Ouch..... bruised tomato. Goodbye Trophy 328

[GinandGasoline]

I was involved in a crash 5 weeks ago on my way home from stevev6's which saw the car written off. In avoiding a car my side of the road on a country lane I managed to destroy a fence, avoid a house and end up resting on a railway sleeper in someone elses front garden.

The first piece of fence as the pictures show was pretty harmless enough, although my reactions must have kicked in to avoid the fence pole from the next section of picket fencing which came through the windscreen and finished up touching the back window, taking a chunk out of my neck as it passed.

I'll let the pictures tell the rest of the story, I don't know the full damage to the car as I left the scene in am ambulance but i have been told there was major subframe damage amongst other cosmetic damage :

Day before the accident at Brands Hatch :

Demolished fence :

Final resting place :

Some daylight piccies the next morning:

And the good news is I have found myself another Trophy which i'll hopefully be picking up in time for Christmas :approve:

Mahoosive thanks to all of the local members for their support, in particular Steve for everything you did after the accident and also my gorgeous girlfriend Bubbles for the use of her liquid 182 (want SO many parts off it )

 

[MOFO]

glad your ok fella, i want the seats and steering wheel if you still got them? lol

 

[richlawson]

really sorry mate such a shame

wont be long till people ask for the seats

i love my recaros

 

[Ali]

FCUK!!! I want the seats! Glad your ok tho!

 

[richie87]

ouch! glad you're ok mate

 

[GinandGasoline]

glad your ok fella, i want the seats and steering wheel if you still got them? lol

good luck, both seem pretty fucked

 

[Giles]

ouch

 

[Gaz_]

(whistles)...... lucky with that post dude least your here to tell the story lol, and jumping straight back into another

 

[dannyboy172]

Sh1t!!!

Looking at the damage to the windscreen and steering wheel, i'd say you lucky to be here chap, could have been sooooo much worse!! Glad you escaped with minimal injuries

 

[Bradharding]

That's really bad mate . I hope the person driving on the wrong side of the road is living with a lot of guilt. Look at it this way though. That fence pole could have killed you if it was a few inches closer to your head so at least you're okay now. Health always comes first. Good luck with the nwe cup.

 

[Bubbles]

Seats are f**ked guys.. you wont be seeing them..

and if they wernt, they would of been mine

Will never forget the call from Steve telling me what had happened... didnt know what to do with myself glad your ok babe!

Looking forward to picking up the new Tomato next weekend :approve:

 

[John D]

Ooooh...thats unlucky mate. The hole in the windscreen looks like a close shave too.

Fair do's for just getting another one! I like your style :approve:

 

[TJ182]

Ouch, did you get any scars from the glass?

 

[Christopher]

lucky escape there mate!!!

gutted to see a wrecked Trophy though!

 

[GinandGasoline]

Ouch, did you get any scars from the glass?

very badly cut and grazed but seems like no long-term damage, might have have knocked some sense into me!

 

[GinandGasoline]

gutted to see a wrecked Trophy though!

very gutting.... but made better by being able to get another :approve:

 

[Rich]

Ouch - very close, that post could have been nasty. At least your ok and have found a replacement.

 

[172blue]

As people have said, that could have been a lot worse, good news that you are getting straight back in the saddle!!

 

[Noodle999]

Already writing a reply on the other forum, but glad you're ok mate! Very lucky... and good that you're able to get another

 

[aaronc]

the new one you've purchased looks like Littlehampton in West sussex..that right?

 

[JACKO CUP 172!]

that is savage as fcuk!! glad ya ok mate!!!!!

 

[Gib#244]

Oh!!!! glad your ok matey!

 

[Fred@BTM]

that was a write off??? blimey, doesn't look bad (apart from the bloody hole through the screen!)

 

[S77CCP]

Like I've said many times before' how your alive I'll never know.' But obviously rather pleased you are. Best of luck with your new tomato.

 

[mr_merc]

What? You and bubbles are an item? When did that happen?



All's well that ends well, good news mate.

 

[S Garbett]

Thats not good at all! Such a shame Glad ur ok tho.

 

[Batman]

same as fred doesnt actually look that bad windscreen/bumper/subframe come to think of it my car was worse then that and its back into perfecto condition now does put more sense into you though

182 manifold for sale?

 

[S77CCP]

Seeing as Gareth is offline I'll explain a bit.

Yes, the damage doesn't seem that much, but obviously there is more to it than meets the eye. If the subframe needs replacing then potentially the shell could be bent, and that could in theory mean a fair amount of expensive repair work to then realise than the car was dead anyway. Also the impact with the railway sleeper (not really a soft object remember) could have damaged the Trophies expensive suspension beyond what is actually visable to the naked eye. From a insurance position it would just be easier to write off the car.

 

[DebV6]

Ouch, that's such a sad sight It looks really bad, glad you are ok, you must of been very lucky. At least you've got another one on it's way

 

[Bubbles]

new drivers seat is a grand on its own

 

[al]

Thats a real shitter mate, hope your ok!!

Makes you think when things like that happen.

 

[GarethM]

nasty fella glad your ok though

 

[GinandGasoline]

that was a write off??? blimey, doesn't look bad (apart from the bloody hole through the screen!)

one other thing which i neglected to mention earlier on in my post is that the steering wheel was almost clean ripped off, it was sat in my lap by the time the car came to rest on the railway sleeper. i took out a fair bit of fencing as well as moving the railway sleeper a fair old distance.

Steve ended up removing the fuses from under the bonnet as smoke started billowing out from round the steering rack.

In addition, i was told that the front section of the exhaust was crushed to buggery, even though it looked perfectly straight from behind the car. That folks is all i know.... i don't even know whether the car will be sold as salvage or scrapped

 

[GinandGasoline]

Oh and for those of you that have PM'd me asking after various parts..... in all honesty i don't know where the car is, i removed all my personal possessions about 3 weeks ago and thats the last i've seen of the car.

my insurance company have settled with me so as to whether the car will be scrapped or salvaged i don't know.....

 

[Alan]

Wow, glad your ok mate!!

 

[G_F]

Surprised the airbag didnt go off.

Lucky escape though mate.

 

[TrophyBrad]

Lucky escape. Id see about gettin the car back if possible to break for parts. Smashed an escort rs turbo up years ago, bought it back from the insurance for 10% of what they payed me out. Got more than that just from selling the wheels n exhaust

 

[Leeshez]

Shame about your car

 

[tommyboy]

they make like 10 trophy's and you f**king write one off. useless. and now buying another.... could at least ruin a peugeot or something instead.

 

[Fred@BTM]

i bet £5 we have MATT BLACK on here "Trophy 328 breaking"