Be carefull out there...

[S600VXR]

This resulted from hitting a small patch of ice on the A303 early yesterday morning. Back stepped out, hit the bank, flipped and ended up on its roof on the road! Amazingly my mate walked away from this with a few bruises.
A leason for us all at this time of year I guess with high power V8's and RWD.
It was a very nice 540i BMW!

[Hex]

Ouch... but as you say least you walked away.

[S600VXR]

Hex said:

Ouch... but as you say least you walked away.

Not me mate, a good friend of mine.

[Volante]

Wonder how long until the t-cut/buff out jokes. :P

Glad your mate walked away though, that's what matters really. Cars are replaceable obviously.

[eliot]

Suprised to see that on a 540. The abs is ultra sensitive plus it bongs to warn you that the temp is below 3'c

[Bonnie and Clyde]

That looks nasty Really glad to hear your friends ok. I bet it amde you feel a bit sick when you first heard. You've not had a good year on this subject have ya. Still good news here

[S600VXR]

Volante said:

Wonder how long until the t-cut/buff out jokes. :P

Glad your mate walked away though, that's what matters really. Cars are replaceable obviously.

Already bought him a small nottle of the stuff for xmas... gotta laugh having survived! He has some choice bruising from the seat belt where the pre tensioner worked its stuff, was left hanging upside down without moving from his seat! Theres alot to be said for modern cars really.

[J. J.]

S600VXR said
"Theres alot to be said for modern cars really."

Definitely! Having been to loads of crashes over the last 30 years, many now survive, whereas in the past the accident would have killed them.

[okgo]

eliot said:

Suprised to see that on a 540. The abs is ultra sensitive plus it bongs to warn you that the temp is below 3'c

And? Letting you know there is ice out there doesn't matter when you hit ice.

Glad he walked away,

[BigNige]

Just how fast was he going?

[S600VXR]

BigNige said:

Just how fast was he going?

Since this is an open forum.. around 70mph officer. I've heard of others who have been over 150 in the wet in the same place with no issues so very supprised he lost it.

[BigNige]

P'raps he wass doing more than 150 then?

[S600VXR]

BigNige said:

P'raps he wass doing more than 150 then?

I know what he was doing and it was alot less than 150.

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eliot said:

Suprised to see that on a 540. The abs is ultra sensitive plus it bongs to warn you that the temp is below 3'c

If it was ice then the ABS can only do so much

[BigNige]

Especially at 150

[stigmundfreud]

firstly ouch and glad he got out

secondly this saturday morning was rather mild, wet and damp not cold and icy. Where on the 303?

[S600VXR]

stigmundfreud said:

firstly ouch and glad he got out

secondly this saturday morning was rather mild, wet and damp not cold and icy. Where on the 303?

It was a friday morning and the 303 is Jct7 off the M3.

[RB CV8]

I heard of a late M5 that went for a burton yesterday too, quite possibly the result of the sudden application of a heavy right foot combined with a damp road surface. Operator error you might say.