Short Cerbera ownership

Short Cerbera ownership

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otp

Original Poster:

116 posts

156 months

Monday 20th October 2014
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It seems my Cerbera ownership may have been cut quite a lot shorter than I had planned.
Last Wednesday night whilst taking the car to a unit for a guy to do some work on it, I exited a roundabout and a nano second later it was sliding up the road over a kerb and into a lamppost can't remember much after that bit hazy. Anyway 4 days in hospital and I'm home again.
I've not seen the car but judging from the fact my feet were jammed together in the footwell I'm not expecting good news from the repairer. I know the screen is broken and I've seen a picture which shows the door is bent below the door mirror which I guess explains why the a-post came in to the footwell.
Anyway end result undisplaced fracture of the tibia, 6 cm laceration on the back of my head and a fractured skull. I did hear something about a small bleed in the skull but I can't find anything in the discharge notes about it and a rather sorry looking Cerbera.
I will now await the result from the insurance company.
But it was epic fun before Wednesday night . Very difficult car to replace.

Clive

F1SERB

460 posts

152 months

Monday 20th October 2014
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Not good news Clive
Good to hear your not seriously hurt though
Did you have a guaranteed value on the car ??

F1SERB

460 posts

152 months

Monday 20th October 2014
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Not good news Clive
Good to hear your not seriously hurt though
Did you have a guaranteed value on the car ??

FarmyardPants

4,099 posts

217 months

Monday 20th October 2014
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yikes

Sounds like it could've been worse. All the best for a speedy recovery.

DJR 7

1,413 posts

256 months

Monday 20th October 2014
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Life is more important, glad you're ok.
If the cars a loss buy another ..... Simples

aide

2,276 posts

163 months

Monday 20th October 2014
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DJR 7 said:
Life is more important, glad you're ok.
If the cars a loss buy another ..... Simples
+1 and wishing you a speedy recovery..

PGNCerbera

2,926 posts

165 months

Monday 20th October 2014
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aide said:
+1 and wishing you a speedy recovery..
Yes. Me too. Take it easy and recover well.

southendpier

5,254 posts

228 months

Monday 20th October 2014
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This.

And show us some pics

Jhonno

5,762 posts

140 months

Tuesday 21st October 2014
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Serious question.. Tyres.. What were you running? Age/condition?

Glad to hear you are ok though, sounds a hefty bump!

scotty_d

6,795 posts

193 months

Tuesday 21st October 2014
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Glad the car is worse than you and you can post the story here, all the best and a speedy mend to yourself sir!! Only a car at the end of the day!!!

barrington

1,316 posts

230 months

Tuesday 21st October 2014
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m4tti

5,426 posts

154 months

Tuesday 21st October 2014
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Roads look wet in the background.

Ropps

715 posts

146 months

Tuesday 21st October 2014
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Cars are replaceable, and sorry to hear about the accident. I clearly remember your post when you had bought the car!

Speedy recovery. Those yellow Cerbs can be a pain to control, especially in the wet

TimJM

1,497 posts

209 months

Tuesday 21st October 2014
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Sorry to hear this - I know you hadn't had the car long but I think I recall you saying you had just put four new tyres on. Which tyres were they and how many miles had you got into them before this accident?

barrington

1,316 posts

230 months

Tuesday 21st October 2014
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Didn't want to post until you came on the forum Glad your ok my sister inlaw and her nephew gave you first aid until medics turned up you were lucky to get out of that

otp

Original Poster:

116 posts

156 months

Tuesday 21st October 2014
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Barrington yep that's the car please thank the first aid man I vaugely remember him saying that he had only done his first aid course that day!!
Thanks for all messages it's really appreciated. I've said it before but this really is a friendly forum.
The road was particularly wet and it was out of shape in a nano second.
I don't have an agreed value so I'm going to search the net for some comparable examples and wait for the offer from the ins co. The values are so far apart it's not an easy car to put a market value on but I'll have to wait and see.

Thanks again
Clive

Alpinestars

13,954 posts

243 months

Tuesday 21st October 2014
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Sorry to hear about the accident but glad you're still here to tell the story. I wonder if there was diesel on the road?

otp

Original Poster:

116 posts

156 months

Tuesday 21st October 2014
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Hi Tim
Yes I'd not had it long and had worked my way through the list of jobs that needed doing, ironically the replace dash trim in stainless and the chassis guards were posted out the following day. The tyres hadn't done much more than around 70 miles in the dry so they were ok . The approach to the road is a little bumpy and I think all the water and the bumps just upset it and with a sniff of throttle - the perfect storm.
It quite odd a friend of mine who I used to race motor bikes with for years , recently had a car crash and was really hurt badly I said to him recently that bikes were safer than cars. I didn't think that days later I would find that out for myself. In 15 years of road racing only a broken elbow and sprained thumb.
Anyway I'm looking around for a replacement I've still got some new headlamp reflectors and bits knocking around and I've gained a heap of knowledge on these cars. I'd only just had the alarm and immobiliser replaced by Carl and Dab radio fitted just getting it to fit me really.

Regards
Clive

cerb4.5lee

30,196 posts

179 months

Tuesday 21st October 2014
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Alpinestars said:
Sorry to hear about the accident but glad you're still here to tell the story.
Plus one and I remember posting on the thread when you first got the car, glad you are ok.

robsco

7,822 posts

175 months

Tuesday 21st October 2014
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I remember the post too, such a shame it has ended this way. One more Cerbera gone, which is a crying shame, but ultimately the most important thing is that you are here relatively unscathed. You can always go out and buy another Cerbera.