Evo 8 MR
Went out to Beacon Fell earlier today for some dirty pics of how it sits now and to get a couple of the yozza.
However, on the way back home there was a pretty sharp downhill right turn which was caked in wet mud, seeing this I slowed right down, didn't look at my speedo but I was in 3rd and I was going round okay, just kind of coasting round, never had my foot on the accelerator or anything I was just going round and then the front end lost grip and I started sliding, felt like it was on ice.
Instinct took over and I applied the brakes but nothing changed so all I could do was steer it away from the bridge which I could see I wasn't going to make and into a side road just to the left which I managed but it caught the edge of the bridge wall, bounced off and into a post which brought us to a stop just before we got to a slope leading into the river!
I needed a tow to get out of the predicament which a nice friendly farmer helped us with and then called the AA, he came out and tie wrapped the bumper onto the car and popped a couple of plastic bits off and we set off but it was scrubbing on the tyre quite a lot so he towed us on his trailer and then dropped us off at home, all free of charge!
Anyway it's outside my local bodyshop now waiting for an assessment on Monday, from what I can tell it's all cosmetic, bumper, wing and headlights needed. Just a shame really, could have been a LOT worse though so I consider myself very lucky.
I wouldn't normally post this really but it would be weird taking comments about the car when it's taken a bump so I've made the decision to share this, also makes it a little easier on myself to get it off my chest sort of thing.
"Awaits flaming"
However, on the way back home there was a pretty sharp downhill right turn which was caked in wet mud, seeing this I slowed right down, didn't look at my speedo but I was in 3rd and I was going round okay, just kind of coasting round, never had my foot on the accelerator or anything I was just going round and then the front end lost grip and I started sliding, felt like it was on ice.
Instinct took over and I applied the brakes but nothing changed so all I could do was steer it away from the bridge which I could see I wasn't going to make and into a side road just to the left which I managed but it caught the edge of the bridge wall, bounced off and into a post which brought us to a stop just before we got to a slope leading into the river!
I needed a tow to get out of the predicament which a nice friendly farmer helped us with and then called the AA, he came out and tie wrapped the bumper onto the car and popped a couple of plastic bits off and we set off but it was scrubbing on the tyre quite a lot so he towed us on his trailer and then dropped us off at home, all free of charge!
Anyway it's outside my local bodyshop now waiting for an assessment on Monday, from what I can tell it's all cosmetic, bumper, wing and headlights needed. Just a shame really, could have been a LOT worse though so I consider myself very lucky.
I wouldn't normally post this really but it would be weird taking comments about the car when it's taken a bump so I've made the decision to share this, also makes it a little easier on myself to get it off my chest sort of thing.
"Awaits flaming"
