lucky to be alive really..

[Alex J]

ok..

as most of you are aware i was involved in what i can only discribe as a near fatal collision on sunday around 12pm, i had the nova cleaned and stopped at the bp garage near mine and tanked up
i saw a few pals in there who said they were going to a small car meet down southend seafront of witch i thought, fuck it, ill tag along..

what happened next i could make up.

i left the petrol station, and started driving up the a127 towards southend, wasnt being a clown,about to change from 3rd to 4th, then suddenly there was a massive bang, the car pulled straight into the offside kurb at about 50/55mph, witch by then was to late, i hit it , snapped the other wheel off (track rod..tie bar, unsure yet) and carried on acosss both lane into a ditch, no brakes, nothing, nothing i could do, hit the ditch, foward barrel rolled 10/15 ft in the air from what people saw, and landed upside down on a concrete side of a pumping station in a ditch, crushing the roof down to my head and knocking me out.

when i came around the engine was still running, and i was upside down covered in clarrot , i reached for the keys, turned it off , and saw gallons of fuel pouring over the car, unclipped my belt (yes i was wearing one for once) fell on the roof and dragged myself out the passenger rear window.
helped by passers by and a few friends who saw the thing

once out i just stood there in total shock at what happened at such a slow speed so fast, and everything going through my head, if anyone was with me they would have been crushed to death, i take my daughter, and missus in this, and was going to that afternoon.

many people saw what happened , i wasnt speeding , being a dick etc, something snapped , broke and casued the crash, almost cost me my life, and people around it

id like to thank essex fire and rescue for putting the fire out after it caught alight, southend nhs staff for looking after me, and essex police who have the car in for investigation work, there is mention the car had streched tyres on the rear, but neither popped or came of the rim so not the cause. im lucky to be alive

[8valve-craig]

Glad to hear nobody was hurt. I am genuinely interested to see what broke and why.

[Alex J]

Glad to hear nobody was hurt and am genuinely interested to see what broke and why.

from what i can see it looks like the tie bar snapped possibly pulling the drivers wheel into the arch, hence making me go into the driver kurb, bouncing off, and straight towards the ditch

[8valve-craig]

An original tie bar? The solid cast GTE ones or a home made set?

[Alex J]

An original tie bar? The solid cast GTE ones or a home made set?

solid gte ones

[Plug]

Glad your all ok mate not sure I can say the same about the motor but you walked out of it, which is better that what happened on our bloody push bike!

ive had a tie bar snap before it's not a nice feeling at all, luckily I was only doing 30 and just slid along the road.

Reshell?

[millworm]

Glad your ok mate, sounds like engine might have had it running upside down

[Iain]

Good news you're OK sir.

[ABoresta]

Oh my! Glad your ok!

[Stuart]

You never piss about doing stuff do you!
Glad you're ok.