Absolutely Gutted

[beu_79]

After two and a half years rebuilding my escort after an accident on the m25 in 2004 me and my dad got it all resprayed and in october my sister used it as her wedding car. It's my daily drive so the rebuild took a long time because we had to do little bits here and there. Was well chuffed with it when it was finished.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then this morning i was behind someone at a roundabout, both looking at the traffic, looked back at the car in front and they were pulling away, looked back and it was clear started pulling away and wallop. Shunted the car in front. Couldn't believe it, i was certain they'd gone. Front panel's gone, think passenger side wing has too, not sure about slam panel.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So f**kin gutted. Gonna have to do all that work again, such a careless thing to do.

[bomber1]

m8 thats such an easy mistake to make. i really hate people that stop on an empty junction/roundabout wtf is that about? tbh hopefully it wont take to much to put right but i do feel ur pain

[Pye Man]

Such an easy thing to do tho. Gutted for you to mate . You will get it sorted.

[hotrodholty]

it happens to the best of us mate. it dont look to bad, does it still run?

if it does pull it straight enough so the headlights ar'nt all over the place and keep using it till next winter and then repair it

mine got arse ended last year by some australian doris

it still aint fixed, but id rather use it all banged up than not at all.

hope you get it sorted out

[Guest cortinamad-gonetoo]

gutted but its a easy repair itll soon be back as it was

[antz]

gutting for ya

 

(your cars the same colour and number of doors as mine )

 

hope you get it sorted.....i once hit a pheasent and it was a nasty repair bill

[MK2Ed]

Unlucky mate. Classic bloody accident - some people are so asleep... Good luck in getting it done quickly...

 

i once hit a pheasent and it was a nasty repair bill

 

I once hit a Pheasant and obliterated it luckily even if half of it's innards went up the cooling section (on the RS2) and into the engine bay...

[antz]

Unlucky mate. Classic bloody accident - some people are so asleep... Good luck in getting it done quickly...

 

i once hit a pheasent and it was a nasty repair bill

 

I once hit a Pheasant and obliterated it luckily even if half of it's innards went up the cooling section (on the RS2) and into the engine bay...

 

the pheasant i hit must of been a feathery brick!!!....smashed my front panel and where it attached to the front wing also smashed apart, new headlight and bowl needed along with the wiring for the headlight cos it took it with it ....i was donig 60mph though

[MK2Ed]

Unlucky mate. Classic bloody accident - some people are so asleep... Good luck in getting it done quickly...

 

i once hit a pheasent and it was a nasty repair bill

 

I once hit a Pheasant and obliterated it luckily even if half of it's innards went up the cooling section (on the RS2) and into the engine bay...

 

the pheasant i hit must of been a feathery brick!!!....smashed my front panel and where it attached to the front wing also smashed apart, new headlight and bowl needed along with the wiring for the headlight cos it took it with it ....i was donig 60mph though

 

Just a thought I may have got off because the front of mine is droop snoot pointed shaped and hard plastic... Can't remember the speed, may have been about 40...

[Burns]

that's shitty dude, i did the same in my pug, it's a horrible feeling

 

hope you can get it sorted soon

[Rick]

damn

 

wev all done it mate. shame it was in your escort tho

[Toby]

 

At least it's fixable mate. (still gutting though)

[awesome]

Been there done that ......I wrote off two cars like that mine and the silly fooker in front who had borrowed her fathers car which was an automatic

and she went to change gear with the brake pedal ........BANG straight up her arse ..........happy day's but you learn not to do it again i hope

well it was 30 years ago i did it

[Slammed]

gutted mate . as everyone said at least it is fixable and is not a write of! best of luck mate

[over_head_cam]

That's a bummer mate. hope you get it sorted soon mate

[steve mk2]

sorry to hear tht mate its a lovely car.... thats exactly wat the previous owner of my escort did and he offered it too me coz he didnt know wat to do with it.

 

give g.s escorts a ring they have the panels you need

 

[marky4]

gutted for you mate

[Mr Sam]

bugger, totally gutted for you

 

off topic convo; i hit a hare the other night and shattered my numberplate this was not 10 mins after my gf asked what i would do if i hit a rabit. a try and help it b kill it

 

the hare was out cold though so that answered that

[Noodles]

Feel for yer

 

I did the same thing in my everyday car

[sporty-corty16v]

m8 thats such an easy mistake to make. i really hate people that stop on an empty junction/roundabout wtf is that about? tbh hopefully it wont take to much to put right but i do feel ur pain

 

I ALSO HATE PEOPLE WHO SLOW DOWN AND USE BRAKES AS JOINING A FASTER CARRIGE WAY OH AND PEOPLE WHO DONT USE THERE INDICATORS AARRRGGGHHHH.............rant over

[Toby]

 

off topic convo; i hit a hare the other night and shattered my numberplate this was not 10 mins after my gf asked what i would do if i hit a rabit. a try and help it b kill it

 

the hare was out cold though so that answered that

 

Staying off topic, my sister went out with a really nice bloke and she hit a fox whilst driving, he cringed and winced at the noise. They looked at one another and he said, we should go back and check it's not just lying there hurt. She looked back at him, stuck her car in reverse, threw her hand over the back of his seat and shot back over it backwards!!

 

Needless to say they're not together anymore.

[Fiesta Steve]

I came flying round a corner in my Fiesta one day and there was a Badger in the middle of the road, I couldn't swerve 'cos there was a car coming towards m8 so I thought I'd line it up between the wheels and go over it.

 

My car was lower than I thought

 

It smashed the front panel to pieces, so much that it completely came away from the wings, the front spoiler was ripped off, it sheared both downpipes clean off, snapped the 19mm bolt that holds the gear change stabliser bar to the box !!

 

I didn't kill it though, it was already dead

[Fiesta Steve]

Back on topic, sorry to hear about your car, hope its sorted soon