I crashed the Disco!! With pictures

[FenianEel]

Now it wasn't a big crash, and I caused it, and unfortunately for the other party - it reinforced the LR brand strength and safety.
Let me start by saying
:oops: 8O :oops: 8O :?

Just around the corner from work, yesterday, admiring a mate's Series 3 I just had lunch with, and a million miles away from concentrating on driving, I've dawdled across this intersection.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2006/05/105.jpg

Then.. ****! 8O - that's a car about to go through the passenger side!! I barely had time to change down, accelerate, and brace. Then

<span style="color:red">[size=18]BANG</span>

He hit at a fair rate 45-60kph, with no brakes, the rear, I got shunted a bit sideways, and pulled over, he bounced and stopped.

He was a good bloke and really understanding, moreso than I probably would've been, if some numbnut had t-boned me! His 2 female passengers were a bit shaken. Made sure everyone was OK, checked his car and made sure everything was safe. This was his Mazda.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2007/02/57.jpg

Luckily, his radiator, fan, wheel arch weren't folded in, so it was driveable. We checked out the Disco and this was it.


https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2007/02/58.jpg

Unbelievable. One 2 inch gouge on the alloy, 2 nuts that are hammered that's it. Had it on the hoist shortly afterwards at TechnoBritish - everything straight, no twists, cracks, buckles anywhere!! Changed the wheel over and all good.

When the poor bugger came over and saw the Disco, he said "****, that's incredible, I should drive a Land Rover"
I said "or look out for w*nkers that can't"!!

The Good:
No one injured
Both cars still mobile
That guys understanding nature

The Bad:
My driving
My inconveniencing the poor bugger
Mazda construction

The Ugly
$350 excess
My next insurance premium

[Redback]

Well aren't you a lucky bugger, glad knowbody was hurt, no daydreaming anymore eh :roll:

Baz.

[hiline]

well aren't you a stupid dreaming idiot 8O 8O


sorry mate just had to say it to you,coz the other guy didn't https://www.aulro.com/afvb/ https://www.aulro.com/afvb/ :wink:


really good to hear all is well on bothsides https://www.aulro.com/afvb/ https://www.aulro.com/afvb/ https://www.aulro.com/afvb/

but i still have hector the cat ringing in my ears :wink: :wink:

[George130]

At least the damage isn't to bad and no one was hurt.

[stevo68]

Good to hear no injuries, the rest can be reapired,

Regards

Stevo

[one_iota]

S h i t e happens :wink:

Good thing you didn't run into a LR 8O

[Steinzy]

Gota love tough discos

see it must be those new tyres!!

[Ace]

Mate we are all guilty of day dreaming, just some are lucky enough to do it when no one else is coming. Matt

[adm333]

Well that intersection on the corner of Musgrave Park is a B'stard.

I nearly did the same thing to a guy on a push bike a few months ago. Scared the hell out of me, god knows what it did to him.

I don't think he would have been so understanding.

[Quiggers]

Crumple zones are great things aren't they? Crunch.....

We've all had near misses, methinks...

A young man, Adrian Crispo, from around here, died a few weeks ago. He was driving south along the Pac Hwy near Grafton, when he apparently moved to the wrong side of the road and had a head on with another car. He was in a mid 90s Hyundai Excel and he hit a BMW 316. The BMW driver survived, with serious injury. Both wore belts. So much for crumple zones.

Many years back, a kid ran up the back of my Transit van which was parked outside my home. His mum's Corolla (front wd vers), was absolutely stuffed, but trying to find where it hit the van was nearly impossible, until I looked underneath, the exhaust pipe was busted at the rear muffler....

so much for crumple zones...

(he was very crumpled when his mum turned up)

Cheers, GQ