Topic: Please learn...... (Read 4162 times)

MartinP · « **on:** 13 December 2006, 19:52:17 »

If you insist on driving for most of the year with the ABS/TC light on, and drive to close to the car in front....

One day the driver in front (BMW) may stop 3/4 of a car length before the white line at an island!

Then when you depress the brake pedal FIRMLY, your ABS will not work and you may slide straight to the scene of the accident

Last night, after 29 crash free years, I became a crash statsitic.

No one to blame but me

The bumper on the BMW had moved about 2mm, on the wheelarch/bumper gap.

My V grill will need the fixing holes repairing and I now have an Emerald green bonnet as the first 3" of the white one was folded down onto the slam panel

Bo Bo · « **Reply #1 on:** 13 December 2006, 19:56:47 »

Oh dear, sorry to hear it mate

Salty · « **Reply #2 on:** 13 December 2006, 20:03:59 »

Ooops, bad luck there.

Del Boy · « **Reply #3 on:** 13 December 2006, 20:06:50 »

AHHH my abs and Tc keep coming on

sorry to hear tat m8 i really gotta get it sorted now then

MartinP · « **Reply #4 on:** 13 December 2006, 20:10:53 »

Bit of rain, greasy road less than 20 MPH and not enough caution

Bit of a bugger really

Still at least I wasn't doing travelling at a higher speed

Gwilym · « **Reply #5 on:** 13 December 2006, 20:14:35 »

Sorry to hear that mate. Hope you are OK?

Chopsdad · « **Reply #6 on:** 13 December 2006, 20:16:51 »

Bad luck Issunaz - no accident is ever nice however minor :-/

Elite Pete · « **Reply #7 on:** 13 December 2006, 20:17:42 »

Oh bugger, sorry to hear that but at least nobody was hurt.

Del Boy · « **Reply #8 on:** 13 December 2006, 20:18:20 »

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Bad luck Issunaz - no accident is ever nice however minor :-/

Agreed

STMO123 · « **Reply #9 on:** 13 December 2006, 20:39:42 »

You young tearaway! I dont know

Marks DTM Calib · « **Reply #10 on:** 13 December 2006, 20:58:06 »

Bad luck.....and welcome to the club

Lawman · « **Reply #11 on:** 13 December 2006, 21:05:02 »

Aww unlucky!

It's never too good to hear of a crash. Hopefully the BMW driver doesn't try any funny stuff!

Good luck getting it repaired!!

hotel21 · « **Reply #12 on:** 13 December 2006, 21:25:02 »

Not good to hear. Glad its the car and not flesh and blood. Tin is easy, though expensive, to replace. The other isn't...

No sign of reversing lights on the Beemer? :-?

Iain · « **Reply #13 on:** 13 December 2006, 21:31:19 »

Bad luck mate....

Here's a sore 1 to show there is always someone worse....

My mate bought a 2.2 DTi in Star silver on a 53 plate.......picked it from the dealer drove it round the corner(and i mean round the corner) about 4 miles in total....wasn't paying attention and.......

BANG!! 45mph right up the a*se of a Saxo!! It had a complete new front end at 16 miles!!!

Doh!!

MikeDundee · « **Reply #14 on:** 13 December 2006, 21:36:00 »

Sorry to hear that M8...personally I never put any of them on, you find they kick in automatically if the car starts to go, rear end, skid etc..

Lawman · « **Reply #15 on:** 13 December 2006, 21:39:14 »

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Bad luck mate....

Here's a sore 1 to show there is always someone worse....

My mate bought a 2.2 DTi in Star silver on a 53 plate.......picked it from the dealer drove it round the corner(and i mean round the corner) about 4 miles in total....wasn't paying attention and.......

BANG!! 45mph right up the a*se of a Saxo!! It had a complete new front end at 16 miles!!!

Doh!!

Omega + 45mph + Saxo = not worth thinking about!!

TheBoy · « **Reply #16 on:** 13 December 2006, 21:50:28 »

Bugger.

Markjay · « **Reply #17 on:** 13 December 2006, 21:55:16 »

Sorry to hear this Issunaz... hope the BMW driver was civilised

familyman · « **Reply #18 on:** 13 December 2006, 22:05:09 »

sorry to hear that.

but if your t/c had been working properly you would have had no wheel spin and been able to floor it and rid the world of another BMW, whose indicators at the junction probably were not working anyway.

riding a motorbike you would be amazed how many new cars especially BMW's whose indicators don't work on such expensive cars 'cause its never the drivers fault that they don't.

Hope your okay and no else in car with you was hurt.

Taxi_Driver · « **Reply #19 on:** 13 December 2006, 22:17:16 »

Hope your ok mate....as said tin can be replaced!

I did nearly the same a few years ago

Crashed a year old merc (35k worth) straight into the back of another car....wasnt paying attention and fiddling with the stereo...

.....hit a brand new bmw convertible...with private plates on it.(womans name on the plate)...roll bars went off on the bmw....straight through the cloth roof.....women sitting in the passenger side went mental at me....male driver was calm about it......i never heard anything about it even tho i reported it to my insurance comp....hmmmm maybe male not insured to drive it

so never claimed :-/
Insurance comp fixed my merc.....even tho i did nearly 10k of damage to it!

Tony H · « **Reply #20 on:** 13 December 2006, 22:21:56 »

Sorry to hear about your bump, its suprising how when you think your driving far enough away from the car in front and they suddenly stop you discover your not! easily done mate

Martin_1962 · « **Reply #21 on:** 13 December 2006, 22:22:09 »

Oh dear - bad luck - hope it all gets sorted

JamesV6CDX · « **Reply #22 on:** 13 December 2006, 23:48:58 »

Bad luck indeed

Just goes to show though, how much distance you really do need to stop

Not suggesting you were tailgaiting, but when this happens it DOES bring home how dangerous tailgaiting can be and what the consequences are...

Andy B · « **Reply #23 on:** 14 December 2006, 09:49:51 »

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Sorry to hear that M8...personally I never put any of them on, you find they kick in automatically if the car starts to go, rear end, skid etc..

:-? :-? I read it that Issunaz has a problem with the ABS/Trcation Control that he was getting around to fixing and had a bump as a reult, that's why they didn't 'kick in'.

The Barge Captain · « **Reply #24 on:** 14 December 2006, 13:34:22 »

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Bad luck mate....

Here's a sore 1 to show there is always someone worse....

My mate bought a 2.2 DTi in Star silver on a 53 plate.......picked it from the dealer drove it round the corner(and i mean round the corner) about 4 miles in total....wasn't paying attention and.......

BANG!! 45mph right up the a*se of a Saxo!! It had a complete new front end at 16 miles!!!

Doh!!

Omega + 45mph + Saxo = not worth thinking about!!

Still on the plus side, maybe one less Saxo on the road

Glad you are ok though mate

MartinP · « **Reply #25 on:** 14 December 2006, 17:06:30 »

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Sorry to hear this Issunaz... hope the BMW driver was civilised

Looks that way, he had "his mechanic" look at the car, said 2 bumper mounting brackets are broken, re-spray the bumper (faded red colour, well looked after :-?) aluminium reinforcing bar in the bumper twisted.

£140 labour, £100 parts so I offerred to pay cash, as for that amount it would not be worth messing about with an insurance claim.

He then said that did not include the bumper bar

Told him to go and see what the actual cost is for cash and come back to me

MartinP · « **Reply #26 on:** 14 December 2006, 17:07:50 »

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Sorry to hear that M8...personally I never put any of them on, you find they kick in automatically if the car starts to go, rear end, skid etc..
:-? :-? I read it that Issunaz has a problem with the ABS/Trcation Control that he was getting around to fixing and had a bump as a reult, that's why they didn't 'kick in'.

Had a problem with the ABS/TC that I wasn't getting around to fixing

:-/

MartinP · « **Reply #27 on:** 14 December 2006, 17:19:30 »

BMW man said "he wasn't sure which way the car entering the island at his right was going as they weren't indicating, so he had to slam the brakes on to see which exit they were going to take"

It was a straight forward 4 exit island, middle 1 of a series of 3, good visability of the access/exits as you roll upto them.

He just decided to stop short (as is his perogative) instead of rolling upto the line under gentle braking.

As I said before, relatively low speed, no-one hurt, and quite rightly its only bent tin

Martin_1962 · « **Reply #28 on:** 14 December 2006, 19:42:30 »

Is Mr BMW insured?

MartinP · « **Reply #29 on:** 14 December 2006, 20:59:31 »

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Is Mr BMW insured?

Apparently so, via Hastings direct

He came back with a total figure of nearly £500.

Wasn't to impressed when I told him there was no way I was going to pay that much, so he can claim away and wait for the money.

Martin_1962 · « **Reply #30 on:** 14 December 2006, 23:12:23 »

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Is Mr BMW insured?

Apparently so, via Hastings direct

He came back with a total figure of nearly £500.

Wasn't to impressed when I told him there was no way I was going to pay that much, so he can claim away and wait for the money.

Oh well - how much effect will this have on your insurance?

nixoro · « **Reply #31 on:** 15 December 2006, 15:50:28 »

Sorry to hear of your bad luck, at least no one was hurt

MartinP · « **Reply #32 on:** 15 December 2006, 18:20:28 »

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Is Mr BMW insured?

Apparently so, via Hastings direct

He came back with a total figure of nearly £500.

Wasn't to impressed when I told him there was no way I was going to pay that much, so he can claim away and wait for the money.

Oh well - how much effect will this have on your insurance?

Protected bonus

We'll see how protected when the renewel comes through

iggy21uk · « **Reply #33 on:** 15 December 2006, 19:09:02 »

Soo sorry to hear it.... glad you're ok though !!!

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