I'll tell my tvr day and you give me your advice
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Sunday morning,
Gorgious day in Shropshire. Decided to investigate the lovely sweeping roads south Shrewsbury to Ludlow.
The A49 is dry and I open up the V8 5 litre of my chimaera. I ve only had it for a week so I am still on the side of caution, but I do not mind opening up and listening to the roar of the engine (top down obviously), you all know what I mean, its the dogs. We come to a sign advising road works ahead but no limit on the speed. I follow the traffic ahead of me at their speed (about 50). Suddenly a car coming from the other side probably at 60 also picks up a stone, not your small stone, but one the size of a 20p. This smashes into my windseen and cracks it!!!!
. I was fuming. This happened right next to the road works, who obviously were not working but were kind enough to leave all their cr4p on the road. Thanks a bunch. Did they put a sign to warn of loose chippings? Did they f**k. Sorry for the language but this really winds me up. The council should have put a speed limit in that portion of the road. TVR enthusiasts will agree: we love our cars and there is no way we would blasts through a surface full of stones in order to destroy the paintwork. Had they put a sign I would not have been driving at 50, nor the car on the other side and therefore the windscreen would not be cracked. I know it's covered by insurance and only costs £50 but why should I pay for the incompetence of others. They put speed limits of 30-40 mph on dual carriage ways where its not required but in this instance where it is useful they don't 
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Do you guys think it worth wasting my ink and breath trying to turn against the council? Anyone here have legal experience on this subject? If madcop reads this can he give his advice?
Otherwise I drove a 100 miles without thinking too much of this incident which happened on mile 5 and I enjoyed every second of it, so did my girlfriend. TVRs are fantastic, i love them. But i am still p155ed off at my one week old car with a cracked windscreen.
Sorry for the length of this post, thanks for taking the time to read it and thanks in advance for your help.
Gorgious day in Shropshire. Decided to investigate the lovely sweeping roads south Shrewsbury to Ludlow.
The A49 is dry and I open up the V8 5 litre of my chimaera. I ve only had it for a week so I am still on the side of caution, but I do not mind opening up and listening to the roar of the engine (top down obviously), you all know what I mean, its the dogs. We come to a sign advising road works ahead but no limit on the speed. I follow the traffic ahead of me at their speed (about 50). Suddenly a car coming from the other side probably at 60 also picks up a stone, not your small stone, but one the size of a 20p. This smashes into my windseen and cracks it!!!!
. I was fuming. This happened right next to the road works, who obviously were not working but were kind enough to leave all their cr4p on the road. Thanks a bunch. Did they put a sign to warn of loose chippings? Did they f**k. Sorry for the language but this really winds me up. The council should have put a speed limit in that portion of the road. TVR enthusiasts will agree: we love our cars and there is no way we would blasts through a surface full of stones in order to destroy the paintwork. Had they put a sign I would not have been driving at 50, nor the car on the other side and therefore the windscreen would not be cracked. I know it's covered by insurance and only costs £50 but why should I pay for the incompetence of others. They put speed limits of 30-40 mph on dual carriage ways where its not required but in this instance where it is useful they don't . Do you guys think it worth wasting my ink and breath trying to turn against the council? Anyone here have legal experience on this subject? If madcop reads this can he give his advice?
Otherwise I drove a 100 miles without thinking too much of this incident which happened on mile 5 and I enjoyed every second of it, so did my girlfriend. TVRs are fantastic, i love them. But i am still p155ed off at my one week old car with a cracked windscreen.
Sorry for the length of this post, thanks for taking the time to read it and thanks in advance for your help.
Hiya - sorry to hear about the incident scarring your joys of ownership so early on! on the windscreen front, try and get the insurer to cough of for a main dealer to replace the screen. i read somewhere that TVR screens are particulary "curvy" and those chaps at Autoglass etc won't know how to do a good job, I am sure there are threads re the screen so just do a quick search...
good luck!
good luck!
Anyone here have legal experience on this subject?
in the circumstances you describe I am afraid there is no chance of a case against the Highways Authority.
sorry to hear about the damage to your Chimaera. Keep looking on the bright side that you have insurance that will cover the majority of the cost without effecting your NCB
I was driving roof down the other week when some complete t
sser approaching from the opposite direction decided to overtake on the hatched section, flinging up stone/grit/any other shit that was on the hatchings all over my car. Not only was I lucky to avoid a chipped/cracked windscreen, I was lucky to avoid being hit myself with that much debris flying up and me driving roof and sidewindow down. It did result in some more stone chips on the front 
still, chin up - you drive a TVR
Frenchalex - that's a bummer! Hope you get it fixed and make sure it's done by folks that know what they're doing - your local TVR dealer will probably be able to advise.
While on the subject of a small projectile hitting the screen at speed, can anyone tell me the sense of building a road car without a proper screen? And whether a driver who drives such a vehicle without a full face crash helmet, should be registered insane? I'm talking about the Blenheim Speedster - the £145,000 addition to the Bristol Cars range.
Last week's Autocar had some pictures from a test drive and the drivers head was well-above the wind deflector fitted in place of a conventional windscreen. He was just wearing a pair of specs.
Perhaps I'm missing something, because getting a 20p sized stone travelling at 50mph in the face is too horrific to think about.
Hutch
While on the subject of a small projectile hitting the screen at speed, can anyone tell me the sense of building a road car without a proper screen? And whether a driver who drives such a vehicle without a full face crash helmet, should be registered insane? I'm talking about the Blenheim Speedster - the £145,000 addition to the Bristol Cars range.
Last week's Autocar had some pictures from a test drive and the drivers head was well-above the wind deflector fitted in place of a conventional windscreen. He was just wearing a pair of specs. Perhaps I'm missing something, because getting a 20p sized stone travelling at 50mph in the face is too horrific to think about.
Hutch
hut49 saidPerhaps I'm missing something, because getting a 20p sized stone travelling at 50mph in the face is too horrific to think about.
Hutch
ouch! I often wondered that with the Renault Spyder thingy.
Rather stupidly I lifted my visor once in a kart race (visor misting badly and air vents not working too well) and whilst I was only doing about 45mph a small piece of metal came up from the kart in front of me. several eye operations later to remove said metal I am left with a nasty scar and unable to wear contact lenses or have corrective surgery for the rest of my years. Glasses aint too great to play football in!
I wouldnt consider getting in the Bristol!
Ow ow ow! Shit, that's nasty!
shnozz said:Rather stupidly I lifted my visor once in a kart race (visor misting badly and air vents not working too well) and whilst I was only doing about 45mph a small piece of metal came up from the kart in front of me. several eye operations later to remove said metal I am left with a nasty scar and unable to wear contact lenses or have corrective surgery for the rest of my years.
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