wrote off the 197.......pics

[trile]

lost the back end, tried to correct it but at that speed and with bad tyres, it resulted in me hitting the guard rail with the front right side, rorating,then hittingthe rear right side and then returning to my lane ... the rear passenger hit his head a bit because he was asleep at the moment, his airbags deployed, so did the front passengers side airbaig and window curtain or whatever.. but the front airbags didn't deploy at all ?

anyways... RIP clio. The guard rail saved us... a big drop is on other side

 

[Jason_E]

:O OMG. Ouch.

Really sorry to hear about this mate! Are you okay though?

 

[Paul_LY-182]

bald tyres???

 

[AK]

was a mint 197!

Gutted for you mate!

 

[AhmedRSi]

s**t! Sorry to hear this

Was it your fault? You mentioned a bit of speed there. Hope the passengers ok

Off topic, those roads look amazing.

 

[StevenMc29]

Feel for ya mate.

Can be replaced. Atleast yous are okay and didnt go over the edge

 

[rctempire]

Doesnt look good. least everyones ok though.

 

[daydotz]

we all love your clio 200 next

 

[Firas]

unlucky dude. its only metal at the end of the day just as long as everyone was ok

 

[Cro]

Trying more oversteer? At least it was only your car involved

 

[Greeny.]

Thats alot of damage and thank god for that guard!!

 

[leeds_182]

Jeez, could have been worse.

Always found my 197 to be a lot twitchier then the old 172 and 182.

 

[Laura182]

Gutted mate :-( Glad you're both okay!

 

[MrTrick]

Ouch, what a shame.

 

[Ian]

Was such a stunning example, really a shame to see it like that. Hope you're ok pal and that you can move on to something just as good.

 

[Vicky.]

Christ!

Gutted for you, glad everyone's ok though!

 

[koi]

looks nasty!! glad everyones ok

 

[richy22]

Ouch!

Were you practising drifting again or something??

 

[trile]

bald tyres???

they are far from new ... could be the main cause.
What happened is that as the car is stiff (+ lowered) there was bump-steer at one point (I may be explaining this wrong, excuse my english) and the back end just lost it... the rest is obvious.

What bothers me the most is that I know that road well, and I went there a hundred times at bigger speeds and never even got tyre squeel.
Could be bald tyres, a flat tyre, patch of oil or something but mostly it's my fault because I was going fast.

@ all ''were you trying drifting/oversteer'' - comments.. I wasn't obeying the speed limit but I sure wasn't doing any 'stunts'.

 

[Fletcher]

Sorry to see that, my fav 197 too

 

[Slammed172]

At least you have owned up to the fact that driver is at frault unlike a lot of people.

And as least everyone is ok.

New 200 ?

 

[Jason_E]

Oh i remember your one now! Was stunning example. Well RIP 197. Bring on the 200?

Oh btw, lol at your passenger waking up to that! Must have been a shock!!

 

[Tucker]

great attitude about it though.

At least when you were driving fast you chose to do so in a non residential area.

 

[R20 CWH]

guttings news, loved your bus.

 

[Alastair.]

atleast u did a proper job!

 

[Jamie]

Blimey, go Renault safety!

 

[Paul.M]

looks in a nasty state that

fair play for owning up to the speed part though

 

[p@blo]

Harsh mate, spilt diesel on the road?

 

[RDH]

Gutting that mate, your 197 was the best on here by miles.

 

[Liambo-235]

Wow, not nice!

Man enough to own up to speeding, congrats. At least you was putting the car through paces at the end of its life!

Get an F1 next or a 200

 

[richard1]

s**t! Just out of interest, ESP switched off?

 

[trile]

s**t! Just out of interest, ESP switched off?

think it was switched ON.
esp doesn't help when the back end steps out :dapprove:

 

[richard1]

^ you must have been seriously moving as thats exactly when it should work

 

[trile]

think it'll be the tyres tbh... at least they were the contributing factor.

18.500 miles in them...

 

[Vish]

Oh damn! Liked your car a hell a lot! Shame to see it gone.

At least you're ok though! The car can be replaced.

 

[Clart]

you're a lucky chap....lesson learned the hard way.

 

[Gaz_]

noooooo

Another 197?

 

[trile]

noooooo

Another 197?

nope
won't be a renault either... but a new car is the last thing on my mind right now tbh

 

[Harry_manback]

skills

 

[Jason_E]

skills

FLOL