Tuscan accident m25 driver looks ok
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Hi guys, well that was me in the Tuscan or what was left of it. I was in the middle lane when the back end just went, had absolutly no grip and that was for the front wheels as well from what i remember. Been driving my Tuscan now for four years and in all conditions as its my only car so i know they can bite but this came from nowhere. One of the guys who stopped to help said his car had done the same just behind me just not quite as bad. He hung round and let the police know this as well so a big thanks to him and the other people who stopped to help.
The car looked quite a mess but the fiber glass does do a good job and internally the drivers compartment was hardly distorted at all, the door even opened with a gentle push. I walked away from the accident all be it with a broken collar bone but not single other scratch so i consider myself very lucky indeed.
Just to say take care out there, you never stop learning with these cars and thanks to all those who wished me well.
Rich.
The car looked quite a mess but the fiber glass does do a good job and internally the drivers compartment was hardly distorted at all, the door even opened with a gentle push. I walked away from the accident all be it with a broken collar bone but not single other scratch so i consider myself very lucky indeed.
Just to say take care out there, you never stop learning with these cars and thanks to all those who wished me well.
Rich.
Every time one of these thread starts we all breath a sigh of relief when the owner posts that he/she is ok (-ish in this case). Shame about your Tuscan but it sounds like it gave you super protection during your last moments together to go with all the fun it gave you during the rest of your long term relationship.
The sooner all this damn salt gets washed off the roads the better. They've laid so much down over the past 10 days that every groove, crack and surface granularity is totally caked. Almost as slippery as ice.
The sooner all this damn salt gets washed off the roads the better. They've laid so much down over the past 10 days that every groove, crack and surface granularity is totally caked. Almost as slippery as ice.
Hut49 said:
Every time one of these thread starts we all breath a sigh of relief when the owner posts that he/she is ok (-ish in this case). Shame about your Tuscan but it sounds like it gave you super protection during your last moments together to go with all the fun it gave you during the rest of your long term relationship.
The sooner all this damn salt gets washed off the roads the better. They've laid so much down over the past 10 days that every groove, crack and surface granularity is totally caked. Almost as slippery as ice.
I agree.The sooner all this damn salt gets washed off the roads the better. They've laid so much down over the past 10 days that every groove, crack and surface granularity is totally caked. Almost as slippery as ice.
Bring on global warming I say....sooner the better.
grahamw48 said:
Hut49 said:
Every time one of these thread starts we all breath a sigh of relief when the owner posts that he/she is ok (-ish in this case). Shame about your Tuscan but it sounds like it gave you super protection during your last moments together to go with all the fun it gave you during the rest of your long term relationship.
The sooner all this damn salt gets washed off the roads the better. They've laid so much down over the past 10 days that every groove, crack and surface granularity is totally caked. Almost as slippery as ice.
I agree.The sooner all this damn salt gets washed off the roads the better. They've laid so much down over the past 10 days that every groove, crack and surface granularity is totally caked. Almost as slippery as ice.
Bring on global warming I say....sooner the better.
Rich - glad you emerged relativly unscathed. Hope the insurance company offer the cars true value first time out.
I was working out side all day yesterday (and today) and know just how cold it was.. just drove a few miles yesterday but keep it very slow - 20 in the bends, even the g/f could not believe how carefully I was driving .. but the back roads can be lethal and we only had 2 miles to drive.. what's at extra 30 seconds.. and that was just in the Renault.
Guess we all kind of expect motorways to always have great grip but sadly when it's that cold even salt and grit cannot stop ice .. and even solt / grit is in itself quite slippy.
Luckily it's now much warmer but it's always sad to see quite so many nice cars written off this time of year
I was working out side all day yesterday (and today) and know just how cold it was.. just drove a few miles yesterday but keep it very slow - 20 in the bends, even the g/f could not believe how carefully I was driving .. but the back roads can be lethal and we only had 2 miles to drive.. what's at extra 30 seconds.. and that was just in the Renault.
Guess we all kind of expect motorways to always have great grip but sadly when it's that cold even salt and grit cannot stop ice .. and even solt / grit is in itself quite slippy.
Luckily it's now much warmer but it's always sad to see quite so many nice cars written off this time of year
Took mine out for its token warm up and run on Friday and couldn't beleive the lack of grip even after 10 years TVR driving!
First junction I pulled out of I was barely touching the loud pedal and it still spun up like it was on ice - and the temp was +6!
Just pootered about gingerly and fired it back into hibernation mode for another week or two - roll on spring time....
First junction I pulled out of I was barely touching the loud pedal and it still spun up like it was on ice - and the temp was +6!
Just pootered about gingerly and fired it back into hibernation mode for another week or two - roll on spring time....
A chameleon-blue Tuscan appeared to have had quite a big moment near Northampton on Saturday morning, around 10am.
Backend in the ditch, nose pointing onto the road. The front had sustained damage - it was all white from exposed fibreglass. The cockpit section seemed in good condition and the driver was out of it. Pretty impressed actually as it looked like the nose had absorbed a lot of energy.
It was -2'c but was a straight road, so I'm not entirely sure what happened.
Backend in the ditch, nose pointing onto the road. The front had sustained damage - it was all white from exposed fibreglass. The cockpit section seemed in good condition and the driver was out of it. Pretty impressed actually as it looked like the nose had absorbed a lot of energy.
It was -2'c but was a straight road, so I'm not entirely sure what happened.
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