996 Carrera
Ive managed to add my car to the growing list of cup casualties!
10 mins after having one tyre changed and the rear wheels swapped with the fronts at kwik-fit I crashed the car (usual tyre place had let me down, the front right was below legal limit and I wanted the oil changed at the same time). The front right wheel lost traction, the car swung to the right, I corrected it, swung to the left, another correction and this time I went the full 360, mounted the kerb on the left and took out two fence panels - either side of a tree! Must have hit the fence backwards as the left side of the car is undamaged, apart from a wrecked alloy at the front. Ended up pointing the right way still in the right lane.
Im thinking I must have hit the lane markings and maybe they were still iced up since I wasnt accelerating, even though the road was national speed limit. And I was driving gently as the Contis were now on the frontand I hadnt check the tyre pressures yet.
The damage isnt too bad considering I was doing 40-50 mph. The drivers side front corner is a mess - headlight cluster is totalled and the bumper was ripped off, wheel is hanging off too and the tyre was punctured. The drivers side rear corner is dented and the light cluster is smashed. Though the undamaged panels look straight, and the engine looks fine, even started up at the bodyshop. So hopefully the car will be back to normal after the repairs.
No pictures as I managed to delete them by accident - typical of my luck over the weekend, though a night out in Brum with some mates took the edge off. I wanted to check whether kwik-fit had put the Contis on the front correctly.
