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[Del Boy]

Went to dagenham this morning, went up there, all was well. Came home sitting at 50 mph. All of a sudden, fling up comes the bonnet, huge bang, interior mirror comes flying off smacks me in the head, grill goes flying, lorry up my arse, couldn't see where I was going, managed to get to the hard shoulder anyway, and limp the car 45 miles home. Anyway to cut a long story short the Beemer now looks like this.







The roof looks much worse than it does in the pictures, it's truly knackered.

And here it ripped the bonnet, how at 50 MPH I'll never know, and it was a genuine 50 MPH!

[jonnycool]

 

Friggin' Ell!

[JamesV6CDX]

Mate, the main thing is YOU

at 50mph, in any car, no matter how big or new, you are lucky to be alive.

I know you'll be feeling crap, but take comfort

[jonnycool]

Is this the car you've had for about 2 weeks, with the 'bonnet problem'?

[Del Boy]

Mate, the main thing is YOU

at 50mph, in any car, no matter how big or new, you are lucky to be alive.

I know you'll be feeling crap, but take comfort

Thanks James much appreciated

It is indeed the car with bonnet problems, which were I thought all sorted 

[millwall]

bloody hell  glad your ok del

[Omega_Dan]

Blimey Del. The bonnet has almost peeled away under the stress. Glad you managed to get off the road safely mate

[Debs.]

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[Entwood]

At least you are alive to tell the tale ..

Not nice .. but just think of the forces involved ... beemer bonnet is a large surface area and a car speed of 50 Mph is the equivalent of Gale Force 9 or 10 .... sufficient to do damage to buildings... add to that the instant shock and inability to see where you are going .... a recipe for a major catastrophe .... but you walked away intact ...

Cars can be replaced ..people can't.

[cem_devecioglu]

same happened to me long years ago.. wind force
 
hood can be changed but roof definitey needs a good body shop

[Del Boy]

same happened to me long years ago.. wind force
 
hood can be changed but roof definitey needs a good body shop

It'll only be going to a proper BMW workshop, nowhere else. BMW only.

Thanks for the kind messages people, much appreciated

[cem_devecioglu]

same happened to me long years ago.. wind force
 
hood can be changed but roof definitey needs a good body shop

It'll only be going to a proper BMW workshop, nowhere else. BMW only.

Thanks for the kind messages people, much appreciated

will be sorted no worries, needs time and money.. 
 
just warn the shop not to use bondo on roof and match the color

[Lazydocker]

Del, having experienced similar in my Rangie a few years back (although I was only doing about 40mph) I can fully understand how terrifying that situation is. Good news is that you're OK though mate

I'd highly recommend just binning today's undies though

[Dishevelled Den]

FFS Del!

Glad that no one was injured in this - hope you're back on the road soon.

What a bloody shame.

[henryd]

kin ell Del,glad you are ok though