the BP/MacD's one? :-\
I'm still attached to my old 2.2, hence its still here. It will come in useful one day!
TB looks through his collection of keys and fobs, strokes chin, and wonders if any are programmed for a green CD ::)
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Sorry to hear the bad :( news but glad that you are ok and hope it all goes well
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I'll echo the above, glad to hear you are all right :y
Sounds like quite a bad smash, side impact must have been a shock. :o
I'm imagining the roundabouts at Towcester, at a guess the BP/MacD's one? :-\
I'm still attached to my old 2.2, hence its still here. It will come in useful one day!
TB looks through his collection of keys and fobs, strokes chin, and wonders if any are programmed for a green CD ::)
Take a battery jumper ;D
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But seriously, if you want it, your welcome to use it? :y
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2 weeks today :o :'(
I'm guessing the pains should have gone by now?
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2 weeks today :o :'(
I'm guessing the pains should have gone by now?
Get it looked at ffs.
Physio ?
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2 weeks today :o :'(
I'm guessing the pains should have gone by now?
I suffered more than a month..
get it checked asap..
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Go to the bl**dy doctor you giant girls blouse :P
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Come over and see me in my surgery jammie, I'll look after you :-*
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Look out TB, he wants to take your temperature .. the old fashioned way!
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Look out TB, he wants to take your temperature .. the old fashioned way!
If it didn't hurt every muscle in my back, I'd be 'fully clenched'
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MAN UP ! . ::) ;D
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Yep, if you aren't going to take advice and seek proper medical attention then "Man Up, Wet Pants!" ::) ;D
Edit: If you want sympathy it's in the dictionary between s41t and syphilis ;D Go and seek proper medical advice and I'll be sympathetic ;)
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Its whiplash (probably) he,ll get over it.
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Its whiplash (probably) he,ll get over it.
Eventually ::) Mind you, as I have said before, there is talk the the damage to my spine may have occurred in a crash I was a passenger in way back in 1997 :-\
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There is talk that my
breaked up brain poor memory may be from headbutting a set of traffic lights after being vaulted off a KH 250 in 1976. :D ;D ;D
If TB gets out of bed one morning and realises his head has stayed on the pillow then he can assume it really was something more serious. :y :D
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Declared Cat B
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Declared Cat B
That's no real surprise from your description. May have been a Cat A if you had registered your injuries ;), although that is generally reserved for fatalities
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Declared Cat B
That's no real surprise from your description. May have been a Cat A if you had registered your injuries ;), although that is generally reserved for fatalities
The photos from the salvage place don't look too bad TBH...
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Declared Cat B
That's no real surprise from your description. May have been a Cat A if you had registered your injuries ;), although that is generally reserved for fatalities
The photos from the salvage place don't look too bad TBH...
link?
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Declared Cat B
That's no real surprise from your description. May have been a Cat A if you had registered your injuries ;), although that is generally reserved for fatalities
The photos from the salvage place don't look too bad TBH...
link?
Nosey Parker :P
I'll post a couple up...
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Pic...
http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=99685
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Glad your ok M8 :y that is the most important thing after all :)
Can say it is easy to get attached to cars, Ive had 37 cars and honestly most of em I was quite fond of, Only remember a few being really gutted too move on from, one was an old VX Ventura 3.3 was in A1 condition, Im sure I could have eaten my dinner off the floor, it was so clean, lent it too a M8 for a few days as his car packed up and he had a new job, seems the ciggy lighter thing blew a fuse and so he put a self tapping screw in the carrier :o of course it caught light and that was the end of me VX :( :( turns out he hadnt got a full license so I couldnt claim on the insurance :'( as he was me best man at my wedding I just left it, sad though.
was sad when me Omega 2.5 cdx went to the scappy, but got a new one now so all ok in the end, Im sure that will happen, and you wonder what all the fuss was about lol :y
ps, we like pics :y :y
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As above really... get to quack and rest up :y between Ebay and auto trader you should have plenty of browsing to be getting on with :y