Ohhh F*ck!!!!!!!

[wiggy]

well chaps, you have 1 less rex on the road as from tonight :mad:

Having had a great night meeting some of you guys at the Mascrat Manor north west meet. And seeing some dam fine cars, what do I go and do.....

CRASH!!!!

What a f*ckin w*anker...........

I am majorly p*ssed to put it mildly coz the car looks to me like a total loss

I am 100% sure it wasn\'t the car or me at fault though. The roads where great as anyone who attended will tell you, dry, clear etc. Coming home down the same road I had just been out for a test drive in a m8\'s GT4 I knew it was OK.

All was ok until I turned onto the A57 bypass which cuts out Irlam on the way back into Manchester. The bypass basically goes through a large industrial estate and it\'s quiet and the roads are fast and straight. I booted it down a straight and starts to approach a bend, I back off and then notice right round the bend is a roundabout, so I brake, then all of a sudden the wheels lock and I start to skid. BUT, the brakes locked way to easy like breaking on ICE, no sign of ABS either, so I can only guess I hit some diesel or the roads had a slippery film of diesel on them? OR because it was quite late there was some minor due on the road surface? Diesel seems the likely candidate as its a industrial area and wagons are in and out all the time.

So, there I am skidding towards the kurb on the opposite side of the road waiting for the impact (probably still doing about 50 at this point) the car turns so I am backwards then skims the wheels just enough to start us spinning (must have completed about 5 full 360 spins before the small triangle island approaches) I hit the little island driver side on and wipe out 2 light bollards. Of course, out of all the little islands round the roundabout on the exit roads I hit the one that has 2 x 4\' high steel lamp posts which my car flattens while causing most of the damage and causes me to head but the side window with one hell of a crack. Then I come to a stop just before mounting the actual roundabout. I managed to start the car and drive off one of the roads and park up to check out my handly work.

front, passenger side and rear of the car all look perfect, drivers side  not good  the posts basically hit the drivers door directly and have given it a nice re-shaping. The sill etc are all pointing inward but I don\'t know how badly yet this has damaged the floor pan and chassis??

Rear arch is pushed right in over the wheel and rubbing on the rear tyre. Back wheel looks a bit odd and is at a strange angle, front wing has some dents too but nothing major....

ARSE, ****, WANK, BUGGER, GIT.......

Now, I don\'t know if its a write off or not yet but its not lookin good  I\'ll Have to see what the insurance have to say about it. I may try and straighten out a few dents tomorrow to make it look a bit better than it does now, The good thing is the car was going great before it happened If you can\'t smile about it, go jump off a bridge....Its only a car and can be replaced I suppose, its just another hassle I could do without right now

bugger

[gsb876]

Sorry to hear this news Wiggy, i didn\'t get to meet you at the mascrat meet as i was there but didn\'t know who you were???

Although if i did meet you apologies for not remembering, mine was the purple "dragon" rx7 in the far car park.

But get the car checked out and see if its a write off, if not then begins the long journey back, truely gutted for you buddy:(

Gurj

ps - most important thing is that you came to no harm, remember that mate.

[wiggy]

Hey Gurj, cheers m8, both myself and my dad are ok, well appart from a sore head that is...

If it is a write off (to coin a phrase) I\'ll be back!!!

I was in the carpark with most of the other RX\'s talking to Sean, Su and co most of the night. although I did see your car

The ironic thing is I only came to the meet to pick up a spare wheel....wish I hadn\'t bothered now :rolleyes:  but lifes a bitch and shit happens I suppose. If it wasn\'t tonight I suppose it could have happened some other time.

I\'ll wait till the morning and see what extent the damage is. I can\'t get the driver door open and thats usually a bad sign from my experience....

Fingers crossed, I am due SOME good luck with this car surely

[Freddy]

S**T!

Sorry to hear your misery fella. Glad to know you and your father are OK and nice to see you can still smile about it

Saw your car, did look good with the volk rims on.

I bet the Power FC wasnt ready for that trick in its learning mode :p

Keep us updated.

[scooby_si]

sh!t man sorry to hear about that
You do seem to have a good outlook on it thou (relatively so i mean not like you can say woohoo look wot i did....) so try & keep that & i have my fingers crossed for ya here that it isn\'t a write off &/or it doesn\'t leave ya too much out of pocket one way or other.....
Si (guna blame all spelling mistakes on you now i have to type with crossed fingers.....)

[J4P RX]

Sorry to hear that Paul.  Been there and done it so know what it feels like im afraid.

Probably talk to you later on MSN or something.  At least no-one was hurt as they say.

Hope you manage to find its fixable.  I can here vultures swooping now though :p

Lee

[wiggy]

Cheers guys

Bit stiff this morning and me heeed is still throbbing :rolleyes:

Looking at the car in the daylight and after a broken nights kip, hand on heart I recon its a deffo right off I still need to get the drivers door open so I can assess the damage to the sill and floor area but I would say the results won\'t be good...

So I have 2 options really, don\'t tell the insurance and break the car up (please don\'t start asking me for bits just yet) and this way I don\'t loose any of my NCB. Hopefully I can get back what its cost me from selling all the parts off??

OR, I claim. wait for them to say "yes, its a write off" and then try and get at least some money off them.

I am still trying to decide what to do before phoning the insurance today :confused:

Lee, and anyone else thats been through this, what usually happens now? If I claim do they just send an assessor round to check the car out? I need to remove all the bits today if they do. The pitty is I have the 17" Volks and and the Apexi N1 suspension that will have to stay on the car because I have no replacements If someone local wants to p/x with their std stuff then be my guessed, but it would have to be very very soon before the insurance come.

If not they will have to stay on and someone will get them cheap off a scrappers when it ends up there

Cheers anyway guys

[grinder]

HOLY SHIT !

dear god matey - there is one good thing i suppose - you didnt spend time cleaning it first

im really shocked - when i read the thread i actaully thought it was freddy - until i realised it was you

i cant believe you have smashed it up - im really really really sorry matey !

and gurj - you was talking to freddy and his mate infront of wiggy\'s car - it was a black one ( and rather dirty at that )

OMG - i still cant believe it

glad to hear you are OK though

is there anyway that you can get back to the scene of the accident and take some pics - if you could prove there is desiel on the road - you might beable to counter sue the council for not taking care of the roads - its a long shot - but you never know

still cant believe it - bloody hell

[clive]

Real sad to see this post, but very pleased your both O/K.
We have unfortunately lost a few cars this year but thankfully with no injuries.

Hopefully this has not dampened your enthusiasm to much.



Couple of things with these cars for other people reading this thread  though ,

First of all these cars are deceptively fast due to their capabilities and things do tend to rush up real quick at times giving that \'O Bugger\' reaction\'!.

The ABS system is not that good on pre 1995 cars and it\'s real hard to tell your brain to come of the brake when you know you are skidding and seemingly going faster!!

Not only do a lot forget that they now have a high HP rear wheel drive car that will bite you if not treated with respect at all times , but also they forget Tyres !, especially if you have a recently imported car you will find invariably they have concrete tyres fitted offering NO desirable grip !.
 
GOOD Tyres for these cars are the best improvement you will ever make on an FD or FC, with Goodyear Eagles the best with Toyo\'s close behind as these seem best suited to our cars, and after that a brake pad upgrade is the next.

[wiggy]

I would hold my hands up and admit if I was driving like a loon but I wasn\'t. I think that maybe the test drive in my mates GT4 15 mins earlier maybe gave me some over confidence with grip though :rolleyes:

I had just fitted Toyo Proxes the week before as well....bollux

It hasn\'t dampened my enthusiasm but the missus might take some talking round :confused: she is already saying I can\'t have another but we\'ll see....hehehe

That red one my mates bringing in at the mo is tempting ....mwahahahaha

[J4P RX]

Paul,

Mine was in a police lockup so I told the insurance company and they went to look at it there.  I couldnt get to it to get parts so anything you want off do now.

If you decide to claim id be removing bits of trim that people always need and all sorts, I doubt they would say much or be noticed and if you get asked think of a legit excuse, ie you stripped it out as you were in the process of changing the rear seats.  Kind true.

Claiming was a pain in the arse.  I think my insurance companies first offer was something like 3k or whatever really taking the piss.  Managed to get a reasonable figure in the end but not great.  

Losing NCB has hurt me though, im basically screwed with 0 ncb and a claim so in hindsight might have been better breaking it and looking for a car that needed an engine.

Lee

Oh and dont let the Volks go!  If it comes to it ill drive up and put some standard S14 wheels on.

[J4P RX]

Come to think of it I have some knackered coilovers sitting on my doorstep too if you really want the bits off.  Ive just been to lazy to dump them.

[MillSpeed]

Aw mate, that\'s some f*ckin bad luck that. But at least you got out relatively unscathed. I\'ve got a very low opinion of insurance companies and I\'d be willing to put money on you getting almost as much from breaking her as you would from claiming. Please don\'t let this dampen your enthusiasm for the 7, it sounded like you had some really good plans for yours. I think everyone in the club would benefit if you stuck around.

[J4P RX]

You got the old ecu still?  Dont forget to take the Power FC out at least!

[ds2000]

Sorry to read about this buddy,

As you say it is only a car, abeit a very special one

Main thing is your ok and noone was hurt, I for one wouldn\'t like to pile my RX at all

Hopefully you\'ll get another one if indeed thats the way you want to go