nooooooooooo

[big gra]

spun the nova around a corner tonight on my way home, was going around a corner and it was soaking wet and there was diesel on the road from all the tractors, spun around, hit the kirb side on, car almost rolled but went back on its wheels, but i ended up in a bush!! the steering is all messed up and so is the drivers side of the car :cry: ,, will get some pics in the morning! not happy at all!!

[chris-gsi]

sorry for u mate,as long as u ok and anybody who was in car? end of the day a motor can be replaced.

[big gra]

yea im ok, im really surprised that the few people ive told have ast if i was ok straight away, makes me feel a bit better!

[Adam]

Not good, does there look much damage?

[big gra]

all i could see was a very crushed wing, could hear the rear arches scraping while i was driving back aswel!

[Stuart]

its amazing that there is always a patch of diesel on the roads when you need one ;)

[Jack]

It'll be on the BBC later. "Terrorist Farmers with Cancer plant derv spills" lol

At least you're ok though. Cars can be repaired or replaced, people often can't.

[Stuart]

as farmers are involved, Avian Flu will be added into the mix too.

[Jack]

Depends, if its beef/dairy farmers it'll be TB and badgers to blame for the world's wrongdoings

[General Baxter]

It'll be on the BBC later. "Terrorist Farmers with Cancer plant derv spills" lol


dont come round atherstone then, my diesel tank has gone purous and it fooking pisses out lol

leave the car on the drive for about 8 hours, move it, you could swim in the puddle of diesel lol

[craig green]

It'll polish out!

[big gra]

well seen the car in the light and it doesent look nice, one of my alloy wheels is ****ed, bent bottom arw and steering arm, rear arches have been pushed in over the back wheel, and needless to say craig, i dont think the wing will polish out!!

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g201/biggra/crashnova.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g201/biggra/crashednova2.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g201/biggra/novawheel.jpg

going to do my best to fix it after all the work ive done swapping engine and stuff, need to go find the bush i went in, see if i can salvage my wing mirror!

[GRUNT 16V]

Ooops Sounded Nasty.

[Welsh Dan]

Could have been much worse? :)

[dj_wudgey]

yea respect mate at least your guna try sort it instead off just scraping but yea main thing is every 1 ok

[General Baxter]

i think i found why you crashed, must of been that really big gap between the head lights and the bumper, acting like a big scoop which lifted the front wheels of the ground,

would nver of happend if you left a mk1 bumper on it lol

[chris-gsi]

^^^^^^^^^ lol

[Stuart]

new rear beam too

[Mike]

sheet chap! Was only commenting yesterday how nice it looks aswell :(

Pair of new wheels, rear beam as Stu says, new wing and try and pop the rear arch out maybe?

Gutted for you mate!

[big gra]

ok, nobody laugh, ive tried to make the car a bit more legal, the only spare wing i had lying around was off my old sr so done a quick swap around, luckily i had the mk2 headlights aswel! so im either looking for a new set of mk1 or mk2 wings! and before anybody says anything the bonnet is still open!

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g201/biggra/100_1056.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g201/biggra/100_1057.jpg

[ANDYRACER]

Chop the grill bracket off the mk2 wing and put the mk1 headlight back in. ;)

Shame about the damage tho but doesnt look to bad, least the mk1 wing was rusted anyway.

[gazz]

sorry to hear about your accident bud..
atleast your ok.:thumb:
you can now look at the car with out looking at a big dent in it...

[Jim]

Surely you can't be thinking about driving the car with the damage underneath?

[Stuart]

maybe hes hoping to "hit some more diesel ;) honest guv" and correct the damage lmao

[big gra]

gonna have a go at cutting the bit underneath the headlight out tonight after weve decided if its fixable or not, need to have a good look at bottom arms and rear beam!

[JJL]

Jesus! i only saw this the other weekend and it wasn't running, you didn't waste much time lol

[barnyvaux]

mate gutted for ya.. i remember doin this in my old gsi...
i only just put a new wing on the n/s and lost the **** end and went up a bank there was a bang at the front and when i looked at the wing the wheel had hit the bottom of it and yes bent the new freshly painted wing... so i no how ya feel chap...but seriously make sure everything is ok under neath fix or replace it before you go out and drive.

[big gra]

agreed with everyone about the mk2 lighs so went and chopped the wing so i could fit the mk1 headlights, the mk2 ones sit a bit deeper so theres a bit of a gap!

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g201/biggra/100_1058.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g201/biggra/100_1060.jpg

[big gra]

also found an old wheel to swap with the back one till i find a replacement!

[Jack]

Hmm!


http://www.reef.crc.org.au/research/fishing_fisheries/statusfisheries/images/Roger%20Swainston/MudCrabScylla_serrata.jpg

[big gra]

if that means it not going to go in a straight line, its not that bad,, picking a rear beam up off craig green on saturday, cheers again!

[draper]

the coppers will love you

[big gra]

theres nothing that much illegegal, besides wingmirror! all lights work fine!

[big gra]

despite the damage, got it sorted (ish) and made it to my local cruise tonight, wouldent have known it was in such a state fo the angle the guy from the website took the pic!

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g201/biggra/nova.jpg

[BenNova]

looks alot better mate you've done well there, i crashed mine into a bridge once when i first got it. crushed all the wing in on the passenger side and broke the bumper, i had to get the bumper fixed and a new wing. i was driving mine around with no bumper and a crushed wing that had been flattened out-ish. Left the grill on like, looked funny,

[big gra]

will look better once i get new wings on and rear beam!