The "I screwed up and I know it" thread
Discussion
robsti said:
Zod said:
Ok here goes:
two episodes of parking complacency with new cars:
In 2001, in Germany, I had my new E46 M3. I was so proud of this car, having found one, despite the waiting lists. My parking spot was down a narrow twenty metre long drive. I'd had a 330Ci for the last twelve months and getting down the drive and parking was one of those manoeuvres that becomes instinctive. Unfortunately, the M3 has wider wheelarches than the 330 and there was a big tree root base sticking out into the drive at wheelarch height. It readjusted the leading edge of the wheelarch to the same width as the 330.
Early this year, in the brand new X5, I decided after dropping my parents off at my brother's house to stock up on beer at Waitrose on the Finchley Road. This store has a notoriously tight car park. I had scoffed for years at the morons who can't manoeuvre their cars between the pillars and walls without hitting them and I drive through it fluidly having got to know it so well. That evening as I was taking the S turn by the lift entrance in my usual fluid way I was arrested by a crunch as the offside rear door crunched against a corner. The car had not even done 100 miles!
God knows what you are going to be like on the twisty tight roads in Tuscany! two episodes of parking complacency with new cars:
In 2001, in Germany, I had my new E46 M3. I was so proud of this car, having found one, despite the waiting lists. My parking spot was down a narrow twenty metre long drive. I'd had a 330Ci for the last twelve months and getting down the drive and parking was one of those manoeuvres that becomes instinctive. Unfortunately, the M3 has wider wheelarches than the 330 and there was a big tree root base sticking out into the drive at wheelarch height. It readjusted the leading edge of the wheelarch to the same width as the 330.
Early this year, in the brand new X5, I decided after dropping my parents off at my brother's house to stock up on beer at Waitrose on the Finchley Road. This store has a notoriously tight car park. I had scoffed for years at the morons who can't manoeuvre their cars between the pillars and walls without hitting them and I drive through it fluidly having got to know it so well. That evening as I was taking the S turn by the lift entrance in my usual fluid way I was arrested by a crunch as the offside rear door crunched against a corner. The car had not even done 100 miles!
Potential problem though - the old 330Ci I had in gGermany (mentioned above) is now at the house in Tuscany (I sold it to a mate who sold it to another mate who owns the house) and I know those roads well from driving the 330 on them. Setting myself up for another such incident!
truck71 said:
Insurance form time- question; Were you the driver of the car at the time of the accident...?
Total muppetry.
Total muppetry.
Similar to that, I managed to stuff a car into the back of another, whilst driving neither. I was stood next to the car I was about to move with the door open, the valeter came up to me and we were chatting away, whilst doing so I turned away, popped th ekey in the ignition and started the car - 95% of which are automatic. This one wasn't and had been left parked in gear (against company policy, now I know why) and with the handbrake off by said valeter.
Yep, with the flare of revs on start up, the car moved off and was in the back of the next one to go around on the wash almost immediately. Getting into a moving car is a bloody difficult thing to do when it takes you a second or so to realise what's going on, then another to react and another to try and trip, almost running oneself over in the process.
Both were due to go out to their new owners that day, one of them did. That was £1,000 insurance excess out of my wages. I've never accidentally started a car in gear since
Me being a HGV driver i pride myself on being able to use the mirrors correctly
all day ,everyday
So i reversed my cosworth into my daily fiesta once when i completely forgot to look
in the drivers side mirror
The paint on the cos is more scuff resistant than fr bumper and wing on 2008 fiesta
all day ,everyday
So i reversed my cosworth into my daily fiesta once when i completely forgot to look
in the drivers side mirror
The paint on the cos is more scuff resistant than fr bumper and wing on 2008 fiesta
Soovy said:
On the day of the England Germany world cup game (KO 7pm) I arrived home at 6.58pm in the Porsche 911 busting for a pee.
I pulled into my allocated space in the downstairs car park at a brisk pace, and in doing so didn't brake quickly enough. I hit the wall in front head on at about 10mph.
Instant stop, big bang, £1000 paint job and a red face as the hottie neighbour was unloading her car and saw the whole thing!
And we lost.
Tell us you managed to pull her anyway? Just to give the story a happy ending.I pulled into my allocated space in the downstairs car park at a brisk pace, and in doing so didn't brake quickly enough. I hit the wall in front head on at about 10mph.
Instant stop, big bang, £1000 paint job and a red face as the hottie neighbour was unloading her car and saw the whole thing!
And we lost.
Edited by Soovy on Friday 10th June 11:42
Zod said:
Cheeky fecker!
Potential problem though - the old 330Ci I had in gGermany (mentioned above) is now at the house in Tuscany (I sold it to a mate who sold it to another mate who owns the house) and I know those roads well from driving the 330 on them. Setting myself up for another such incident!
Where about are you in Tuscany ?Potential problem though - the old 330Ci I had in gGermany (mentioned above) is now at the house in Tuscany (I sold it to a mate who sold it to another mate who owns the house) and I know those roads well from driving the 330 on them. Setting myself up for another such incident!
Considering I have felt comfortable doing handbrake turns etc and going sideways since I was 5 years old and that these days, I have to negotiate city streets and country lanes with surgical precision in an HGV, you can imagine it came as quite a suprise when I drove a Honda Civic auto through my garage door last year.I almost lost a leg, as one was still hanging out the side of the car
Zwoelf said:
Both were due to go out to their new owners that day, one of them did. That was £1,000 insurance excess out of my wages. I've never accidentally started a car in gear since
They took the excess from your wages!? Harsh! Whenever I stuffed a car into something at work I didn't have to pay for it.Although the time I accidentally knocked a flag pole over onto the Dealer Principal's brand new S2000 demo he did threaten that if anything else happened I would indeed be paying for it.
EDIT - for the record, it wasn't that common, the S2000 just so happened to occur the same week as another minor ding... Think it was another year before I clipped anything else, unfortunately that "clip" did happen to be an entire rear quarter on a brand new Mazda that was due out the next day...
I seem to have a knack of damaging drivers doors, In my R32 I decided to show off my reversing prowess and reversed in to the drive, and proceeded to crunch down the drivers door with the lamp post at the top of my drive.
Another time I was in my old civic type-r driving in to McDonalds, they have a post so you could judge the edge of the ramp. I had my gf of the time in the car and there was a rather good looking young girl at the window of the drive thru, so shade on, looking good then a massive crunch as I grind the car completely down the side of the post.
What a tit.
Another time I was in my old civic type-r driving in to McDonalds, they have a post so you could judge the edge of the ramp. I had my gf of the time in the car and there was a rather good looking young girl at the window of the drive thru, so shade on, looking good then a massive crunch as I grind the car completely down the side of the post.
What a tit.
A few years back moved to flat with underground car parking. The carpark was pretty tight with huge concrete pillers everywhare My space was right round at end of car park and initially I was driving slowly around to my space worried I was going to scrape my pride and joy after a few months though I became used to it and rather enjoyed the noise the car made in the car park. One night took a young lady from my work out but dont think I impressed her by driving skills when I ripped off a huge chunk of rear wheel arch and body mouldings on my car as we were returning to my flat
2nd one not me :-) was passenger in the hopital where I worked mini bus. We were running late but driver needed to get some money so he pulls up outside bank behind another car runs out to cashline. Runs back to minibus slams car in reverse and attempts to quickly move away (didnt check mirror) - all that happens is an almighty bang and an ubrupt stop. Looking in the mirror he discovered that a car had pulled up and parked 10 feet behind him and he had almost reversed over the top of it :-)
2nd one not me :-) was passenger in the hopital where I worked mini bus. We were running late but driver needed to get some money so he pulls up outside bank behind another car runs out to cashline. Runs back to minibus slams car in reverse and attempts to quickly move away (didnt check mirror) - all that happens is an almighty bang and an ubrupt stop. Looking in the mirror he discovered that a car had pulled up and parked 10 feet behind him and he had almost reversed over the top of it :-)
robsti said:
Zod said:
Cheeky fecker!
Potential problem though - the old 330Ci I had in Germany (mentioned above) is now at the house in Tuscany (I sold it to a mate who sold it to another mate who owns the house) and I know those roads well from driving the 330 on them. Setting myself up for another such incident!
Where about are you in Tuscany ?Potential problem though - the old 330Ci I had in Germany (mentioned above) is now at the house in Tuscany (I sold it to a mate who sold it to another mate who owns the house) and I know those roads well from driving the 330 on them. Setting myself up for another such incident!
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