Just over a month and already 2 Clio's down :(

[RS Williams]

Well...just over a month ago i passed my test and at the time a had a 1.9D, good enough car for what i used it for. But then the head went on it . So i thought thayt this was a good enough reason to look for a new car, and id wanted a 1.2 to begin with. So went out and bought one. NIce little green one, N reg, 68K good condition. Great . Got it after work last saturday, loved it! great little car! but what did i do on the way from work yesterday (sunday - the day after i got it!) Put it on its roof!!! Not haveing mutch luck with this car game!!

 

[Rob's172]

oh nasty...... unlucky, got any pics:quiet:

 

[Renault_Boy01]

unlucky mate

 

[cropcrop]

sh1t the bed, you ok when you crashed mate?

 

[RS Williams]

Nah i aint got any pics, only had the car a day so i cant do a before and after, and the police had to arrange someone to come and get it. But im getting it bach on the weekend so ill inspect the damage. and try and get some pics up.
Yeah i was fine, i couldnt belive it rolled actualy, because it had virtualy stoped when it went over! didnt go all the way just onto its roof. if it hadnt gone over it would just be a case of some new bumpers mabye bonnet, but now the roof is bent!
And you cant say i was beeing a boy racer and speeding because i was only doing 40 in a 60! so i dont no how i lost it realy, just the rear end went away and then it all happend very slowly. so slowly in fact i dont have a scratch on me, and im not even acheing a bit today!

 

[snick01]

pmsl! unlucky!! anyone bump you or anything? where you turning at the time?

 

[tommyboy]

unlucky......... maybe get a bike? push-bike that is

 

[dannyboy172]

Gutted!

 

[morky]

dont claim if you can get away with it m8, otherwise you will never get insurance for ages

 

[cropcrop]

60 doesnt mean go 60. take it happend on a corner at 40 or was it straight line?
insurance?

 

[brisa4984]

hair pin at 40 ?

 

[RS Williams]

I no a 60 area dosent mean take everything at 60, its a corner yould usualy take at about 50 ish. It was wet so i slowed down more than usual, the car didnt roll ar anything out of the usual and all of a sudden the back end stepped out. Tyres were all almoast new and everything.

Im not going to claim, as no one els was involved, the person who owned the the hedge that i hit said they didnt mind, as there were 2 whitnesses saying i was going sensibly when it happend.

And i think ill just stick to the go karts at work for now

 

[philmots]

Buy a bus pass Glad you're ok mate.

 

[Beef-Mc]

Sounds like a luck escape for you

 

[coatesy]

oversteer

 

[RS Williams]

Aye, thanks for the consern from all of you.

The clio might not be dead tho, iv got another lyeing in the back, so might just try to fix her up, as the roof didnt get badly damaged and everything seemed to be still in place. But i still havent seen it properly so i cant say.

 

[GarethM]

thats unlucky fella

at least your ok

 

[Phoenix]

did it have powersteering? i remember the first tiem i got a car with power steering i turnned the wheel too far and the back end came out...wasn't used to it

 

[RS Williams]

nope, its the other way round, my other clio had power steering and this one didnt, but you might have something there...

 

[Phoenix]

too much turnning to compensate for no powersteering? if it helps i wrote off 3 cars and the head gasket went twice on the 4th in 1 year....coure im a little more sensible these days lol

 

[RS Williams]

mabye, something like that i supose, mabye it was the reason i could not correct it properly, i tried to op-lock but failed.

Well my tutor at collage has a theory, everyone crashes in there first year in some way or another lol. its right so far with everyone i no lol
everyone i no has damaged there car in some sort of way

 

[J03]

french

 

[Leeshez]

Opps oh dear as long as your ok.

 

[RS Williams]

I got the car back today, and it is a wright off, the roof pillars has been bent so its a no go, but the engine still runs as good as ever ...so the engine will now go into the diesel shell, i no its a lot of work but id like a bit of a challange!

Here are some pics of the car: (i've already started to take parts off by the time id taken these pics)