The perils of an auto...
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:lol: No need for those cat like reflexes tonight :wink:Bing said:Managed to park the car this evening without crashing it - result
You could always claim on the insurance, stating the garage door jumped out in front of you without warning! Bing said:Managed to park the car this evening without crashing it - result
I'm surprised you trusted yourself to get in it so soon after this mornings events :lol:
Jasper ham
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Lucky escape I say, did similar thing with my Jag XFS a year last April. I went down to the compound where I store our motorhome, access is through locked steel gates. If I unlock one gate I can get the Jag through with a few inches each side of the mirrors, went through this time no problem and it's facing slightly downhill. The Jag has a spin dial for the auto box so a spun it into "park" but it did not go all the way and ended up in reverse! I jumped out to go and close the gate and seconds later the car was reversing back on its own towards me 
try to stop it but pushed me back through the gate and ripped the open drivers door off and put a big slash down the passenger side, the worst thing was I ruptured my achilles tendon when the car hit me so ended up with a £7000 insurance claim on the Jag and me in hospital having my tendon repaired and 14 weeks before I could get back to normal life again ........ What a nightmare and such a prat! Still can't believe I did it felt such an idiot. All mended now though and big lesson learnt. 
A good talking point at parties when I can say I have been run over by my own car :lol:
Count yourself lucky Bing, it could have been a whole lot worse.......
try to stop it but pushed me back through the gate and ripped the open drivers door off and put a big slash down the passenger side, the worst thing was I ruptured my achilles tendon when the car hit me so ended up with a £7000 insurance claim on the Jag and me in hospital having my tendon repaired and 14 weeks before I could get back to normal life again ........ What a nightmare and such a prat! Still can't believe I did it felt such an idiot. All mended now though and big lesson learnt. A good talking point at parties when I can say I have been run over by my own car :lol: Count yourself lucky Bing, it could have been a whole lot worse.......
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I shouldn't really admit to to this but . . .
Picture the scene - nice shiny 1985 Merc 500SL sitting in the garage with the new electric roller garage door open. Muggins decides to set about putting the rest of his Bilstein B12 front suspension into his beloved E36 328.
The trolley jack won't go under the car so I have a couple of pieces of door offcuts to roll the car onto to give clearance. They are quite short so it's easy to over shoot. I find it helps to left foot brake to stop in time (you can see where this is going).
First attempt - too timid (the door are 2" thick with a bit of an angle cut on them).
Second attempt - bit more throttle & we're up & on the platforms. Left foot brake, & that's when it all went tits up.
My trainers have quite a welt on them & as my left foot came down it caught my right foot (still on the throttle). Car lurches forward a bit - slight panic so stomp harder on the brake which pushes my right foot down harder on the throttle. 328 hits the 2 wheely bins between it & the SL. Extreme panic mode initiated. Braking harder now but the 328 won't stop. It's like a pitbull after a labrador. I watch in slo-mo as the SL's grille crumples followed by the alloy bonnet.
£1500 damage to the 328 (I thought it might be written off). Fortunately it was all pretty superficial. The SL fared worse-
That grill is £300 + £150 for the MB star.
New headlight £800 - luckily I had a spare lens.
The killer - kinked alloy bonnet (they're supposed to do that in a crash) - £2500. Throw in another £100 or so for the heat insulation pad.
All told £4000 for the Merc. Fortunately I'm an 'mature' driver so the ncb loss hasn't hit me too hard. My only crash in 39 years (there was another but I was the victim there).
The insurance assesor said he goes to 2 or 3 runaway autos a week! His last one was a 4x4 that went through a closed garage door & pushed the car inside out through the back wall!!!
Laugh if you want but it could be your turn next!
Picture the scene - nice shiny 1985 Merc 500SL sitting in the garage with the new electric roller garage door open. Muggins decides to set about putting the rest of his Bilstein B12 front suspension into his beloved E36 328.
The trolley jack won't go under the car so I have a couple of pieces of door offcuts to roll the car onto to give clearance. They are quite short so it's easy to over shoot. I find it helps to left foot brake to stop in time (you can see where this is going).
First attempt - too timid (the door are 2" thick with a bit of an angle cut on them).
Second attempt - bit more throttle & we're up & on the platforms. Left foot brake, & that's when it all went tits up.
My trainers have quite a welt on them & as my left foot came down it caught my right foot (still on the throttle). Car lurches forward a bit - slight panic so stomp harder on the brake which pushes my right foot down harder on the throttle. 328 hits the 2 wheely bins between it & the SL. Extreme panic mode initiated. Braking harder now but the 328 won't stop. It's like a pitbull after a labrador. I watch in slo-mo as the SL's grille crumples followed by the alloy bonnet.
£1500 damage to the 328 (I thought it might be written off). Fortunately it was all pretty superficial. The SL fared worse-
That grill is £300 + £150 for the MB star.
New headlight £800 - luckily I had a spare lens.
The killer - kinked alloy bonnet (they're supposed to do that in a crash) - £2500. Throw in another £100 or so for the heat insulation pad.
All told £4000 for the Merc. Fortunately I'm an 'mature' driver so the ncb loss hasn't hit me too hard. My only crash in 39 years (there was another but I was the victim there).
The insurance assesor said he goes to 2 or 3 runaway autos a week! His last one was a 4x4 that went through a closed garage door & pushed the car inside out through the back wall!!!
Laugh if you want but it could be your turn next!
Well, I feel a whole lot better now, and in good company to boot ... Though I am really sorry to hear of your mishaps
Thinking about it, if the bonnet wasn't so long and I hadn't reacted so quickly, the wheelie bins next to the garage would've slammed the door shut, then the car would have gone straight through the garage door... And at best ended up buried in the kitchen units and washing machine at the other end. At least the roof would likely have been ripped off so I could get in and turn the engine off :lol:
... Though I am really sorry to hear of your mishaps Thinking about it, if the bonnet wasn't so long and I hadn't reacted so quickly, the wheelie bins next to the garage would've slammed the door shut, then the car would have gone straight through the garage door... And at best ended up buried in the kitchen units and washing machine at the other end. At least the roof would likely have been ripped off so I could get in and turn the engine off :lol:
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My dads M5 was written off a few years ago by someone who got a new golf auto... Sunday morning my dad was driving a long.. and the golf came flying through a brick wall by the side and into his car
Apparently the guy drove his car for the first time and didnt quite understand how to drive the auto :roll:
My dads M5 was written off a few years ago by someone who got a new golf auto... Sunday morning my dad was driving a long.. and the golf came flying through a brick wall by the side and into his car
Apparently the guy drove his car for the first time and didnt quite understand how to drive the auto :roll:
