Diesel on the roundabout... Honest

[Euan94]

Unfortunately no diesel here, just a lack of talent.

Picture the scene, slippy off camber corner coming off a roundabout. Only a moron would boot it their, and today that morons me.

Que spinning across the grass heading for a lampost. Result - 1 fucked mx5

I get out the car start assessing damage. Go to try and move it off the road when the lampost I hit gives way. Que me shitting my pants as it crashes down onto a Volvo.

I was very lucky it wasn't a less substantial car, although not as lucky as the lady driving. Landed right where her head would be and I dread to think what could of happened.

Not the best Friday I've had all in all but everyone's ok so that's the main thing.

 

[iimushroomzii]

Oh s**t that's a bit gutting! Fair play for being honest though.

 

[Jason_E]

Sorry but the description sounds like a slapstick sketch. I did a small chuckle...

Fair play for being honest, and at least you're alright! Got a lot of parts on that, easy to transfer to a new shell...

 

[Addicted]

LOL @ the Volvo, that is quite some luck, or unluckyness. I presume the Volvo will claim off you?

 

[Euan94]

I can't believe the lampost fell to be honest. It's snapped rather than fell actually

I presume she'll claim off me yeah

 

[levaz]

visions of a cartoon style delayed reaction on the lamp post tumbling.

nicely done though sir!

 

[BIFCAIDS]

visions of a cartoon style delayed reaction on the lamp post tumbling.

nicely done though sir!

Massive shadow growing LOL, lamppost labeled ACME

 

[levaz]

Massive shadow growing LOL, lamppost labeled ACME

cue bad photoshop! lol

 

[Philip.]

Hard luck mate but lol at the lamp post. f**king hell.

 

[Typhoon]

Ah thats a bit of a shitter mate. Good that everyone is uninjured though of course.

 

[imprezaworks]

As others have said.

But yeah flol at the lamp post

 

[Lal B3N]

Thats unlucky! Could of been worse though.

Lolvo must of been struggling for traction in 6th.

 

[Amos91]

Sorry to hear about this mate!

That's quite some whack. The roads looked dry this morning but it was definitely greasy on my way to work.

 

[ForceIndia]

I imagine the lolvo torque distorted space time causing the lamp to fall through multiple dimensions

 

[Rob]

Whilst I'm sure you're gutted, firstly I applaud your honesty and secondly I'm genuinely pissing myself at that f**king lampost. You couldn't make it up!

 

[montana]

wow, i bet the volvo driver had a shock!

 

[Inequality Street]

I bet that felt like it was falling in slow motion

 

[MarkCup]

F***, that was luck/unlucky. Glad all OK.

Congratulations on coming clean...is this a CS first?

Driver makes mistake. Driver admits driver made a mistake. Driver invites comments about driver making a mistake. Odd.

 

[Knuckles]

Jesus, good effort!

And kudos for owning up straight away.

It's a bit of a shame like, what's your plan for the mx5? Salvage the engine for another mx5?

 

[Philip.]

Will the council be claiming for the lampost too?

 

[Euan94]

There's not really much I can blame it on other than myself. I drive the corner everyday on my way to work and I know it's off cambered and can be slippy. What can I say enthusiasm got the better of me.

There's a fair amount of money in parts on it so it's definitely worth thinking about buying it back at least.

With regard to the lampost I think it'll come out of my insurance yes although not 100% yet.

 

[AdDaMan]

I'm glad to see it was the rear that hit it and you didn't pussy it at the last second and under steer into the lamppost. Good effort.

 

[ForceIndia]

There's not really much I can blame it on other than myself. I drive the corner everyday on my way to work and I know it's off cambered and can be slippy. What can I say enthusiasm got the better of me.

There's a fair amount of money in parts on it so it's definitely worth thinking about buying it back at least.

With regard to the lampost I think it'll come out of my insurance yes although not 100% yet.

I very nearly binned the m3 in similar circumstances. Off camber exit which can be sketchy in a fwd car. Decided a bit more throttle was sensible. Halfway through the second rotation I realized it probably wasn't.

 

[Ex-User (60778)]

At least I know I'm safe from falling lamposts.

 

[Gus]

Ahhh thats terrible news Euan, really am gutted for you after all the massive amount of work you put into that car. would definitely make sense to buy the car back off the insurance and take all the brakes, supercharger etc off and put into another MX5. Or buy another clio :up::up:

 

[banther]

Ouch.

Id have loved to see your reaction when the lampost started toppling.

 

[levaz]

Ouch.

Id have loved to see your reaction when the lampost started toppling.

something like this I imagine!

 

[McGherkin]

'kin hell. Shame about the MX5, are you going to go for another?

Nobody cares about the Volvo.

 

[Daz.]

T-cut all round as usual?

 

[Mr Burns]

Oh sh*t. That's not good.

 

[RichieJA]

Will the council be claiming for the lampost too?

Yup £750 I only know this because I totally didn't do something like op and it totally wasn't my fault either.....

At least we know in future volvos are better for fighting with lamp posts than mazdas

 

[McGherkin]

Yup £750 I only know this because I totally didn't do something like op and it totally wasn't my fault either.....

They cost 1k here.

Spoiler

(not me)

 

[Knuckles]

I too have killed a lamp post in my time.

Couldn't tell you how much it cost like.

Funnily enough I also killed it while drifting. But I was in a diesel Clio.

 

[RichieJA]

Killing a lampost is a right of passage to a petrol head,
I killed one on a straight main road less than a minute from my house swerving to avoid my neighbours kid who was running across the road with a bottle of buckfast pissed out his 14 year old mind, I was going far to fast tbh, had I been at speed limit I would of missed it

What's worse I was driving my friends micra home because he was too pissed to drive.
My neighbour paid for lampost and my m8 just scrapped the car was only worth 500 quid
I did get a smashed nose and upper chest pains as a punishment for my stuipedity

 

[Steven103]

May I suggest we all blame nothing nothing nothing nothing boost + Toyo T1Rs?

 

[Knuckles]

Killing a lampost is a right of passage to a petrol head,
I killed one on a straight main road less than a minute from my house swerving to avoid my neighbours kid who was running across the road with a bottle of buckfast pissed out his 14 year old mind, I was going far to fast tbh, had I been at speed limit I would of missed it

What's worse I was driving my friends micra home because he was too pissed to drive.
My neighbour paid for lampost and my m8 just scrapped the car was only worth 500 quid
I did get a smashed nose and upper chest pains as a punishment for my stuipedity

Feel better now? Sharing is caring.

 

[RichieJA]

A bit yes thank you, I have a constant reminder as I have to drive by it everyday, that lampost is a bit more shiny than the rest,

 

[levaz]

Can openly say I have never killed a lamppost.
The exit sign on a roundabout however.......

 

[RichieJA]

Can openly say I have never killed a lamppost.
The exit sign on a roundabout however.......

SHOW OFF!!!

 

[levaz]

SHOW OFF!!!

What's ironic, is mine actually was diesel on the roundabout.
But to make it worse, in the space of 4 weeks, there were 5 crashes there (including mine) ALL clios of varying guises (172, mk2 1.6, mk3 etc)