BIGKEV Posted July 8, 2009 Report Posted July 8, 2009 Crash Pictures of your own cars and a little story with each one
Stu_B Posted July 8, 2009 Report Posted July 8, 2009 I hit a wall but the car decided that wasn't enough so the strut bent back forcing the wheel (minus rim & tyre) up into the drivers footwell. I had no brakes & the throttle pedal was jammed flat out out in 2nd... travelled about 20ft along the wall untill It finally stopped the wing was about 10 feet behind the car pinned between a sign post & the wall about 4ft off the ground (the windscreen & roof damage was from it being picked up off the low loader with a grab) Before:
mk2escortmad Posted July 8, 2009 Report Posted July 8, 2009 i had a mishap down a country lane. i had new tires on my mk2 escort and it was really dry down the lane. the road went from tarmac to dry mud and the backend flung out on drivers side, tried to correct it and i hit a bank of mud and stone, was really gutted as it was my 1st accident and 1st mk2 escort
Admin Mk2Jo Posted July 8, 2009 Admin Report Posted July 8, 2009 Nothing too drastic for me but stoopid all the same HEAVY RAIN REAR WHEEL DRIVE (IT'S NOT FOR GIRLS ) DRIVER ERROR
Chris! Posted July 8, 2009 Report Posted July 8, 2009 I havent got any before pics but i wrote this off 2 years ago (6 days after i passed my test), had to have £1500 spent on it including new front wings, front valance, chassis straigtened and a new sub frame, opps
JP. Posted July 8, 2009 Report Posted July 8, 2009 Two years ago............... Just waiting on crossing traffic. Some lady was talking to her son (cellphone) not handsfree........thank you very much bitch. She hit me with 50mph It was a genuine 1978 2.3S, one of the first mk3's.
tommy2ltr Posted July 8, 2009 Report Posted July 8, 2009 driving home from work, a tractor decided to pull out in front of me and proceeded to run me over, needless to say the capper never turned a wheel again, as for the tractor, he drove home but i had the last laugh, nice big compo payout for me
marky4 Posted July 8, 2009 Report Posted July 8, 2009 not an osf but was a great car took off over a humped back bridge with a bend the other side and rolled down a bank was 4 of us in the car with on seat belts and all got out with a few scratches and i had a massive lump on my head fron the roof creasing in Car finished up on it's roof after rolling 3/4 times
tommy2ltr Posted July 8, 2009 Report Posted July 8, 2009 some befores for ya mate http://www.oldskoolford.co.uk/phpBB2/vi ... highlight=
azz-bo Posted July 8, 2009 Report Posted July 8, 2009 Its not old skool but its still a ford. Was my first car, had only been drivin for 3 months. was goin abit quick down a normal road went round a left hand bend to find kids stood in the road, so turned right and locked up hit side on into a tree. Fell out of the car with not a scratch on me, to this day I dunno how I walked away, was soooo lucky! Every panel on the car was bent, and the passenger seat was half over the drivers seat
vibrating_Cake Posted July 8, 2009 Report Posted July 8, 2009 Its not old skool but its still a ford. Was my first car, had only been drivin for 3 months. was goin abit quick down a normal road went round a left hand bend to find kids stood in the road, so turned right and locked up hit side on into a tree. Fell out of the car with not a scratch on me, to this day I dunno how I walked away, was soooo lucky! Every panel on the car was bent, and the passenger seat was half over the drivers seat foooking ell!!!! thats a bad en!
capri71 Posted July 8, 2009 Report Posted July 8, 2009 REAR WHEEL DRIVE (IT'S NOT FOR GIRLS ) Now, if ANY bloke had said that.... JP - I realy like the colour of that 1978 2.3 mk3... do you happen to what the name and code is? my cars still being preped so its not too late to change my mind
EscortHeadCase Posted July 9, 2009 Report Posted July 9, 2009 Not an old ford. But its bad enough that i think youll forgive me. I was 18, Been driving a couple of months. Earlier on that day the thottle cable had gotten stuck but all i did was pump the pedal and it freed up then ignored it. It was 11 at night in june. Id just been in tesco to get my mum some teabags and me some juice for work in the morning. Hit a concrete lampost (which then snapped and fell across the bonnet.. Apparently i was stumbling in the middle of the road with claret all over me gouges down my arm and across my head and a dislocated hip. I dont remember the actual Point of impact but i remember a feeling of panic and "oh fook" then i sort of came out of shock in the back of an ambulance on a back board with a neck brace staring up at this hot blond paramedic. My sisters friend is a police doris and she spoke to the person from traffic who attended. And he told her that in 25 years of attending RTAs he had never seen such a horrific accident and somone survive. Yes i have a lot to be thankful for........
EscortHeadCase Posted July 9, 2009 Report Posted July 9, 2009 haha yeah that was pretty much my response.
Paul F Posted July 9, 2009 Report Posted July 9, 2009 I've had a few crashes in my first couple of years of driving - one where I fell asleep at the wheel but I never took my own photos as I didn't want to be reminded...! They were all my fault as well, but I do feel (touch wood) that I'm a better driver now because of the crashes... maybe.
Retromotorsport Posted July 9, 2009 Report Posted July 9, 2009 From those pictures theres 2 bits of advice .... 1 .. dont panic (hard to do i know ) 2.. dont panic (hard to when its still all going wrong) Throttles stuck, .... clutch, engine may blow but clutch then key do not remove the key and turn ignition straight back on again .. Cornering and theres something in the road ... Try to steer round it.. never stand on the brakes of a NON ABS car mid turn, you will crash, and remember the best ABS is the one in your head..it controlls the brakes better than ABS with practice, and is something that you should all do. Instead of trying to get the arse end out on a quiet night, practice braking. Coming up to a roundabout .. quiet area, no houses etc, hit the brakes hard, before they lock up liftt off, go back on hard, again just as they lock .. lift off, and again until you stop.. you can do this at the same point everytime you come up to the roundabout ..pick a sign or a post, thats the start, keep a mental note of where you stop. You should see your stopping distance come down . But dont do this with your mates behind or around yo..and dont, just because your going to do a stop, speed up, stick to the limits, its not the speed your doing thats important, its the ability to know when you will lock up, and being able to lift. When you need it, you can dab the brakes, lift and steer.. dab ..lift and steer. As locked front wheels wont steer, and over balancing the car will turn it around ... and thats not good. Remeber, the quickest and safest drivers are the ones who can stop a car. More overtaking is done under braking in a race than powering past on a straight... and even then, its because the car was stopped, turned in and accelerated better than the one thats passed on the straight.
Paul F Posted July 9, 2009 Report Posted July 9, 2009 From those pictures theres 2 bits of advice .... 1 .. dont panic (hard to do i know ) 2.. dont panic (hard to when its still all going wrong) Throttles stuck, .... clutch, engine may blow but clutch then key do not remove the key and turn ignition straight back on again .. Cornering and theres something in the road ... Try to steer round it.. never stand on the brakes of a NON ABS car mid turn, you will crash, and remember the best ABS is the one in your head..it controlls the brakes better than ABS with practice, and is something that you should all do. Instead of trying to get the arse end out on a quiet night, practice braking. Coming up to a roundabout .. quiet area, no houses etc, hit the brakes hard, before they lock up liftt off, go back on hard, again just as they lock .. lift off, and again until you stop.. you can do this at the same point everytime you come up to the roundabout ..pick a sign or a post, thats the start, keep a mental note of where you stop. You should see your stopping distance come down . But dont do this with your mates behind or around yo..and dont, just because your going to do a stop, speed up, stick to the limits, its not the speed your doing thats important, its the ability to know when you will lock up, and being able to lift. When you need it, you can dab the brakes, lift and steer.. dab ..lift and steer. As locked front wheels wont steer, and over balancing the car will turn it around ... and thats not good. Remeber, the quickest and safest drivers are the ones who can stop a car. More overtaking is done under braking in a race than powering past on a straight... and even then, its because the car was stopped, turned in and accelerated better than the one thats passed on the straight. Amen
EscortHeadCase Posted July 9, 2009 Report Posted July 9, 2009 yeah boi. since then ive gotten loads better at keeping in control when the shit hits the fan. I will try the stopping practice next time im in the scort.
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