Slight parking damage

[dinkus 10]

So I got my C back to break this week and got to see the damage I managed to do to her :cry:

 

I knew it was bad, but when we started taking it apart and I saw the damage up close it's made me realise how lucky I was to walk at all, let alone walk away from the accident.

 

In the mean time, some pictures...

[Andi 2,147,483,647]

Do you have a driver's side front wing available?

 

 

LOL

[dinkus 10]

Actually yes I do, it's off a very rare late spec Karmann edition Corrado VR6 in Aqua Blue Pearl. It's got a slight parking ding, but it should polish out.

 

:roll:

 

And before you ask Henny, I'm afraid the passenger wing is fudged as well. The bonnet shifted across and put a big (now rusty) crease in it :(

[Andi 2,147,483,647]

Seriously, I might like a ABS ECU.

I need to VAG-COM mine to see whatsup.

I know my ABS rings and sensors are fine, so something's up somewhere....

[Supercharged 2]

Jees mate!!

you were lucky!

 

Yeah - I'd say it was a write off... LOL

[Supercharged 2]

You should get that oval speedline framed!

 

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[Henny 0]

Actually yes I do, it's off a very rare late spec Karmann edition Corrado VR6 in Aqua Blue Pearl. It's got a slight parking ding, but it should polish out.

 

:roll:

 

And before you ask Henny, I'm afraid the passenger wing is fudged as well. The bonnet shifted across and put a big (now rusty) crease in it :(

 

bugger... Looks like the front bumper's dead too... :(

 

Suppose it's a good job I just found an old friend I'd managed to loose touch with... and he happens to own a VW-audi breakers in Manchester! :D

 

Just got a complete moonroof for £65! 8) I'll ask him to keep an eye out for a wing for me... 8)

 

Thanks anyway matey... 8)

[dinkus 10]

Yeah, the front bumper is seriously fudged too I'm afraid :(

[dinkus 10]

Non-bent bits of car now for sale - http://the-corrado.net/.archive/forum/viewtopic.php?t=23982

[rossy t 0]

OUCH!

[too hot 0]

C had an argument with a pylon - it was a draw.

 

A DRAW :!:

Would hate to see when you lose :!: :!: :lol: :lol:

[VR6 0]

Bloody hell Dingle. That's some fine work!!

 

Like you say though, a bit of Tcut and it'll be right.

[GIXXERUK 0]

woah! do you know roughly what speed you were doing on impact ?

you were very lucky , airbags ? they're for tarts :-)

[daves16v 1]

Look closely at the wing damage, you can see how hard the impact was, you can almost read the wing :shock:

[GIXXERUK 0]

oh i can see the problem , you were driving with a trolley jack under the front, not too much grip off those skinny wheels :roll:

[dinkus 10]

I reckon I was probably doing about 50 when I actually hit the pole.

 

I totalled the pole too though, so I called it a draw. Good job it was wooden though, I don't suppose I'd have snapped it clean in half it it was steel :?

 

It was carrying power lines too, so that coulda been interesting if it had actually fallen over. Luckily it didn't cos the car was mircaculously holding it up. I didn't half get out quick when I saw the pole right in front of me and creaking as it swayed tho.

 

A very scary experience that I don't want to ever repeat. Be careful out there kids.

[Bally 0]

Blimey Dom..

[Blown 0]

Um,I'm sure theres already a story posted(no pun intended) but how the hell did you manage to do that?

[Kevin Bacon 5]

Going too fast round a bend in the wet :?

[dinkus 10]

Going too fast round a bend in the wet :?

 

Yup. I was going round a right hander in the wet, back started to slide out, I seriously over-corrected and spun into the pole.

 

If it'd been at any other point on the road I'd have ended up in a field

If it'd been a foot or so further forward I've have ended up in a field

If it'd been a foot or so further back I'd be dead.

 

As I said, it was a very scary experience and I wouldn't want anyone to go through that. I'm just amazed that I walked away with nothing more than a slightly stiff neck.

[Blown 0]

Ah,that would do it......

 

Shame. :(

You must've felt-

a)Like an absolute puddin'

b)Gutted

c)Sore

But not necessarily in that order....... :oops: :lol:

[jedi-knight83 0]

ouch.

 

how come it has taken so long to get the car back?

 

are you going to get another corrado in the future?

[dinkus 10]

Elephant haven't exactly been quick off the mark to do anything, it's been like pushing water uphill. I got there in the end tho :roll:

 

And yeah, probably but I'm not sure exactly what or when yet...

[Bojmobile 0]

your trackings out!

[Scruffythefirst 0]

your trackings out!

 

 

Tell me about it, its going to be a nightmare to get back within tollerances.

 

The floor is so bent the car wouldnt sit level on the axel stands, he's split the seam along the inside of the drivers sill, shattered an engine mount bracket with the subframe.

 

Lucky boy indeed