RIP

[Aussie Whupper]

I think my flame red 172 is dead!
We got rained off on Tuesday and was on my way home when i took a detour to drop my mates off. Id had some fun with a V8 commodore ute but had slowed right down to negotiate a series of roundabouts.
As it was the first rain in ages all the roads become really slippy where there are diesel spills and stuff and as i was going round the first roundabout at normal speed the back end twitched out .I pulled it back in but then the whole car swivelled 180 degrees and sped up so we headed backwards straight into a high kerb with the back wheel setting the airbag off and a massive bang. As we got the car off the road about another 10 cars nearly lost it on the same spot.
I drove the car home and could hear a wheel bearing type noise but when i had a good look later on the back seems to have all twisted. The catch on the hatch is out of line, the rear belt tensioner has gone where the baby seat was, trim has fallen off the passenger door and the airbag in the seat ripped the seat bolster apart.
Will update soon but its not looking good....oh well, the Megane 225 may be here sooner than i thought

 

[Paul.]

oh dear

 

[Fletcher]

Oops

 

[Rob 16v]

s**t that dont sound good :S

 

[smitchell1]

I done almost exactly the same thing about a year ago.

New rear axle, air bag, wheel and re upholstered seat and oh £2k later it was fixed!!!!

 

[iimushroomzii]

Pics. Gutted.

 

[smitchell1]

Just remembered having to "crab" the car back home cos the axle was bent, not a fun journey!!!! lol

 

[steve@wests]

sounds like you now have clio" boomerang".sorry to hear the bad news,but at least your ok.

steve

 

[Pedro]

Gutted buddy.

Pics?

 

[Cooksport]

I had the same thing on ice. But i only clipped a curb. It was new disks and pads (needed replacing anyway) new stub. And obviously a wheel referb!

 

[Aussie Whupper]

I done almost exactly the same thing about a year ago.

New rear axle, air bag, wheel and re upholstered seat and oh £2k later it was fixed!!!!

So at least its fixable and the insurance are picking up the bill if they decide not to write it off.

I cant post any pics cos it was straight to the crash repair shop for the insurance quote, and to be honest there was nothing to see. It would be fun to video the same roundabout next time it rains and post that, in fact if i did that i could probably do the shire for negligence with all the spills id have on film!

 

[Aussie Whupper]

Just remembered having to "crab" the car back home cos the axle was bent, not a fun journey!!!! lol

I drove it home but had to pick my little girl up on the way home too ,so i was double nervous having her in the car not knowing if the wheel was gonna fall off.