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Dr. Z
05-04-2008, 00:55
...crashing my MR2!

Not sure exactly what happened, was coming around a bend in the wet at about 35mph (40mph limit dual carriageway) and the steering went extremely light. End result was something that FELT like understeer right up until the armco sorted out my change of direction.

Turns out that the UJ or rack has somehow become discombobulated causing a loss of a certain amount of steering, leading to my armco moment.

~30mph into some armco. I'm a bit sore.

Thing is, I'll freely admit (on here) that I have seen people with identical cars do double the speed limit around that bend with no troubles, and 1.5x the limit in the wet. I decide to take it nice and slow and I get rewarded like this.

The real kicker is that for the past 3 days I have been working on all the bits of the car that weren't quite right - so I have sorted out the leak, refitted loads of loose trim and stuff, fixed a knocking from the suspension etc etc. :'(

Absolutely gutted, but at least I lived through it to tell the tale. :|

Kaiowas, expect a message or two from me in the next couple of days re spares ;)

Blackstar
05-04-2008, 01:07
:( oh no, are you ok? No damage other than the car.

petemc
05-04-2008, 02:07
Damn :( You got yourself properly looked over, even by yourself for anything you may have missed? How bad is the car? Talk about funked up bad timing.

lostkat
05-04-2008, 06:11
At least you're OK and managed to get the car to safety rather than leaving it at the side of the road. Hope you don't ache too much this moring. *big hugs*

Will
05-04-2008, 07:45
That's the problem with the wet sometimes it doesn't take much - in this case something iffy with your steering - to through you completely off. Should have just nailed the throttle tbh ;) ;D Would have been more fun!

At least you're "ok" - I know you're not a hypochondriac but I'd still get yourself checked out - like ya'll forced me to when I had my bike crash.

vix
05-04-2008, 07:45
...crashing my MR2!


Kaiowas, expect a message or two from me in the next couple of days re spares ;)

Was just gonna ask ;)

At least we have MR2 spares, but no one has DRZ spares so the main thing is that you are still in one piece. Take it easy for a few days.

Nutcase
05-04-2008, 07:52
Bad luck :( Glad you're ok though :)

Haly
05-04-2008, 10:18
Hope you're ok, never a nice thing to happen.

Dr. Z
05-04-2008, 11:31
:) Cheers guys :)

Dr. Z
05-04-2008, 11:43
www.statichiss.co.uk/crash.jpg

www.statichiss.co.uk/crash2.jpg

vix
05-04-2008, 11:47
Wow! You wiped that one well :/

We're going to struggle with the bodywork parts (unless you want blue!) but hopefully will have the innards :)

I'd suggest a trip to the doctors too. Seriously. I say this every time but my crash 5 years ago is still affecting me, so get stuff sorted! That was low speed too with a soft impact into a ditch.

Justsomebloke
05-04-2008, 12:00
www.statichiss.co.uk/crash.jpg

www.statichiss.co.uk/crash2.jpg


Well you've made a right ******* mess of that haven't you Son ;D;D;D
^^ That was said in my bestest patronising daddy voice an all so read it again with my voice out loud just for FX :p
Glad you ok though & it's only metal & plastic & paint, Or a MAHOOSIVE pot of P40/38 :D

Jonny69
05-04-2008, 12:07
Bummer mate.

Feek
05-04-2008, 12:44
:(

Blackstar
05-04-2008, 15:30
Oh dear Martin. Vix is right, you were sore last night you should go to the doctors and get checked out.

Toby
05-04-2008, 17:00
Bummer! Probably diesel on the road - horrible stinking smelling things they are.

Oh hang on...

Lopez
06-04-2008, 09:53
Looks fixable, got any shots of the whole car? Whether it's worth doing depends on you really. If you want to get it "working" it won't cost a lot to do as most of the work can be done with a hammer, but if you want it to look nice again then I expect a wing is going to be a sod to find in good nick for a start (not sure on availability of pattern ones for these)

IMO get it back "working" and then decide if you want to go the whole hog.

Dr. Z
06-04-2008, 10:42
A new rack is going to be relatively inexpensive and thats all it needs to be working as a car again (all the lights work). Kaiowas is able to help me out with a few bits and bobs but you are right about the front and rear wings! Front is bolt-on, rear will need cutting out I think.