My first crash :-(
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Had my first crash tonight 
Going around a nice right hand bend, backend went (drive a corsa B and I wasnt speeding) and I lifted of and it snapped around the other way as I ploughed me way through a hedge and into a field. Somehow it stayed shiny side up. I dont know how, but it did. Dont know about damage yet, that will have to wait until it is light.
I just feel like a cock. I wasnt trying, I wasnt pushing on and yet I lost it. Fair enough it was wet etc but still, I was driving sensiblly and steady. And yet I binned it Really gutted.
Anyway, have got it off my chest.
Thanks.
Going around a nice right hand bend, backend went (drive a corsa B and I wasnt speeding) and I lifted of and it snapped around the other way as I ploughed me way through a hedge and into a field. Somehow it stayed shiny side up. I dont know how, but it did. Dont know about damage yet, that will have to wait until it is light.
I just feel like a cock. I wasnt trying, I wasnt pushing on and yet I lost it. Fair enough it was wet etc but still, I was driving sensiblly and steady. And yet I binned it
Really gutted.Anyway, have got it off my chest.
Thanks.
Shaid GTB said:
Well at least you got out to tell the story... (could have been diesel on the road)
Yeah that is what I was thinking although my first though was 'oh me car' 
It had been raining like I said and I have recently put steel wheels back on rather than the alloys I used to have so the tires obviously let go in a much more violent way then the bigger ones (or something like that LOL)
The damage I reckon is going to be all the right hand paint work from the hedge and the front bumper from where I got dragged out which brings me onto another point I forgot to put in my OP..
a HUGE HUGE thank you to the 10-15 people that stopped to make sure I was OK!! Thank you very much everyone and an even bigger thank you to the truck driver who pulled me out of the ditch. You sir are a superstar and I hope, as you said when I tried to give you beer money, someone is there for you when your in need. Thank you very much mate!!
a HUGE HUGE thank you to the 10-15 people that stopped to make sure I was OK!! Thank you very much everyone and an even bigger thank you to the truck driver who pulled me out of the ditch. You sir are a superstar and I hope, as you said when I tried to give you beer money, someone is there for you when your in need. Thank you very much mate!!
Come on, not convincing me, we've all been there, I'm the best of the best in my 1.something. You walked away, many haven't, take it as a lesson. I should know, as a youngster, crashed many a 1.something, and never was it driver error.......not!!! Its something no one can teach, it has to be learned, most times the hard way my friend. Move on and take care. 
Si_steve said:
Srry to hear it mate, But as said at least you are here telling us about it. I had a similar accident with my second car.
Lucky for me this is all it amounted to
Nice skid marks, lol Lucky for me this is all it amounted to
OP you're lucky really, I know a girl that swerved to avoid a cyclist and ended up jumping a ditch and landing in a field! Pretty sure she wrote off her new twingo sport
I am couting my lucky stars!!! I really dont know how it stayed up right. Really dont. It was a ploughed feild as well.
Like everyone has siad, chin up and get on with it. Going to inspect my car and where I left the black stuff tomorrow. I am just glad I can sit here and right about.
Like everyone has siad, chin up and get on with it. Going to inspect my car and where I left the black stuff tomorrow. I am just glad I can sit here and right about.
goffahsez said:
Si_steve said:
Srry to hear it mate, But as said at least you are here telling us about it. I had a similar accident with my second car.
Lucky for me this is all it amounted to
Nice skid marks, lol Lucky for me this is all it amounted to
OP you're lucky really, I know a girl that swerved to avoid a cyclist and ended up jumping a ditch and landing in a field! Pretty sure she wrote off her new twingo sport
Quinny said:
Ahh yes diesel....Responsible for so many unexplained single vehicle accidents
It does happen though; I tend to be very careful when driving around Erith near the Dartford crossing.I managed to spin my dads Clio on a slip road, the back end slid out. Funnily enough a Clio was behind me and didn't spin, she was quite surprised how that happened. (Afterwards I did replace the 200,000 mile old rear shocks which helped).
I also got my Integra sideways on a roundabout pottering about at normal speeds.
I have never had it happen anywhere else apart from around that area.
I always tend to be careful when it has been bone dry for a couple of days as the first bit of rain seems to stir up all the stuff laying dormant on the road.
wessexrfc said:
goffahsez said:
Si_steve said:
Srry to hear it mate, But as said at least you are here telling us about it. I had a similar accident with my second car.
Lucky for me this is all it amounted to
Nice skid marks, lol Lucky for me this is all it amounted to
OP you're lucky really, I know a girl that swerved to avoid a cyclist and ended up jumping a ditch and landing in a field! Pretty sure she wrote off her new twingo sport
wessexrfc said:
goffahsez said:
Si_steve said:
Srry to hear it mate, But as said at least you are here telling us about it. I had a similar accident with my second car.
Lucky for me this is all it amounted to
Nice skid marks, lol Lucky for me this is all it amounted to
OP you're lucky really, I know a girl that swerved to avoid a cyclist and ended up jumping a ditch and landing in a field! Pretty sure she wrote off her new twingo sport
He claimed he was swerving to avoid a fluffy little bunny rabbit!
I wouldn't mind but I was shouting SHARP LEFT!!
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