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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Amigo on 18 January 2011, 21:51:11
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Very light frost on the windscreen, cleared in seconds, temp said +2 degrees. If you turn left out of my drive the road carries on round to the left (some of you know it) & the camber is pronounced. 5 am dark still asleep, halfway round the front end went straight ahead towards the kerb & a telegraph pole (avoid where possible..they don't move on impact). Could'nt steer out or brake so did the old fashioned cadence breaking out of desperation & steered right, gradually the front came round but it was too close for comfort. Had i braked the ABS would'nt have been worth a light. Tomorrow i'm gonna fly round so the back end lets go...much easier & more fun.
Caution does'nt pay!!!! 8-) :D
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::) Don`t become a statistic; or you`ll end up with that condescending tosspot 'Alistair Stewart', saying; "just look at this hapless motorist going skating" on police, camera, action. ;D
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Very light frost on the windscreen, cleared in seconds, temp said +2 degrees. If you turn left out of my drive the road carries on round to the left (some of you know it) & the camber is pronounced. 5 am dark still asleep, halfway round the front end went straight ahead towards the kerb & a telegraph pole (avoid where possible..they don't move on impact). Could'nt steer out or brake so did the old fashioned cadence breaking out of desperation & steered right, gradually the front came round but it was too close for comfort. Had i braked the ABS would'nt have been worth a light. Tomorrow i'm gonna fly round so the back end lets go...much easier & more fun.
Caution does'nt pay!!!! 8-) :D
Watch out for the thread heading 'Just wrapped my broadside around a telegraph pole' sometime tomorrow. ::)
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too much speed for the prevailing conditions..you might also find if you do hit a telegraph pole B.T will want you too pay for replacing :y
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The irony was i was only doing 10/15mph in 2nd.
Don't get caught out! ::)
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Glad you managed to avoid it Guy..... :y
I found my rear end going sideways this morning under slow acceleration having just dropped off Miss Vamps, took my sandbags out at the weekend.... ::) ::) ::)
On this Omega I have found the ABS more of a hindrance than a help and I have driven enough cars over many a year to know it is not my driving style, and don't have the same problem in the estate; in fact the estate has been a much better car in all the snow and ice.....
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too much speed for the prevailing conditions..you might also find if you do hit a telegraph pole BT will want you too pay for replacing :y
BT??? It will still be the GPO in Immingham ::)
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too much speed for the prevailing conditions..you might also find if you do hit a telegraph pole BT will want you too pay for replacing :y
BT??? It will still be the GPO in Immingham ::)
Me & Buzby are too busy pointing at aeroplanes to worry about steam dial up!!!! :D
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too much speed for the prevailing conditions..you might also find if you do hit a telegraph pole BT will want you too pay for replacing :y
BT??? It will still be the GPO in Immingham ::)
Me & Buzby are too busy pointing at aeroplanes to worry about steam dial up!!!! :D
Don't worry Guy,this new fangled technology will never take off,unlike you round the corner !
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::) Don`t become a statistic; or you`ll end up with that condescending tosspot 'Alistair Stewart', saying; "just look at this hapless motorist going skating" on police, camera, action. ;D
You forgot the "I thought you had to be 4 times over the limit to hit a telegraph pole".
Oh, no. He didn't say that, did he? :-X
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alastair_Stewart
;D
Kevin
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::) Don`t become a statistic; or you`ll end up with that condescending tosspot 'Alistair Stewart', saying; "just look at this hapless motorist going skating" on police, camera, action. ;D
You forgot the "I thought you had to be 4 times over the limit to hit a telegraph pole".
Oh, no. He didn't say that, did he? :-X
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alastair_Stewart
;D
Kevin
Quite correct Kevin,he didn't say it he did it instead ;D :-X
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I bashed my beastie before I even got out of bed. ;D
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I bashed my beastie before I even got out of bed. ;D
I hope a telephone pole wasn't involved in the event S. ;D :y
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Slid backwards 75yds down a Devon lane hill this morning. Had to laugh as forward progress turned to reverse. Took 35 mins to get off the sheet ice I finally stopped on... couldnt even stand up on it, progress finally made by putting one side in the ditch a bit.
I just washed it the other day and now its plastered in mud up to the door bottoms. ;D
Drive carefully folks - as nearly front ended by a loony in a Golf who roared towards me at around 40 about 5 mins later, lost traction and slid 30 yards, pleased to say he ended up in a bush about 3 foot from my right side, one finger salute and I was on my way ;D
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I bashed my beastie before I even got out of bed. ;D
::)TMI.....but generally: "a man does; as he is" ;D
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Slid backwards 75yds down a Devon lane hill this morning. Had to laugh as forward progress turned to reverse. Took 35 mins to get off the sheet ice I finally stopped on... couldnt even stand up on it, progress finally made by putting one side in the ditch a bit.
I just washed it the other day and now its plastered in mud up to the door bottoms. ;D
Drive carefully folks - as nearly front ended by a loony in a Golf who roared towards me at around 40 about 5 mins later, lost traction and slid 30 yards, pleased to say he ended up in a bush about 3 foot from my right side, one finger salute and I was on my way ;D
Glad you & the car were'nt hurt. Could've been alot worse.
Methinks i got a little complacent after the recent freeze! ::)
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Yes thanks Amigo, it was a shiny new looking Golf so I do hope it's nicely scratched up, made satisfying crunching noises anyway :D