a year and a day since my crash....
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Spitfire has a stigma since the mk1 which used to tuck its wheels under, the later ones really arent that bad, that one had very special rear suspension anyway. Police said diesel on the road and semi slick tyres but we will never know.
Accident happend at a place called the pass of leny, just after the falls of leny.
Police said the car saved my life, had it been something modern i would not be here today. What you can just see in the pics of the car is the full fia roll bar, side impact bars and race harnesses, hence my new spitfire has that and more (yes i have another one!) in fact i was out welding it 6months after the accident.
The reason i posted is for the OP, it does get better, it took me up until a few months ago to get back to full work, my life is slowly getting back on track, and my family are ten times closer because of it all, things like this are meant to try you i came out fighting, i recomend that route, gym every day, do everything they want you to do and struggle through the pain barrier. Its worth it in the end.
This is what i created over the year and a half of recovery. I have to say it kept me sane to have something to do.
Accident happend at a place called the pass of leny, just after the falls of leny.
Police said the car saved my life, had it been something modern i would not be here today. What you can just see in the pics of the car is the full fia roll bar, side impact bars and race harnesses, hence my new spitfire has that and more (yes i have another one!) in fact i was out welding it 6months after the accident.
The reason i posted is for the OP, it does get better, it took me up until a few months ago to get back to full work, my life is slowly getting back on track, and my family are ten times closer because of it all, things like this are meant to try you i came out fighting, i recomend that route, gym every day, do everything they want you to do and struggle through the pain barrier. Its worth it in the end.
This is what i created over the year and a half of recovery. I have to say it kept me sane to have something to do.
Edited by mattius on Friday 12th December 09:11
AngryS3Owner said:
castrolcraig said:
heres the story of mine..
Can I just say, HOLY f
k and whoever caused that needs a serious (and I do mean serious) beating.but, as others have said in this thread, life goes on, i may be a bit of a shrek-a-like with one ear bigger than the other but i can walk, talk, drive and ride my bike.
i was in castle hill (hull) hospital for 4 days after, and on the way home swmbo stopped the car and told me to drive. i was s
t scared at first but she was right, it made it easier in the long run.MentalSarcasm said:
Jesus christ!
I think my next car will be bought solely on it's NCAP rating.
New rating system coming out soon. As everything has 5* but obviously some are better than others so they need to increase the scale a bit. Be interesting if they introduce rear impact. Plus I think 70mph across the grass bounce into a bridge tests would make for interesting I think my next car will be bought solely on it's NCAP rating.
results.....Munter said:
MentalSarcasm said:
Jesus christ!
I think my next car will be bought solely on it's NCAP rating.
New rating system coming out soon. As everything has 5* but obviously some are better than others so they need to increase the scale a bit. Be interesting if they introduce rear impact. Plus I think 70mph across the grass bounce into a bridge tests would make for interesting I think my next car will be bought solely on it's NCAP rating.
results.....I've just found the test results for my 306. They're...far from impressive
MentalSarcasm said:
Jesus christ!
I think my next car will be bought solely on it's NCAP rating.
I wonder how many people reading this thread have gone and looked for their vehicle's test results?I think my next car will be bought solely on it's NCAP rating.
Mine (Scooby Legacy) doesn't have a Euro NCAP rating, but the Australia ANCAP gives it 5 stars, and a particularly positive note because of the side and rear/side curtain airbags.
It even gets 4 stars in a rollover.
They don't mention anything about sliding across grass into a bridge sadly.
Mars said:
MentalSarcasm said:
Jesus christ!
I think my next car will be bought solely on it's NCAP rating.
I wonder how many people reading this thread have gone and looked for their vehicle's test results?I think my next car will be bought solely on it's NCAP rating.
mattius said:
Spitfire has a stigma since the mk1 which used to tuck its wheels under, the later ones really arent that bad, that one had very special rear suspension anyway. Police said diesel on the road and semi slick tyres but we will never know.
Accident happend at a place called the pass of leny, just after the falls of leny.
Police said the car saved my life, had it been something modern i would not be here today. What you can just see in the pics of the car is the full fia roll bar, side impact bars and race harnesses, hence my new spitfire has that and more (yes i have another one!) in fact i was out welding it 6months after the accident.
The reason i posted is for the OP, it does get better, it took me up until a few months ago to get back to full work, my life is slowly getting back on track, and my family are ten times closer because of it all, things like this are meant to try you i came out fighting, i recomend that route, gym every day, do everything they want you to do and struggle through the pain barrier. Its worth it in the end.
This is what i created over the year and a half of recovery. I have to say it kept me sane to have something to do.
I dont know my brothers 1500 is very tail happyAccident happend at a place called the pass of leny, just after the falls of leny.
Police said the car saved my life, had it been something modern i would not be here today. What you can just see in the pics of the car is the full fia roll bar, side impact bars and race harnesses, hence my new spitfire has that and more (yes i have another one!) in fact i was out welding it 6months after the accident.
The reason i posted is for the OP, it does get better, it took me up until a few months ago to get back to full work, my life is slowly getting back on track, and my family are ten times closer because of it all, things like this are meant to try you i came out fighting, i recomend that route, gym every day, do everything they want you to do and struggle through the pain barrier. Its worth it in the end.
This is what i created over the year and a half of recovery. I have to say it kept me sane to have something to do.
Edited by mattius on Friday 12th December 09:11
Oh my word.
I think last year you used up a few years worth of Chrimbo Pressies (getting out of that alive, getting repaired, having your brother there).. Glad you "walked away" (eventually).
BTW, may I also extend my kudos to your brother for having the b**s to actually pull you out, I am sure a lot of people would have just collapsed in a gibbering wreck if they saw a sibling in the condition I suspect you were in... I think he may well have saved your bacon there, good man.
I think last year you used up a few years worth of Chrimbo Pressies (getting out of that alive, getting repaired, having your brother there).. Glad you "walked away" (eventually).
BTW, may I also extend my kudos to your brother for having the b**s to actually pull you out, I am sure a lot of people would have just collapsed in a gibbering wreck if they saw a sibling in the condition I suspect you were in... I think he may well have saved your bacon there, good man.
Glad to hear you are OK
Also, very good of you to thank the NHS staff who helped you, we come in for an awful lot of stick and not much praise, so thank you.
Having worked at Castle Hill with Mr Hart and the rest of the plastic surgery nurses I know how good they truly are.
The thread also highlights the fact that plastic surgery is not just boobs and face lifts (we do actually save lives and limbs)
Get well and happy christmas
Also, very good of you to thank the NHS staff who helped you, we come in for an awful lot of stick and not much praise, so thank you.
Having worked at Castle Hill with Mr Hart and the rest of the plastic surgery nurses I know how good they truly are.
The thread also highlights the fact that plastic surgery is not just boobs and face lifts (we do actually save lives and limbs)
Get well and happy christmas
guru_1071 said:
......where i crashed was about a minuites drive from home, its a bad set of bends that are well known locally for crashes, when it rains the road floods at the start of the bend.....
....as for speed, i doubt i was doing more than 70, the police decided 'excessive speed' was the fault, they believe that in the conditions (light rain) i should have slowed to 40mph. i cannot really argue with that.....
.....i know from many years of driving round these bends that in the wet 70 is about the max, in the dry a little more, but it has to be light - in the dark its a no-no.......
I'm glad to hear you are okay, but as for mental problems, well.... I think they were there before the crash, ya nutter. ....as for speed, i doubt i was doing more than 70, the police decided 'excessive speed' was the fault, they believe that in the conditions (light rain) i should have slowed to 40mph. i cannot really argue with that.....
.....i know from many years of driving round these bends that in the wet 70 is about the max, in the dry a little more, but it has to be light - in the dark its a no-no.......
I dread to think how I got away without a major endo on bikes when I topped the magic 'ton' every day on the way to work and back, and then the pub and back, every day for years and years, rain or shine.
The only collision I ever had was minor, and I glanced off the back of a car that cut me up. Only damage to me was getting my jeans ripped down the middle, from front to back, waist band to waist band, nice clean rip, but I never got a scratch. I remember pushing the bike 1/2 mile home with my 'package' hanging out.
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