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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Lawman on 03 December 2006, 23:20:01
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Had a blowout at 70mph on the M74 last night....kicked my car sideways along both lanes for about 50 yards :-/ Once I got it stopped I changed the tyre in 5 mins flat ;D
Don't think any tyre fitter would repair it haha it got shredded to bits!! still had about 5mm of tread left too with no obvious puncture!
The impact broke the filament in my sidelight and the tyre rubbed a fair bit of paint off my bumper! :'(
Keeps me on my toes! :D
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Glad you survived it ok, now get yourself down M&S for some clean undies.... ;D
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that will teach you taking a Corsa to the limit ;) ;D
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Lucky escape mate.
I had a blowout in my old Rover 416, it wasn't a nice experience...
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Had a couple of blowouts, both I suspect to underinflated tyres ::) (works vans). Both were shitty pants moments....
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Glad you survived it ok, now get yourself down M&S for some clean undies.... ;D
HAHA ;D
I brought it under control pretty calmly with a little steering and quick jabs of the brake....wasn't till an hour later and I felt really ill haha :y
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I had a blowout on my motorbike once. Unfortunately was going faster than the national sped limit at the time. Rear tyre went bang, back end came round to the front and I somehow managed to reduce speed to about 30 before I fell off into the hedge.
Nice!
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Had a front go at 80 - got to the hard shoulder with no problems.
A bit hairy but the chassis are good!!!!
Had a front blow out on a bike - only the speed kept the tyre up wobbled to a stop after some corners, the spare was super slippery and had as much grip as the punctured Avon.
Also the rectifier & alternator were duff so I had to run total loss, and by the time my dad arrived it was getting dark - would not pull over 5000rpm by the time we got home due to no power.
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I had a blowout on my motorbike once. Unfortunately was going faster than the national sped limit at the time. Rear tyre went bang, back end came round to the front and I somehow managed to reduce speed to about 30 before I fell off into the hedge.
Nice!
Blimey :o
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Glad your ok m8
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I had a blowout on my motorbike once. Unfortunately was going faster than the national sped limit at the time. Rear tyre went bang, back end came round to the front and I somehow managed to reduce speed to about 30 before I fell off into the hedge.
Nice!
Wow!! Lucky lucky guy!
Martin, It's a 5 door corsa....good chassis doesn't come into the equation at all!! haha
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i ragged it down a dual carriageway at mach2 in a van, then, while pulling up outside my house 5 mins later had a blowout! possibly the slowest one in history at 2mph !! mind you where i live i probable ran over some 9mm shell cases! tone.
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I had a blowout on my motorbike once. Unfortunately was going faster than the national sped limit at the time. Rear tyre went bang, back end came round to the front and I somehow managed to reduce speed to about 30 before I fell off into the hedge.
Nice!
Wow!! Lucky lucky guy!
Martin, It's a 5 door corsa....good chassis doesn't come into the equation at all!! haha
Thats why u should never skimp when it comes to buying tyres for your car :y
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You know it! ;)
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jeez your not havingmuch luck just now are you after that keying :-/
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I had a blowout on my motorbike once. Unfortunately was going faster than the national sped limit at the time. Rear tyre went bang, back end came round to the front and I somehow managed to reduce speed to about 30 before I fell off into the hedge.
Nice!
Wow!! Lucky lucky guy!
Martin, It's a 5 door corsa....good chassis doesn't come into the equation at all!! haha
Thats why u should never skimp when it comes to buying tyres for your car :y
...or when buying those 9mm rounds... ;D
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I had a blowout on my motorbike once. Unfortunately was going faster than the national sped limit at the time. Rear tyre went bang, back end came round to the front and I somehow managed to reduce speed to about 30 before I fell off into the hedge.
Nice!
Wow!! Lucky lucky guy!
Martin, It's a 5 door corsa....good chassis doesn't come into the equation at all!! haha
Thats why we have Omegas - they inherited the ACT suspension geometry off the Carltons
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I had a blowout on my motorbike once. Unfortunately was going faster than the national sped limit at the time. Rear tyre went bang, back end came round to the front and I somehow managed to reduce speed to about 30 before I fell off into the hedge.
Nice!
Wow!! Lucky lucky guy!
Martin, It's a 5 door corsa....good chassis doesn't come into the equation at all!! haha
Thats why we have Omegas - they inherited the ACT suspension geometry off the Carltons
So there u have it ;)...chop the corsa in, and get yesrelf a meega :y
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So there u have it ;)...chop the corsa in, and get yesrelf a meega :y
That's the plan Mick!! ;)
Can get about £2000 which would get a nice pre-facelift, Insurance isn't really an issue, it's just the costs of running it which would cripple me haha
My plan is to save like mad from now and get one in May/June when my wages should go up as I'll be in 3rd year and i should have 2 years NCB. Despite the lure of Elites, MV6's, I'd be more than pleased with a tidy 2 litre GLS 8-)
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So there u have it ;)...chop the corsa in, and get yesrelf a meega :y
That's the plan Mick!! ;)
Can get about £2000 which would get a nice pre-facelift, Insurance isn't really an issue, it's just the costs of running it which would cripple me haha
My plan is to save like mad from now and get one in May/June when my wages should go up as I'll be in 3rd year and i should have 2 years NCB. Despite the lure of Elites, MV6's, I'd be more than pleased with a tidy 2 litre GLS 8-)
You could get a decent 2.0 CD for around £500 for £2000 you could get a late prefacelift