scary this morning.........
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ON the dual carriageway coming into Hull, car about 200 yards in front suddenly starts driving erratically and ends up very hastilly on the hard shoulder. It initially looked like he'd driven into a large plastic bag or something that was covering his windscreen, but as I went past it became clear that it was his bonnet!, bent and blown backward like aluminium foil. COMPLETELY covering his view.
He seemed to be OK.
What do you do in these instances?
He seemed to be OK.
What do you do in these instances?
wind down the window quick and stick your head out to see where you are going. Happened to me on the downhill approach to the old Severn Bridge westbound rather a long time ago. 117 in a rally Imp was too much for the front bonnet catches. It took a second or two to realise it was not the engine that had blown.
Balmoral Green said:
bryan35 said:
What do you do in these instances?
Stop probably.
I would say that you should hope that you had left a 2 second gap, and then perform a fairly steady "emergency" stop...seems exactly the kind of situation that requires one. Not a "drop anchor" type, just stopping PDQ.
And then hope everyone misses you, Better than the possibility of what you might hit if you don't, and there's a chace the bonnet might close as you slow hard allowing you to pull over with some visibility.
bigbob said:
Personally I drive a BMW - bonnet opens the other way on those
Yeah great!! I was driving my mates mint 2002 turbo when I saw the bonnet release off the 1st catch. Natural instinct, emergency stop,
WRONG! bonnet flipped forward, bending it!!! Very Very pi**ed off mate
Carl
SIDAORB said:
bigbob said:
Personally I drive a BMW - bonnet opens the other way on those
Yeah great!! I was driving my mates mint 2002 turbo when I saw the bonnet release off the 1st catch. Natural instinct, emergency stop,
WRONG! bonnet flipped forward, bending it!!! Very Very pi**ed off mate
Carl
Ouchh....
Was that an original 2002 turbo or a year 2002 turbo?
Double ouchh if it was the first one - had one years back and it was a lovely car.
BB
justinp1 said:
Vow never to drive a TVR again!
(... a cheap shot, I know!)
(... a cheap shot, I know!)
You're allowed, you own one... 
Saying that, the bonnet of my s3c popped open on both sides once, and as you know it is basically the whole front of the car. That obliterated the view somewhat when I slowed down to snap it shut.
silverback mike said:
justinp1 said:
Vow never to drive a TVR again!
(... a cheap shot, I know!)
(... a cheap shot, I know!)
You're allowed, you own one... Saying that, the bonnet of my s3c popped open on both sides once, and as you know it is basically the whole front of the car. That obliterated the view somewhat when I slowed down to snap it shut.
I am an ex-owner, does that mean I must retract it!?
Seriously though, I was referring to the very real problems the first beta testers, I mean owners, of the Sagaris when it first came out. I was very surprised at the time that this kind of thing wasnt discovered in the long-term, high speed endurance testing they apparantly did in the desert!
They went so far as to put an assymetric bulge in the roof on the drivers side to accomodate a helmet for track use, but didnt realise that the bonnet became dangerously loose under the pressure of 'track speeds'!
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