How Not! to get to a Bushcraft Meet
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Ford Mondeo estate...
Wifey had a bump a few years back with her Rover was tail-gated by a feed lorry came out a bit short at the rear, My Rover was in a head on collision with a Telegraph pole 14 years ago today, a bit shorter from the front, and not a beer bottle was broken. Looks like you went the other way and got the "low profile" model.
Sometimes I am sure we have Angels on our shoulders watching over us.
Glad nothing serious happened to you, as Red said, cars can be replaced, lives can't and families can't be easily fixed either.
ATB
Wings
Wifey had a bump a few years back with her Rover was tail-gated by a feed lorry came out a bit short at the rear, My Rover was in a head on collision with a Telegraph pole 14 years ago today, a bit shorter from the front, and not a beer bottle was broken. Looks like you went the other way and got the "low profile" model.
Sometimes I am sure we have Angels on our shoulders watching over us.
Glad nothing serious happened to you, as Red said, cars can be replaced, lives can't and families can't be easily fixed either.
ATB
Wings
Crickey , glad hear you were ok could quite easily had a different outcome . I'm sure the scratches will buff out !!!!
You are lucky, aren't you? So what we all want to know is : will you be posting "bushcrafty things to do with a wrecked car" soon?
I do hope that the can can be fixed relatively cheaply-it doesn't look too bad, honest
I do hope that the can can be fixed relatively cheaply-it doesn't look too bad, honest
cheers guys, i am amazed to come out without anything more than having a few scratches. and the Mondeo is amazing, land on the roof and i think i could knock dents out with a hammer lol. anyone got any tcut lol
TurboGirl
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Blimey, the things some people will do to make sure no-one asks them for a lift to the next meet!
You need to work on your parking, mate. That isn't quite how it's supposed to be done. Plenty of points for style though
So long as you are ok.
You need to work on your parking, mate. That isn't quite how it's supposed to be done. Plenty of points for style though
So long as you are ok.
Glad your ok
Just a bit of a heads up, have you declared the alloy wheels on your insurance policy?
If you haven't then i have seen insurance companies refuse payment due to undeclared modifications (alloy wheels).
So if you still have the stock wheels and the tyres are good (they look very worn in the pics or is the camera angle?) then it might be worth swapping them before the insurance assessor sees them.
Had a mate write off his MX5 last week, he was very very lucky.
He's spent over £2000 this year on a turbo kit and tuning, he kept putting off new tyres in favour of more shiny bits, yet it was he cheapo "ditch finder" tyres that bit him.
£5000 worth of car written off for the sake of £200 worth of tyres.
Just a bit of a heads up, have you declared the alloy wheels on your insurance policy?
If you haven't then i have seen insurance companies refuse payment due to undeclared modifications (alloy wheels).
So if you still have the stock wheels and the tyres are good (they look very worn in the pics or is the camera angle?) then it might be worth swapping them before the insurance assessor sees them.
Had a mate write off his MX5 last week, he was very very lucky.
He's spent over £2000 this year on a turbo kit and tuning, he kept putting off new tyres in favour of more shiny bits, yet it was he cheapo "ditch finder" tyres that bit him.
£5000 worth of car written off for the sake of £200 worth of tyres.
Biker
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
DUDE!! I'm really glad that you're ok, and yeah it is great that we can all have a laugh about it, it could have turned out differently!!
What happened BTW just lose control? or was someone/thing else involved?
Dave
What happened BTW just lose control? or was someone/thing else involved?
Dave
Biker
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Posting 19 describes the sordid events.
Seems an irate husband was in hot pursuit after Tank, intent on defending his wife's honour, on a unicycle, wielding a rolling pin, downhill. Tank got to the car and sped away in reverse gear with his trousers only half on, they got wrapped around the rear view mirror and he woke up to find himself on the roof in the ditch. The dents were from the rolling pin.
Common enough scenario.
Seems an irate husband was in hot pursuit after Tank, intent on defending his wife's honour, on a unicycle, wielding a rolling pin, downhill. Tank got to the car and sped away in reverse gear with his trousers only half on, they got wrapped around the rear view mirror and he woke up to find himself on the roof in the ditch. The dents were from the rolling pin.
Common enough scenario.
sounds like a good plot for a bushcraft betty pic
Biker
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
sounds like a good plot for a bushcraft betty pic
Good point, truth can be stranger than fiction sometimes, it'd be an irate wife chasing Betty down the street though.
Just really glad to read you're well. Sorry about the car though.
Good point, truth can be stranger than fiction sometimes, it'd be an irate wife chasing Betty down the street though.
Just really glad to read you're well. Sorry about the car though.
Cheer chap. I loved that car, it was a beast, engine and chasis was amazing. It was tatty but never let me down... apart from trying to eject me from the windscreen lol .
That would be a good pic lol.
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