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Title: be careful in the snow
Post by: bigboykarl on 09 February 2012, 15:08:12: be very careful in the snow i spun on the m1 on saturday night at 30 mph and did this
(http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee314/bigboykarl/smashbang.jpg)

no injuries though so thats a bonus :y
Title: Re: be careful in the snow
Post by: Lazydocker on 09 February 2012, 15:14:18: Glad you're OK Karl :y :y
Title: Re: be careful in the snow
Post by: bigboykarl on 09 February 2012, 15:16:18: only the pride hurt.... :'(...guess i don't have to fix my lpg now
Title: Re: be careful in the snow
Post by: Lazydocker on 09 February 2012, 15:29:15: Quote from: bigboykarl on 09 February 2012, 15:16:18
only the pride hurt.... :'(...guess i don't have to fix my lpg now
It was the first thing that went through my mind :-X ::)

As in another post somewhere, freezing rain is now forecast and, IMO, much more dangerous :o Be careful indeed :y
Title: Re: be careful in the snow
Post by: henryd on 09 February 2012, 15:36:50: Quote from: bigboykarl on 09 February 2012, 15:08:12
be very careful in the snow i spun on the m1 on saturday night at 30 mph and did this
(http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee314/bigboykarl/smashbang.jpg)

no injuries though so thats a bonus :y

Ouch, that's taken quite a whack,glad you were ok though.
Title: Re: be careful in the snow
Post by: feeutfo on 09 February 2012, 16:00:17: Has that gone though to the inner wing? Outer wing, bonet, bumper and light should be fairly east to source and swap over...? If a write off buy it back. Perhaps?
Title: Re: be careful in the snow
Post by: flyer 0712 on 09 February 2012, 16:06:10: Shame about your car,however good that you are ok....As you say be careful how we drive as it can still happen to any one....
Title: Re: be careful in the snow
Post by: albitz on 09 February 2012, 16:28:24: Twiglet may well have the bits in the right colour to sort that out. ;)
Title: Re: be careful in the snow
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 09 February 2012, 16:47:28: Quote from: Albs on 09 February 2012, 16:28:24
Twiglet may well have the bits in the right colour to sort that out. ;)

yep.. and a trip to geometry center will sort out..
Title: Re: be careful in the snow
Post by: henryd on 09 February 2012, 17:26:44: Quote from: chrisgixer on 09 February 2012, 16:00:17
Has that gone though to the inner wing? Outer wing, bonet, bumper and light should be fairly east to source and swap over...? If a write off buy it back. Perhaps?

Too have taken the bonnet I would have thought that the inner wing must have sustained damage of some sort
Title: Re: be careful in the snow
Post by: PhilRich on 09 February 2012, 17:37:07: It's sickening about the Omega, but the important thing is you're OK :y
Title: Re: be careful in the snow
Post by: Darth Loo-knee on 09 February 2012, 17:39:53: Quote from: PhilRich on 09 February 2012, 17:37:07
It's sickening about the Omega, but the important thing is you're OK :y

He missed the bit out about driving at 50 mph, what was it Karl? Not driving to the conditions of the road ::)
Title: Re: be careful in the snow
Post by: TheBoy on 09 February 2012, 18:39:52: Bugger. OOF members seem to go through phases of writing off cars, lets hope this is the last of the current crop.

It doesn't help, but its only a tin can, not flesh and blood :y
Title: Re: be careful in the snow
Post by: bigboykarl on 09 February 2012, 20:06:28: 30 mph daz...conditions were lousy
Title: Re: be careful in the snow
Post by: Shimmy on 09 February 2012, 21:20:33: What tyres did you have fitted?