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Show Me Your Crash(es)

DaveL485

Staff member
We've all done it. Big, small, spectacular, lets see it.

Renault crashes.

I hit the side of an 18tonne recovery truck with a 7.5 tonner on its flatbed. I lost. A- and B-pillars, turret and roof gone, write-off :depressed:
I got away with nothing more than glass in my mouth and my 6-months preggers GF was unhurt.

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Fuego on a mag shoot @ Brunters, 120mph and accelerating down the back straight going for the 150mph rev limiter and the fecking bonnet ripped off LOL

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My daily R19 back in 2009, drove down the on-ramp of M40J15 under the new bridge there (at the time) , traffic backs up and everyone brakes, I skid on plant diesel from the works and don't quite manage to dodge a shiny new Merc in front of me.

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And the last one for now. You can't laugh. Promise? OK then.

Changed the brake pads on the above 19. Great. Dropped it off the stands and went to turn it around out the back of my house. That means a 3-pointer in front of my neighbors garage, which is usually quick and easy. Except I forgot to pump the brake pedal and close the brake calipers up to the discs.
The forwards part of the turn was fine and as I approached the garage, I pushed the brake pedal....and it hit the floor. I mean, I reacted like fucking lightening and managed to scream "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" and pull the handbrake at pretty much the exact point the front of the car hit the garage doors.

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Remember, YOU PROMISED not to laugh!
EDIT TO ADD: The neighbour whose garage it is, is a mid-50's deaf lady who lives alone. Have you ever tried explaining to a deaf lady that you just drove through her garage doors? Not a pleasant experience.

Now i've shown you mine, you show me yours!
 
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Oh, one more, involving my gatepost.

Copper was chasing a scallywag down in his van, the scally ran down my entryway. Copper boots his van down the entry and manages to "clip" my (big 4inch box section steel) gatepost. Comes to the door rather sheepishly to explain he's ripped it out the floor LOL
Offers details for compensation claim etc. I said "Did you catch the little fecker?" He replied "Yes, I got him", so I said "Good, just forget about the damage, if I can have a pic of the van" :D

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I don't have any pics but I once demolished a brand new VW Sharan cos I spilled ketchup down my jumper.

Dropped a chip, wiped the ketchup off my top, inadvertently went straight on into a lamp post, mounted the pavement.... every airbag went off....wasn't sure if it were a terror attack or fireworks.
Bit of lamppost went through the block, huge mess and broke my thumb.
 
I don't have any pics but I once demolished a brand new VW Sharan cos I spilled ketchup down my jumper.

Dropped a chip, wiped the ketchup off my top, inadvertently went straight on into a lamp post, mounted the pavement.... every airbag went off....wasn't sure if it were a terror attack or fireworks.
Bit of lamppost went through the block, huge mess and broke my thumb.

keeping your stomach happy comes second to keeping the missus happy lol
 
Not me, but I had someone crash into me. I drive fuel around north wales and go to some pretty tight places and even tighter lanes. Anyway approaching a blind corner fully loaded, from out of nowhere this little clio comes flying towards me, absolutely flying he was. I Managed to get the front end over into the bush as much as I could. He stopped halfway down the side of the wagon, then he starts panicking stuck and tries to smoke. He soon put it out when I told him what he'd crashed into.
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Oooh right..... sorry, I didn't realise that this thread was open to everyone!! When I started to read it yesterday I thought it was exclusively for DaveL! :p
 
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