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SDV RIP **Updated 08**
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Nafoff
ClioSport Club Member
Re: SDV RIP
indeed mak, however yoj hasen't been modded, that was another yoj, clarkiev6 still has yoj
indeed mak, however yoj hasen't been modded, that was another yoj, clarkiev6 still has yoj
Re: SDV RIP
Not the first time that car's been reworked using whatever is at the side of the road IIRC. I'm now wondering if Mr X is the resident ditchfinder I think it is. If it is I suggest he sticks to walking while he still can for the benefit of the general public as he clearly cant be trusted with a car.
Not the first time that car's been reworked using whatever is at the side of the road IIRC. I'm now wondering if Mr X is the resident ditchfinder I think it is. If it is I suggest he sticks to walking while he still can for the benefit of the general public as he clearly cant be trusted with a car.
Nafoff
ClioSport Club Member
Re: SDV RIP
* the accident was as far as i know not the drivers fault*
* the accident was as far as i know not the drivers fault*
Nafoff
ClioSport Club Member
Re: SDV RIP
nope....lol...think he has always lived where he is now...thats not the midlands
nope....lol...think he has always lived where he is now...thats not the midlands
Nafoff
ClioSport Club Member
Re: SDV RIP
um not sure....i have an idea but i don't think its right, you may have to pm me the answer quizmaster
mikey - totally mate, shame for the new owner though, what a pain
Can you see where I was going with my suspicions though?
um not sure....i have an idea but i don't think its right, you may have to pm me the answer quizmaster
mikey - totally mate, shame for the new owner though, what a pain
MarkCup
ClioSport Club Member
Re: SDV RIP
OMFG!
I loved the SDV.
OMFG!
I loved the SDV.
1.2 MK2 PH2
Re: SDV RIP
Shame to see such a nice car go, but if anything freebone, u can take some glory in the fact that the way u looked after the car and kept it in such good shape/buckets etc could quite possibly have saved that mans life. Maybe if there was less care took over the car it could defintly of been a RIP thread...
Shame to see such a nice car go, but if anything freebone, u can take some glory in the fact that the way u looked after the car and kept it in such good shape/buckets etc could quite possibly have saved that mans life. Maybe if there was less care took over the car it could defintly of been a RIP thread...
The Beast MK4
Re: SDV RIP
Im hurt....
Im hurt....
Nafoff
ClioSport Club Member
Re: SDV RIP
lol at the memories day and xzibit..
glad it had an impact on you guys lol
lol at the memories day and xzibit..
glad it had an impact on you guys lol
Lunar Mk1 & Flamer
Re: SDV RIP
Howdy folks,
Well the new owner was me Sorry i havent been able to show my face for fear of persecution for being in charge of this fine fine car when it came to an end. The car itself was a credit to Neils (ph-reebone) hard work and dedication. And as such was possibly the best car i have ever owned bar none. For that neil i thank you.
What Happened?
I picked the car off a very proud owner on a friday afternoon, and had what can be described as a truly momentous drive home. It was stunning to drive. Gear box was tight, engine was smooth, and the driving position the cobras gave you only heightend this.
I drove it anywhere i could on the saturday, and decided on a trip to weymouth with my girlfreind down some great A roads. Which the car only asked for more!
Then on the sunday it happened after but hours ownership. I drove to blandford to get a new iso harness for my stereo. and fitted that to the car as well as carpeting the rear of the stripped out car!
Then at 10:35pm my best freind phoned me from the pub, drunk as a skunk, and asked if i could pick him up and stay at mine for the night. i grudgingly got out of bed to go pick up my drunken fool of a freind.
What i night the weather was to be honest terrible! But i drove through the wind and the rain! got to the pub, went in and had a coke while he had a glass of water as i didnt want him chucking up in my new car!
Got in the car and drove home, the roads were aweful, twigs leaves all sorts of debris cluttered all over the place, i was 300 meters from home, 12:03am, my drunken fool of a freind had put on the tune from the film top gun:- kenny loggins: highway to the dangerzone, how true the name of that song was, then it happened.
A 200 year old oak tree, fell at the precise moment we passed under it.
It hit the front of the car, which was doing 45mph, and proceeded to crush the pillers the windscreen the roof and me!
My head , i recall it breaking the glass of the sunroof and cutting my head badly. My hand was broken as i was holding the wheel of the car and three of my ribs broken.
My freind has suffered a cut to the elbow.
I got myself out of the car, and then realised we could still hear kenny loggins playing in the back ground, with the sound of a very unhealty sounding valver engine.
The car as you have seen from the pictures is a wreck. I am lucky to be alive.
I couldnt bring myself to tell Neil for about 2 weeks knowing that it was his baby.
But the bucket seats and harness's installed in the car, kept me firmly in place i as looking at a very shap looking piece of glass/sunroof that at the force of the impact could of easily removed my head!
Now 7 months on, iam still having an ongoing battle with insurance companies. My original insurance company said it was an act of god. So wassnt covered. So iam taking the matter up privatly and cannot disclose anymore details.
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I NEED YOUR HELP
However, i need the clubs help.
If anybody has any pictures of the SDV please Pm with them as i need to show the insurance company how mint an example this car was, and it was a well known car to the club.So please any pictures no matter what they arw like please lend me a hand battling the insurance company.
Well now you know how it happened. Sorry to babble on. But i feel the club needed to know how the legend of the SDV came to an end. And how it cannot be driver error.
Thank you in advance
Zm2k
Howdy folks,
Well the new owner was me
Sorry i havent been able to show my face for fear of persecution for being in charge of this fine fine car when it came to an end. The car itself was a credit to Neils (ph-reebone) hard work and dedication. And as such was possibly the best car i have ever owned bar none. For that neil i thank you.What Happened?
I picked the car off a very proud owner on a friday afternoon, and had what can be described as a truly momentous drive home. It was stunning to drive. Gear box was tight, engine was smooth, and the driving position the cobras gave you only heightend this.
I drove it anywhere i could on the saturday, and decided on a trip to weymouth with my girlfreind down some great A roads. Which the car only asked for more!
Then on the sunday it happened after but hours ownership. I drove to blandford to get a new iso harness for my stereo. and fitted that to the car as well as carpeting the rear of the stripped out car!
Then at 10:35pm my best freind phoned me from the pub, drunk as a skunk, and asked if i could pick him up and stay at mine for the night. i grudgingly got out of bed to go pick up my drunken fool of a freind.
What i night the weather was to be honest terrible! But i drove through the wind and the rain! got to the pub, went in and had a coke while he had a glass of water as i didnt want him chucking up in my new car!
Got in the car and drove home, the roads were aweful, twigs leaves all sorts of debris cluttered all over the place, i was 300 meters from home, 12:03am, my drunken fool of a freind had put on the tune from the film top gun:- kenny loggins: highway to the dangerzone, how true the name of that song was, then it happened.
A 200 year old oak tree, fell at the precise moment we passed under it.
It hit the front of the car, which was doing 45mph, and proceeded to crush the pillers the windscreen the roof and me!
My head , i recall it breaking the glass of the sunroof and cutting my head badly. My hand was broken as i was holding the wheel of the car and three of my ribs broken.
My freind has suffered a cut to the elbow.
I got myself out of the car, and then realised we could still hear kenny loggins playing in the back ground, with the sound of a very unhealty sounding valver engine.
The car as you have seen from the pictures is a wreck. I am lucky to be alive.
I couldnt bring myself to tell Neil for about 2 weeks knowing that it was his baby.
But the bucket seats and harness's installed in the car, kept me firmly in place i as looking at a very shap looking piece of glass/sunroof that at the force of the impact could of easily removed my head!
Now 7 months on, iam still having an ongoing battle with insurance companies. My original insurance company said it was an act of god. So wassnt covered. So iam taking the matter up privatly and cannot disclose anymore details.
]
I NEED YOUR HELP
However, i need the clubs help.
If anybody has any pictures of the SDV please Pm with them as i need to show the insurance company how mint an example this car was, and it was a well known car to the club.So please any pictures no matter what they arw like please lend me a hand battling the insurance company.
Well now you know how it happened. Sorry to babble on. But i feel the club needed to know how the legend of the SDV came to an end. And how it cannot be driver error.
Thank you in advance
Zm2k
RS 172
Re: SDV RIP
Thats awful luck, really sorry to hear it. My dad had a Ford Savage when he was younger, which he pretty much built himself with Webbers the works. He sold it and saw it a few months later absolutely totaled. Pretty gutting.
But very glad your okay, just hope those pesky buggars at the insurance company pay out!
Thats awful luck, really sorry to hear it. My dad had a Ford Savage when he was younger, which he pretty much built himself with Webbers the works. He sold it and saw it a few months later absolutely totaled. Pretty gutting.
But very glad your okay, just hope those pesky buggars at the insurance company pay out!
Fletcher
ClioSport Club Member
Re: SDV RIP
Hopefully you'll get in all sorted, shame about the valver.
Hopefully you'll get in all sorted, shame about the valver.
Re: SDV RIP
An act of god?
Is he trying to tell you something? lol
Hope you sort the insurance out though mate, gutting.
An act of god?
Is he trying to tell you something? lol
Hope you sort the insurance out though mate, gutting.
Re: SDV RIP
Dont Oak trees have different leaves than those, then again I'm crap at Bottany.
Its also worth pointing out, that as you have said the seats saved your life, buckets and harnesses can also take it, as you cant fold and bend in the event it rolls over and becomes shorter, hence, harnesses and buckets need a cage ideally.
Dont Oak trees have different leaves than those, then again I'm crap at Bottany.
Its also worth pointing out, that as you have said the seats saved your life, buckets and harnesses can also take it, as you cant fold and bend in the event it rolls over and becomes shorter, hence, harnesses and buckets need a cage ideally.
