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Del Boy

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What a day of it
« on: 04 December 2011, 21:20:00 »
Went to dagenham this morning, went up there, all was well. Came home sitting at 50 mph. All of a sudden, fling up comes the bonnet, huge bang, interior mirror comes flying off smacks me in the head, grill goes flying, lorry up my arse, couldn't see where I was going, managed to get to the hard shoulder anyway, and limp the car 45 miles home. Anyway to cut a long story short the Beemer now looks like this.







The roof looks much worse than it does in the pictures, it's truly knackered.

And here it ripped the bonnet, how at 50 MPH I'll never know, and it was a genuine 50 MPH!



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Re: What a day of it
« Reply #1 on: 04 December 2011, 21:22:17 »
 :o :o :o

Friggin' Ell!
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Re: What a day of it
« Reply #2 on: 04 December 2011, 21:23:24 »
Mate, the main thing is YOU

at 50mph, in any car, no matter how big or new, you are lucky to be alive.

I know you'll be feeling crap, but take comfort :y
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Re: What a day of it
« Reply #3 on: 04 December 2011, 21:25:41 »
Is this the car you've had for about 2 weeks, with the 'bonnet problem'?
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Re: What a day of it
« Reply #4 on: 04 December 2011, 21:27:27 »
Quote from: JamesV6CDX on 04 December 2011, 21:23:24
Mate, the main thing is YOU

at 50mph, in any car, no matter how big or new, you are lucky to be alive.

I know you'll be feeling crap, but take comfort :y

Thanks James much appreciated :y

It is indeed the car with bonnet problems, which were I thought all sorted  >:(
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Re: What a day of it
« Reply #5 on: 04 December 2011, 21:29:16 »
bloody hell  glad your ok del :y
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Re: What a day of it
« Reply #6 on: 04 December 2011, 21:29:57 »
Blimey Del. The bonnet has almost peeled away under the stress. Glad you managed to get off the road safely mate :y
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Re: What a day of it
« Reply #7 on: 04 December 2011, 21:32:08 »
 :o......... :o.......... :'(
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Re: What a day of it
« Reply #8 on: 04 December 2011, 21:36:10 »
At least you are alive to tell the tale .. :y :y :y

Not nice .. but just think of the forces involved ... beemer bonnet is a large surface area and a car speed of 50 Mph is the equivalent of Gale Force 9 or 10 .... sufficient to do damage to buildings... add to that the instant shock and inability to see where you are going .... a recipe for a major catastrophe .... but you walked away intact ...

Cars can be replaced ..people can't.

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Re: What a day of it
« Reply #9 on: 04 December 2011, 21:43:37 »
same happened to me long years ago.. wind force :( :(
 
hood can be changed but roof definitey needs a good body shop :'(
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Re: What a day of it
« Reply #10 on: 04 December 2011, 21:48:47 »
Quote from: cem on 04 December 2011, 21:43:37
same happened to me long years ago.. wind force :( :(
 
hood can be changed but roof definitey needs a good body shop :'(

It'll only be going to a proper BMW workshop, nowhere else. BMW only.

Thanks for the kind messages people, much appreciated :y
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Re: What a day of it
« Reply #11 on: 04 December 2011, 21:51:21 »
Quote from: Del Boy on 04 December 2011, 21:48:47
Quote from: cem on 04 December 2011, 21:43:37
same happened to me long years ago.. wind force :( :(
 
hood can be changed but roof definitey needs a good body shop :'(

It'll only be going to a proper BMW workshop, nowhere else. BMW only.

Thanks for the kind messages people, much appreciated :y

will be sorted no worries, needs time and money..  :y
 
just warn the shop not to use bondo on roof and match the color :y
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Re: What a day of it
« Reply #12 on: 04 December 2011, 21:52:01 »
Del, having experienced similar in my Rangie a few years back (although I was only doing about 40mph) I can fully understand how terrifying that situation is. Good news is that you're OK though mate :y

I'd highly recommend just binning today's undies though :-X
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Re: What a day of it
« Reply #13 on: 04 December 2011, 21:53:33 »
FFS Del! :( :(

Glad that no one was injured in this - hope you're back on the road soon.

What a bloody shame.
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Re: What a day of it
« Reply #14 on: 04 December 2011, 21:58:02 »
kin ell Del,glad you are ok though :o
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