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Skid ......... Bang part 2

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Old 05-11-2012, 01:09 AM
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Nasty man.

Good job you managed to avoid the DB9 and the new Land Rover in the background hey !!

Warm greasy roads FTL.
Old 05-11-2012, 01:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Suits
Nasty man.

Good job you managed to avoid the DB9 and the new Land Rover in the background hey !!

Warm greasy roads FTL.
Guy in the DB9 was actually behind me he pulled over to give me his card. He said he would be a witness if i needed one as he saw i wasn't being stupid.
Old 05-11-2012, 01:30 AM
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Originally Posted by hjabotelho
Guy in the DB9 was actually behind me he pulled over to give me his card. He said he would be a witness if i needed one as he saw i wasn't being stupid.
That's cool.

I had someone do that to me, only as a witness to say that the woman who pulled out into me was being a fool .

Good luck with sorting everything out.
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Gutted for you! Glad you're ok though - that is the main thing!
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Looks heavy!

Main thing is that you are okay, nothing else matters! Been through the same and worse and know exactly how it feels. You seem in good spirits which is good to hear

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Old 05-11-2012, 04:42 AM
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Originally Posted by hjabotelho
Originally Posted by jsl20' timestamp='1336686831' post='21687619
really sorry to hear about the car. don't forget the point of all of that heavy safety stuff is to keep you alive, which worked! take the insurance pay out and get another S2000 or something else as fun.

you'll feel rubbish for a while, but it'll pass! did you hit your head on the metal roof mechanism bars?
To be honest at the moment I don't really feel bad about what happened as it was pretty unavoidable. I'd hit my head on the window I think. Depending on the pay out I'll either get another S2000, 350Z or a cheap run around and use the rest to get back into photography.
I had a ride in a mate's 350Z last weekend-was very nice! You don't feel as cocooned in as the Honda, but its very quick and sounds beautiful.

Depending on who you're insured with they might not let you buy it back. The breaker might just buy it off your insurance company and strip it for parts.
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Hope you are OK mate! Always sucks to see someones pride and joy like that

On a positive note though you didnt hit the rear 1/4. You could get a new wing and door and get the sill jigged out and a new hub / lower suspension arm. Dont people think that damage could be repaired completely for £1500-2000 using used parts? Its only the sill thats the hard part!

Main thing is you are OK though mate!
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Sorry to see your car in that way. Am close to tears...

Keep up the driving, dont let this make you loss confidence.

All the best mate!
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Gutted for you and completely know how you feel having written off my S the other week

Hope you get it sorted without too much hassle
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Terrible news, but glad you're ok. Cat C at a guess but who cares, cars can get replaced etc and i'm sure you'll get another. You could buy back off the insurers if/when they write it off and source parts yourself?


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