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A scary (but fortunate) end to Z4 Ownership
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OMG !!! Just seen this. Glad you are ok ! So sad to me my old car though I was a bit shocked to see the car like that .... meant in the nicest possible way ...
The most important thing is you are ok ... any car can be replaced.
The most important thing is you are ok ... any car can be replaced.
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Chuffing Norah !
Glad everybody is OK. I went into the agricultural business about 15 years ago in my old SW20. It was definately my fault though . I think the caption for the final picture should "Thanks but no thanks on the wine sir. Mind you had it been an '86 rather than an '89....."
Glad everybody is OK. I went into the agricultural business about 15 years ago in my old SW20. It was definately my fault though . I think the caption for the final picture should "Thanks but no thanks on the wine sir. Mind you had it been an '86 rather than an '89....."
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Dibs on the engine
All joking aside having 3 emergency break glass and seat belt cutters in the car is a great idea. One for the glovebox, one in the drivers and passangers door. What if the car had caught fire or was submerged?
Ive ordered 12 of these recently for our 4 family cars.
All joking aside having 3 emergency break glass and seat belt cutters in the car is a great idea. One for the glovebox, one in the drivers and passangers door. What if the car had caught fire or was submerged?
Ive ordered 12 of these recently for our 4 family cars.
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Nearly ended up like that myself a couple of hours ago. Coming down the slip road onto the A19 where it crosses the river wear doing about 50 mph and waiting for a gap in the traffic to join the main carriageway and an idiot in a Clio lost control in the outside lane doing god knows what speed, did a complete 360 across three lanes before crashing into the barrier. The car almost toppled over the barrier which stopped him going down the bank into the river which is one hell of a drop. Had I not just caught a glimpse of him and braked when he was spinning alongside of me facing the wrong way he would have taken me with him. Fortunately for him a nurse on call was in the car behind. Nobody seriously hurt miraculously.
Be safe out there
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Had a very very similar experience just before Christmas.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/6625114 ... 3290508372
Just had a very VERY close call. Driving home from Norwich on A11 the roads are pretty dangerous with the cold & snow but don’t actually look that bad. I am sticking to the left hand lane being kept clear by traffic. Just after Thetford someone in a Family hatch went past in the right lane. A few minutes later the traffic stopped. It took a good 45 before I passed the spot where he has spun & wiped out the barrier in the central reservation.
Straight after, someone in a Smart tried to go past me in an outside lane that had little traffic on it. As it was passing me it started fish-tailing, so I braked as hard as I dared. It did a full 360 then slid across the carriageway no more than about 6 feet in front of me and off into the fields backwards. I considered stopping to see if he was ok but then thought, f@ck him.
I’m sat in a Starbucks with coffee & cake relaxing before going back out to finish the journey back to Wokingham.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/6625114 ... 3290508372
Just had a very VERY close call. Driving home from Norwich on A11 the roads are pretty dangerous with the cold & snow but don’t actually look that bad. I am sticking to the left hand lane being kept clear by traffic. Just after Thetford someone in a Family hatch went past in the right lane. A few minutes later the traffic stopped. It took a good 45 before I passed the spot where he has spun & wiped out the barrier in the central reservation.
Straight after, someone in a Smart tried to go past me in an outside lane that had little traffic on it. As it was passing me it started fish-tailing, so I braked as hard as I dared. It did a full 360 then slid across the carriageway no more than about 6 feet in front of me and off into the fields backwards. I considered stopping to see if he was ok but then thought, f@ck him.
I’m sat in a Starbucks with coffee & cake relaxing before going back out to finish the journey back to Wokingham.
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Isnt it the French that have a law that makes that illegal?Lazza wrote: ↑Sat Jan 06, 2018 10:13 pmI considered stopping to see if he was ok but then thought, f@ck him.
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Stopping wasn’t really possible seeing as there was only really one open lane and no useable hard shoulder. His car stayed on all 4 wheels but was a long way off the road. A guy on his own in a Z4, leaving it in the carriageway forcing passing traffing to drive through the snow in the outside lane really wouldn’t help anyone.
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I only asked as I’m off to France in the spring and I had the recollections of a must stop / Good Samaritan type of law in the country when seeing an incident like this.
You don't stop playing when you get old - You get old when you stop playing!
So I bought a 35is with all the toys to play with.
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Glad your OK mate but your cars a disgrace.
You could have washed it before taking the pictures.
Seriously, glad you walked away unharmed and able to reflect on it with a bit of humour.
You could have washed it before taking the pictures.
Seriously, glad you walked away unharmed and able to reflect on it with a bit of humour.
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Sad end to the z but glad you walked away to tell the tale.
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That's the best back peddling I've ever seen...Lazza wrote: ↑Sat Jan 06, 2018 11:48 pmStopping wasn’t really possible seeing as there was only really one open lane and no useable hard shoulder. His car stayed on all 4 wheels but was a long way off the road. A guy on his own in a Z4, leaving it in the carriageway forcing passing traffing to drive through the snow in the outside lane really wouldn’t help anyone.
You write this initially: "I considered stopping to see if he was ok but then thought, f@ck him."
Now you say you couldn't stop. Of course you could have done so and phoned the emergency services, but had decided not to
If he'd have clipped your car you'd have been able to, I guarantee it..
The other lane was drivable albeit at low speed, so clearly you did just what you say "f@ck him"
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I thought it was a legal responsibility that you had to stop in France.
I would like to think someone would stop if me or my family had an accident and left the road.
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Personally I would always stop and have done so many times in the past - never mind about the law!
You don't stop playing when you get old - You get old when you stop playing!
So I bought a 35is with all the toys to play with.
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ronk wrote: ↑Sun Jan 07, 2018 4:45 pmPersonally I would always stop and have done so many times in the past - never mind about the law!
It's the decent thing to doronk wrote: ↑Sun Jan 07, 2018 4:45 pmPersonally I would always stop and have done so many times in the past - never mind about the law!
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