172cup, poverty spec was least of his worries!

[Mells]

Hope the fella doesnt mind me posting this off renaultsport.co.uk forum. Probably a pearoast anyway....

Yikes! Only had it a couple of days...

Thread here:

http://www.renaultsport.co.uk/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=28837

 

[The Chubby Pirate]

Christ that lad in the white t-shirt must have two sets of knee caps hes fookin massive.


Post edited. Jon

 

[Griff]

He's standing on the rear wheel..

*You could have been joking but.....

 

[R20 CWH]

close call!!

 

[-J-]

Could have been very nasty had it gone in with him inside it! Although 99% Plastic I doubt very much it would have floted LOL

 

[Revels]

If only he'd had ABS.

 

[Tom]

A Boat Surely?

 

[john.med]

Just out of interest, what's the ratio of cups to ff's being written off. Just makes me wonder,.. Seem to see a lot of cups in trouble. Can people not cadence brake?

 

[Paul.]

seen this over on renaultsport. handbrake FAIL

 

[Dan 172]

Very close.

 

[Storm_Force]

brown pants moment for sure

 

[ForceIndia]

Just out of interest, what's the ratio of cups to ff's being written off. Just makes me wonder,.. Seem to see a lot of cups in trouble. Can people not cadence brake?

Cadence is great in theory, but how often do people get to practice it? If cadence was that easy, ABS wouldn't have been invented.

 

[Gumby]

Can people not cadence brake?

I think "Some people can't drive" is closer to the point

Shitter about the handbrake for that Cup owner though!

 

[mini-valver]

He was at the KK meet in it the other day, lol.

 

[CabinFever]

Thats Raggit from Renaultsport.co.uk. That pic was taken after it had already been pulled back 2 foot!!!

 

[cat171]

How did he manage that ?

 

[trailerparktrev]

How did he manage that ?

"seen this over on renaultsport. handbrake FAIL"

 

[jon_r]

Lucky chap!

 

[Lagerlout]

Just out of interest, what's the ratio of cups to ff's being written off. Just makes me wonder,.. Seem to see a lot of cups in trouble. Can people not cadence brake?

Cadence is great in theory, but how often do people get to practice it? If cadence was that easy, ABS wouldn't have been invented.

Exactly. Oh and Cups are more to insure than FF's.... simply because of the proportion of total loss claims. The winter cull of Cups is the stuff of legend lol

 

[KDF]

If only he'd had ABS.

beat me to it. lol

 

[Henry]

unlucky and yet so lucky! would be properly annoyed to come back and find mine in a canal

 

[cat171]

How did he manage that ?

"seen this over on renaultsport. handbrake FAIL"

Ah right.

 

[C.J]

Damn, that was pretty lucky / unlucky!

 

[Kris86]

lmfao thats right by my house..for anyone local in warrington its near the pub called "the ferry" where all the boats are kept

 

[drunknmunky]

LMFAO!!!!!! Must be that gash exhaust

 

[AlexG]

LMFAO!!!!!! Must be that gash exhaust

yeh somebody must have felt sorry for him and tried to push it in!:rasp:

 

[Beef-Mc]

Surprised it didn't fall in if it's been pulled back by two foot.

 

[Peperami]

Just out of interest, what's the ratio of cups to ff's being written off. Just makes me wonder,.. Seem to see a lot of cups in trouble. Can people not cadence brake?

No idea, but i know trying to find spares for cups at salvage yards is difficult, much harder to come by than normal 172's.

 

[matty w]

i've never trusted handbrakes anyway i always leave it in gear

 

[Marky_]

Lucky boy!

 

[Charlieboy]

idiot

 

[Henry]

his handbrake failed?
lesson learnt though

 

[KDF]

damn, renault took all the essentials out to make the poverty 172.. climate, leather, headwrests... even handbrakes lol

 

[Hutchie]

thats the only way that drums on the rear are better, atleast the handbrake works on them

 

[Mells]

lol, supprised this wasnt a repost. That must be a first for me..

I recon he was caining it, pulled up, put the handbrake on when the discs were hot, discs cooled down and the clio nearly ended up getting a bath.

Leaving the car in gear ftw.

 

[mrgund]

Was he in the car or was it parked up? Would it be possible that if it was a FF, with all the extra weight then the momentum of more weight moving forward could have plunged it into the drink??

Ha.

 

[Kris86]

he couldnt have been goin fast because just behind where the pic is taken is another bridge he woulda had to go over and the road is really narrow..

 

[JON13S]

i knew cups were lighter but a freak gust of wind shouldnt pick one up like that lol. cup anchors now on sale...........lol

 

[Timmay]

bloody hell that was close