Sorry can i have dibs on the headlights if the seats are gone!! 
Silver 3.0Si Roadster with Pearl Grey leather
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Very lucky indeed, imagine if this happened in a build up area/ motorway
i cant see how changing the disks and pads could kill the breaks.. did they bust the master cylinder? Is the insurance company sending the car for inspection?
The garage should not only pick up the bill should be prosecuted for wreck less endangerment.
FunkyMunky
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Yes vehicle inspections have been carried out, I've glossed over that a little as it is still being addressed and that's another reason for skirting past names and who did what etc.
I also failed to mention it took about 1.5 hours to winch the car out of where I ended up, owing to the distance from the road and being up an embankment. Standard low loader wasn't sufficient to get it.
Don't get me wrong, I'm really passionate about my cars but gutting as it is to happen, like you've all said we both walked away and it is ultimately just metal. I've gone through being annoyed to relieved and getting to the point of putting it all behind me now. In a light hearted manner, I could say I took the extreme way of getting the condensation in my front fog lights resolved!
There's a few bits on the car that might be worth something, but not a lot. Since being assessed the car looks a lot worse than when it was first loaded on the recovery truck, there's also a few bits that have also gone missing part wise that were on the car when it was originally recovered.
2 of the alloys had chunks out of them, a 3rd probably buckled as the car had 3 flat tyres. Centre caps were brand new 7 days before the accident! My light grey seats were black on the bolsters and seat base when I went to the repair centre for a final look over the car, presumably from the recovery guy's clothing. Possibly only grease so might clean up. Drivers side airbag blew so not much point in buying the full interior for door cards too. Engine started but had lost fluids - only just serviced when I collected the car too. Has a CD changer that may or may not work. One of the headlights had some fairly deep scratches in it, might be possible to wet sand them out though but I'd probably not bother if I'm honest!
If it does get broken as opposed to repaired and someone from here ends up buying the engine, I've still got the original service books for it at home to verify the history.
I also failed to mention it took about 1.5 hours to winch the car out of where I ended up, owing to the distance from the road and being up an embankment. Standard low loader wasn't sufficient to get it.
Don't get me wrong, I'm really passionate about my cars but gutting as it is to happen, like you've all said we both walked away and it is ultimately just metal. I've gone through being annoyed to relieved and getting to the point of putting it all behind me now. In a light hearted manner, I could say I took the extreme way of getting the condensation in my front fog lights resolved!
There's a few bits on the car that might be worth something, but not a lot. Since being assessed the car looks a lot worse than when it was first loaded on the recovery truck, there's also a few bits that have also gone missing part wise that were on the car when it was originally recovered.
2 of the alloys had chunks out of them, a 3rd probably buckled as the car had 3 flat tyres. Centre caps were brand new 7 days before the accident! My light grey seats were black on the bolsters and seat base when I went to the repair centre for a final look over the car, presumably from the recovery guy's clothing. Possibly only grease so might clean up. Drivers side airbag blew so not much point in buying the full interior for door cards too. Engine started but had lost fluids - only just serviced when I collected the car too. Has a CD changer that may or may not work. One of the headlights had some fairly deep scratches in it, might be possible to wet sand them out though but I'd probably not bother if I'm honest!
If it does get broken as opposed to repaired and someone from here ends up buying the engine, I've still got the original service books for it at home to verify the history.
It is an extreme way of curing the condensation
Sounds like you have the correct attitude to this situation. All the best hope it gets sorted i would be interested in finding out what action if taken?
Sounds like you have the correct attitude to this situation. All the best hope it gets sorted i would be interested in finding out what action if taken?
Not good.
How fast were you travelling when you came to apply the brakes? Had you been travelling quickly before? Very unusual for the brakes to fail in that manner unless it is brake fluid related. Unless you had been going at speed before and the accident and the brakes had faded as a consequence. In any event I am glad you walked away from that.
Cars can be replaced, your health potentially cannot.
Who is your insurer?
How fast were you travelling when you came to apply the brakes? Had you been travelling quickly before? Very unusual for the brakes to fail in that manner unless it is brake fluid related. Unless you had been going at speed before and the accident and the brakes had faded as a consequence. In any event I am glad you walked away from that.
Cars can be replaced, your health potentially cannot.
Who is your insurer?
Holy crap.
Well done for controlling it in the manner you did. Managing to avoid another vehicle is almost an achievement after that kind of failure.
You walked away. That's the main thing. As they say in Aviation circles: A 'good' landing is one from which you can walk away. A 'great' landing is one after which they can use the plane again.
Well done for controlling it in the manner you did. Managing to avoid another vehicle is almost an achievement after that kind of failure.
You walked away. That's the main thing. As they say in Aviation circles: A 'good' landing is one from which you can walk away. A 'great' landing is one after which they can use the plane again.
FunkyMunky
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Brakes would have been applied when I left our road to stop, this would have been the second time that they were applied since we left home. This roundabout is quite literally 3-4 mins from our house. It's a national speed limit, but we were enjoying the sun for the first time in about a week and pootling along. Having driven the round daily would say we were doing 45-50. The speed though is a slight red herring in the sense that the approach to the roundabout is quite a sharp downhill descent, so even though downchanging to 3rd to lose some speed (when realising I had no other means of stopping) I would say I didn't lose any speed and more than likely actually gained some. Hard to say as I didn't look at the speedo though, mild panic obviously but also focussed more on minimising the inevitable bump and as I mentioned earlier avoiding the other vehicles on the roundabout as well as the signs/roundabout itself as best I could. All of those items would have hurt and could've potentially put the car airborn.
All kidding about parts aside, glad you're OK and as you rightly say, as nice as the cars are, they are only metal at the end of the day...
FunkyMunky
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Car is listed here, my full detail and hood protection appear good still!
http://www.copart.co.uk/c2/homeSearch.html?_eventId=getLot&execution=e1s1&lotId=20852153&returnPage=SEARCH_RESULTS
Lot number 20852153
Tyre shine still on from when it was cleaned the day before the accident too!
http://www.copart.co.uk/c2/homeSearch.html?_eventId=getLot&execution=e1s1&lotId=20852153&returnPage=SEARCH_RESULTS
Lot number 20852153
Tyre shine still on from when it was cleaned the day before the accident too!
FunkyMunky
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At second attempt the car sold at Co Part and is now residing at FAB Direct breakers : search on eBay for seller:fabdirect z4 3.0 and you can pick through the remains!
FunkyMunky
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jan_tekin said:FunkyMunky said:
I just brought your cruse control stalkit's taken me along time to find one at a breakers
I can confirm that it was fully working for the entire 3 weeks of my ownership!