Show us your crash pics!!

[Hasbeen]

kapiteinlangzaam said:

All very good - it still wasnt a 50mph smash in to a tree.

Look at the video above (40mph offset). 50 in to a tree will kill you in most cars, 50 in a Rover 100/Metro in to a tree will utterly obliterate you.

Fortunately a lot of crashes that start happening at 50 MPH, are down to 15 MPH by the time the contact actually takes place

[trashbat]

How do you have the sump guard take most of the impact from a tree, unless the tree is having a little lie down or you crash into it by way of falling from a plane?

[T0MMY]

Yet to crash a car but I binned my CBR at Cadwell. Mysteriously lost the back end round the Gooseneck at around 80mph:

[feef]

This is from a couple of years ago.

My car after being rear-ended:



and the KA that hit me:

[Rockstar]

monthefish said:

Eh?





(p.s. glad you're OK)

It was on a downhill hairpin bend with a steep drop (see pic for reference) starting immediately behind the 6" tall kerb with no railing/crash barrier. Was doing about 5mph when I bumped over it, almost came to a complete stop but unfortunately not before gravity took over and the car rapidly gained momentum down the side of the hill.

I was just passenger along for the ride at that point and quite happy about the snug fitting seat bolsters helping to keep me secured in place, once or twice they used to bug me as occasionally I'd bump my elbows into them when driving but without them I may have had at least some very sore ribs seeing that the door was pushed up against the side of the seat.

[Swanny87]

jamieduff1981 said:

I crashed in to my own shed.



I cracked the number plate and the shed door needed an adjustment with a hammer.

Edited by jamieduff1981 on Monday 19th January 08:21

Gives a new meaning to the term 'shedding'.

[Rockstar]

trashbat said:

How do you have the sump guard take most of the impact from a tree, unless the tree is having a little lie down or you crash into it by way of falling from a plane?

On an, er... "private road" my first (highly irresponsible learner's car in retrospect) and dearly departed teenage dream car an Opel Kadett GSi "Boss" (basically a Vauxhall Astra GSE but with everything dialled up a few notches, so not a safe car at all) was stopped by a tree at 80kph, well I tell a small fib it was two tree stumps and the first was ripped out of the ground with the later one half torn out the ground.

If it had been a solid tree I hit head on I'd have been KO at the age of 19(Also became a religious seatbelt wearer after discovering the discomfort of breaking your windscreen with a direct face butt- a few days after a nurse laughed at me saying it'd been many years since she had last seen proper "racoon eyes" )

At 50mph it is possible to have the front sub frame and sump take most of the impact from a tree with the provision that the tree has departed the mortal realm due to someone having cut it down but leaving the tree stump in place. However this is what that looks like:

[Quinten]

My (ex) Vectra after it t-boned a Nissan Qashqai. Still twitch when I pass the accident scene...

[Liquid Knight]

pinchmeimdreamin said:

Rockstar said:

One of these? GKD Legend



Only problem is according to their website apart from the engines(E46 M3 needs a different ecu) and gearboxes they aren't compatible with using M3 underpinning, the slightly different M3 specific wheel hubs, brakes, driveshafts, amongst a couple other things as donor parts (apart from E36 M3 diff which can be used, not the E46 LSD though).

Their tubs and suspension are designed to accommodate the standard 3 series parts. BMW's cunning single model specific parts tactic to enable them to charge "M" tax for parts has unexpected knock on effects down the line

How hard would it be to slip it into an E30 ?

No where near as difficult as finding a decent E30 that either hasn't already been fudged or full of rust.

My first thought was Se7en.

[Rockstar]

Good point, very few good clean 325i's left and if you found one persuading the owner to part with it would be doubly challenging when they hear what you plan for the car they've lovingly cherished and maintained over the years

[TheLordJohn]

Quinten said:

My (ex) Vectra after it t-boned a Nissan Qashqai. Still twitch when I pass the accident scene...

It t-boned a CashCow all by itself...?
Clever car.

[1Addicted]

Nissan GTR. A car without limits they said.

[omgus]

What happened there?

I've seen people drive those things indecently fast in terrible conditions and not get bitten.

[Mezzanine]

That looks a proper mess!

[anonymous-user]

That is one seriously strong broom it hit..........

[LaurasOtherHalf]

That picture of the GTR is the one that crashed at a b&q isn't it?

If so it's quite strange as I just looked a text regarding the matter from a few months ago this morning. Anyway, the driver walked away with only scratches-the drivers door was openable. Positive breath test too apparently.

[Schmeeky]

ChemicalChaos said:

Rockstar said:

Wonder how difficult it will be to transplant the running gear into a track day toy? I think only the M-diff requires the car's onboard electronic witch craft to function correctly

I saw a brilliant M3 based kit cat at PHLM, I think it was a GKD or something like that. All the engine, running gear and suspension with a Caterham style body

This was at the Cumbria Classic Car Show this summer, looked abso-fookin'-lutely mental!

[KFC]

1Addicted said:

Nissan GTR. A car without limits they said.

Thats the problem with fast cars, its too easy to push them too far and you always hit the drive skill limits first

[scarble]

That's the problem with heavy cars that rely on power and electrotrickery for performance and handling, there's less feel, you only know you've found the edge when you fall off it and.. uh.. once you're falling there's a lot of weight behind it?
This lack of feel seems to inspire confidence

[8Ace]

1Addicted said:

Nissan GTR. A car without limits they said.

Proper job.