f**kin snow :(

[Aragorn]

hrm driving to uni today on some really slippy snow shite

doin about 15mph in 2nd gear and road camber goes all wonky

car starts pulling to the left and steering input does nothing, heading streight for a parked car and managed to turn it into the kerb to stop it hitting the car

mangled the wing, took a gouge out the bumper and a bit of the alloy since the kerb was about 6" high :@

http://www.kevingalloway.demon.co.uk/kerb1.jpg
http://www.kevingalloway.demon.co.uk/kerb2.jpg
http://www.kevingalloway.demon.co.uk/kerb3.jpg

:(

[XZiBiT]

:o could have been worse mate could have hitt the parked car :o

[Rach]

unlucky mate,
sorry to hear that.
on the plus side, it could have been a hell of a lot worse!
i hope you get it sorted soon

[elsey197]

:o not that bad though, it only the wing really, bumper can be filled and wheel refurbed if need be

[Gazza14SR]

jeeees, sorry to hear that mate,

last year my mate bought a fiesta zetec and went into acurb at an angle doing a similar speed. His steering was all knackerd and needed a new arm/rack/wheel.

Hope everything internal on yours is ok. How is the steering?

Gazza

[dikharvey]

Last year in the snow i went in to the back of a teacher out side college. I was only doing about 15 mph and she hit the hedge and came to a stop completely, there was nothing i could do but go in to the back of her. Trashed both my wings, front bumper bonnet and grill, damn Novas cruple is a fly hits them!

[Aragorn]

i think i was so lucky that the kerb was so high

the brunt of the force was shunted thru the bumper and wing rather than the wheel/steering components

[Anton]

ouch thats harsh mate

[mikeoxford]

its a pi$$er m8 :9 i feel for you

hope it dosent take too much to sort it out.

anyone who has been to velos knows there location out in the sticks, the forcourt area thing is on a bloody slope and you have to drive down the side of another companies garage, well i couldnt pull away on an angle, cos any steering other than striaght the wheels spun.

so doing a hill start on fresh 1 inch thick snow, no traction at all, i couldnt steer around the other companies garage, just kinda slid!

o well. the joys ay - roll on summer when we can show these sexy motors off 8)

[Ste_Nova]

and i bet your running big fat performace tyres.... which is the worst thing you can do in the snow

http://uploader.co.uk/images/snow7.jpg

[locky]

so doing a hill start on fresh 1 inch thick snow, no traction at all, i couldnt steer around the other companies garage, just kinda slid!


Next time turn the car around, and reverse up the hill! the car will be pushing rather than pulling, and with all those ponies mike, im sure youll get up the hill :wink:

[Ste_Nova]

http://us1.webpublications.com.au/static/images/articles/i200/20051_15mg.jpg

[mikeoxford]

:o how skiiny are them tyres!

[epo]

pram wheels

and sorry 2 hear about ur knock mate

[scott.parker]

Gazza14sr

last year my mate bought a fiesta zetec and went into acurb at an angle doing a similar speed. His steering was all knackerd and needed a new arm/rack/wheel.

yep whan i had my xr2i dam same thing! the wheels wer turnd when i hit the curb,i would of straghted them but some dum bitch was stode on the path with her kids just looking at me! with a look as anoth to say where you going!!....she never moved an inch so i kepet the lock on and hit side ways :x

[Mel]

:o

glad to see it aint too serious..this weather is an absolute b1tch in dreading goin into college tomorrow :cry:

[scott.parker]

it will be ok mel drive slow,and hit loads of stuff then you got and even better reson to spray the car!! :lol:

[epo]

:o

glad to see it aint too serious..this weather is an absolute b1tch in dreading goin into college tomorrow :cry:

college may even be cancelled they were round here ne way

[Mark]

Oh crap, sorry to see that mate.