My wrecked E85 si
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Grumpyowl said:
Hi Jim,
The 17 yr old driver had a broken wrist but the passenger smashed her pelvis in 5 places, she won't ever have kids apparently, I'm assuming some from my front end as her side took the brunt of it. After hitting me they span, took out a dry stone wall and flew 100ft across a peat bog, landed in it up to the headlights, which probably saved them as it was so soft. Had it been tarmac they might have flipped. It was on the old roman road and the road from Baslow up to Owler bar, their est' speed was 90-100 mph crossing the junction.
3 fire engines, 5 ambulances, 5 squad cars rocked up...!! Bit of overkill but people walking who saw it happen went into hysterical mode... :roll:
Ducklakeview said:
I knew someone would......
It was a couple of years ago now Mike, I went to the yard where it was stored armed with tools to pinch some bits off it but I couldn't touch it, cops had it taped off as it was part of a crime investigation as the girls had nicked their mums car.
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Glad you came out this ,looks and sounds like the z took some hit,but as said,it took it well given the speeds,and size of the car,front ends large proportion(in respect of its nearly 1/3 of the cars length), probably helped.
Had a 4x4 hit my ,then ,as new Seat Leon Choral years ago,and it looked very similar,with the crumple zones in the roof twist in a bit also.,....mine was only 6months old at he time,so I know how you felt,with the car being in such good condition and your p&j.
Glad you survived
Had a 4x4 hit my ,then ,as new Seat Leon Choral years ago,and it looked very similar,with the crumple zones in the roof twist in a bit also.,....mine was only 6months old at he time,so I know how you felt,with the car being in such good condition and your p&j.
Glad you survived
Wow that’s a lot of twisted metal, did you even get a glimpse of it coming at any point? Sad to see such a nice car like that! You were unlucky to have been there in the first place just a few seconds either way and it’s a miss, but very lucky not to have been hurt at all must have been a hell of a shock!
Hope your on the mend now as well!
must have been a hell of a shock!Hope your on the mend now as well!
The Fiat and the Z4 have remarkably similar patterns of damage. You were both very lucky I would say, particularly with the Fiat as there were not as many safety features back then - if any!
I was told that a modern drop top can often withstand a bigger impact than it's tin top equivalent as the shell is so much stronger with all the reinforcing needed. They tend to be heavier as well.
I was told that a modern drop top can often withstand a bigger impact than it's tin top equivalent as the shell is so much stronger with all the reinforcing needed. They tend to be heavier as well.
