Rovertech 2.0

Roverdose214 · Post by **Roverdose214** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 7:58 pm

Whos is that?

amh01 · Post by **amh01** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 8:00 pm

Vardfail!

Roverdose214 · Post by **Roverdose214** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 8:01 pm

Thats your 216?

Vard66 · Post by **Vard66** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 8:02 pm

*was my 216.

Roverdose214 · Post by **Roverdose214** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 8:02 pm

Vard66 wrote:*was my 216.

Gutted, what happened?

bgunn · Post by **bgunn** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 8:03 pm

He crashed it. Looks like it took the impact well though.

Vard66 · Post by **Vard66** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 8:04 pm

lol, Brian.

Basically, I was coming down a steep, wet, muddy, and apparently icy road just outside Calne, and there was a corsa parked in the road. As I approached it, an MR2 came around the corner, so I tried to stop behind the corsa to let him past as it was his right of way. As I tried, all four locked up, and when I released them a little bit to try to get some traction, I got jerked sideways into the MR2 instead of the corsa.

matt077 · Post by **matt077** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 8:05 pm

Fook! you did a good job on that! sorry to see that mate, are you ok?

Roverdose214 · Post by **Roverdose214** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 8:05 pm

bgunn wrote:He crashed it.

Really i thought they came like that?

Oh FFS thats obviously i was asking how!

bgunn · Post by **bgunn** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 8:06 pm

Bummer

Still, you're not hurt in any way? That's the important thing, always.

Vard66 · Post by **Vard66** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 8:12 pm

No, I'm alright. I broke the dashboard with my body. My knee hurts quite a lot, and I think I've brused a rib on my steering wheel, but otherwise I'm alright.

My mate has a bit of whiplash, but otherwise he's ok too.

bgunn · Post by **bgunn** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 8:15 pm

Good stuff (well, relatively speaking). If you believe most journalists, they'll say you're taking your life into your own hands if you drive a car that's more than 2 years old, it's always good to put a case into point and show how tough even older cars are..

Not that I consider an R8 'old'.

matt077 · Post by **matt077** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 8:15 pm

Vard66 wrote:No, I'm alright. I broke the dashboard with my body. My knee hurts quite a lot, and I think I've brused a rib on my steering wheel, but otherwise I'm alright.

My mate has a bit of whiplash, but otherwise he's ok too.

did u have a seat belt on mate?

Vard66 · Post by **Vard66** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 8:16 pm

Yes Matt.

It slipped a bit though.

rovermadman4825 · Post by **rovermadman4825** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 8:17 pm

Bummer mate

its a shame a few rovers have died in the past few months

Roverdose214 · Post by **Roverdose214** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 8:18 pm

Hope your alright, where did the slam panel go? looks like it just disappeard...

bgunn · Post by **bgunn** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 8:20 pm

Split off the drivers headlamp mount and ended up under the bonnet by the looks of it.

Post by **Din** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 8:22 pm

Holy sh1t dude

you ok ?

Vard66 · Post by **Vard66** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 8:23 pm

Yeah, I think that's it caught behind the bonnet.

I did laugh at the phase one indicator being untouched, I have to admit.

Yeah Dan I'm alright, knee hurts a bit.

Happy Birthday, by the way!

Geo_coupe · Post by **Geo_coupe** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 8:24 pm

holy logger thats pretty well destroyed!! glad to hear you escaped relatively unharmed from it though.

bgunn · Post by **bgunn** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 8:28 pm

Vard66 wrote:Yeah, I think that's it caught behind the bonnet.

For sure, the bonnet latch is bolted to it, and that didn't let go, so it got pulled up. It's doing its job, trying to keep the bonnet shut!

matt077 · Post by **matt077** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 8:29 pm

gutted mate, hope u get better soon!

teethgrinder · Post by **teethgrinder** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 8:31 pm

Glad you're OK...

Poor taste, but you're alive!

BrackenFox · Post by **BrackenFox** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 8:31 pm

Holy crap, dude, glad you're okay!

1994 BRG Coupe · Post by **1994 BRG Coupe** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 8:35 pm

Don't supose you got a pic of the MR2 :drive:

Post by **MarkCoupe** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 8:37 pm

Jesus man! Im glad your not badly hurt.

But you do fail for removing a GTi

Post by **BazR** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 8:38 pm

Dibs on the spoiler!

Just kidding. I'm not that bad. You were lucky enough to get away unharmed there as it looks nasty. Although I nudged a Coupe on the nose at low speed last year and it looked like a high speed impact.

piggy22 · Post by **piggy22** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 8:41 pm

how much do you want for the battery?

carl747 · Post by **carl747** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 8:44 pm

Son of A

Glad you ok tho mate

Null_Byte · Post by **Null_Byte** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 8:50 pm

I know you said you wanted an excuse to buy that tickford, but don't you think this is a little extreme?!

Any crash you walk away from is a good crash tbh. Glad you are ok dude.

Post by **Din** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 8:50 pm

Vard66 wrote:
Happy Birthday, by the way!

Thankyou

mg-richard · Post by **mg-richard** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 8:57 pm

yikes, next one would be better with abs

Steve220 · Post by **Steve220** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 8:58 pm

Yep. Buggered that good and proper.

Glad you're ok though dude. Car accidents always tend to shake you up for a few days.

bgunn · Post by **bgunn** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 9:00 pm

mg-richard wrote:yikes, next one would be better with abs

Not a 216GTi though - the Honda/Nissin ALB system is a pile of cack - I had two cars with it, and it's a whole load of trouble, and isn't very good at being ABS because it's so slow. Bosch or ATE are much better at making ABS systems - and Honda know it; thats what they use these days..

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