There can be 'only 1' real Colin McRae!!

[pete69zx]

Well, i'll just jump straight in with it...

Last Saturday night i wanted to put 'good use' to the recent upgrades i have had done to 'Don Polio' & take it out for a real good thrapping in the hills (with camcorder attached for fellow forums members benefit ,naturally)

Anyways, what transpired was actually far from what i had in mind for sharing with others membere here...

Upon my usual choice of country road, i proceed to make the car 'earn' what has been recently spent on it. All was well untill i got to the top of the hill (upon beginning my 'drive to doom') & i found a thick layer of fog & this proceeded to thin & thicken randomly!

So, driving the way i usualy go was fairly uneventful, apart from thrapping it a little to hard sometimes & also being a fairy due to the conditions permitting

For some strange reason, i found myself compelled to turn around after i completed the road & head back for some more shannigans (much to my suprise of course!)

Upon about 2 minutes duration into my impending 'road to doom' i managed to loose control on a bend & proceeded to trash the car into a dry stone wall & a ditch @ around 55mph (DUMB ASS )

So... the morale of the story is... leave it to the professionals & choose the correct place to do it

Will post pix up very soon (just gotta remeber all the jargon to make them appear, lol)

Cheers.
Pete

[pete69zx]

Cheers.
Pete

[bstardchild]

Sorry to hear about the car mate........

It's easily done - lets face it how many of us have been there ourselves.

One sobering thought however is it's a good job it was just you and the car affected and not an innocent third party

Fog doesn't frighten me - the std of peoples driving in it does

Speed doesn't kill

- contact with solid roadside objects at speed does

- Cars that hit people when travelling at speed do

Lets be carefull out there

[pete69zx]

Sorry to hear about the car mate........

It's easily done - lets face it how many of us have been there ourselves.

One sobering thought however is it's a good job it was just you and the car affected and not an innocent third party

Fog doesn't frighten me - the std of peoples driving in it does

Speed doesn't kill

- contact with solid roadside objects at speed does

- Cars that hit people when travelling at speed do

Lets be carefull out there

Here here

[ste mk1lx]

sorry to hear of accident pete ,whats the plan now repair or dismantle for bits

So... the morale of the story is... leave it to the professionals & choose the correct place to do it

so that would be gofasterpinch then the Polo version of Colin Mcrae.

[gofasterpinch]

sorry to hear of accident pete ,whats the plan now repair or dismantle for bits

So... the morale of the story is... leave it to the professionals & choose the correct place to do it

so that would be gofasterpinch then the Polo version of Colin Mcrae.

[SpikeyG40]

sorry to here bout the car? as long as ur ok is the main thing!

is she a right off?

o by they way, i noticed u said u had the camera in the car, did u vid the accident? oo i mean

[gofasterpinch]

i hate driving in fog, especially competitively, did a scatter rally once in the fog main beam/spots make it worse, just turns into a wall infront of you.

i got out and turned the spots so the showed the edges of the road and crept along

comiserations about the car glad your ok

[GroovyCarrot]

Eesh.. looks a bit of a mess Glad you're alright.. the car looks pretty much repairable as well, despite being in a bit of a state.. are you going to put her back together, or is she destined for the garage in the sky?

Edit: Just noticed the front wheel about 6" further back than it should be and the bent pillar there.. perhaps not as easily repairable as I thought..

[pete69zx]

sorry to hear of accident pete ,whats the plan now repair or dismantle for bits

Think im gonna dismantle & use the parts to create some form of GT powered mk3 Coupe (just gotta find a decent enough shell when i got the right amount of cash)

Cheers.
Pete

[pete69zx]

is she a right off?

o by they way, i noticed u said u had the camera in the car, did u vid the accident? oo i mean

Im guessing so coz of the damage to the A pillar

Yep, heres the link...

ftp://[email protected]/p ... 20MP3).avi

Cheers.
Pete

PS. The file is 125MB (10mins approx duration) sorry for none BB users, of just folks who are not interested in the rest of the footage

[pete69zx]

GC... thanx for the hosting as always

Cheers.
Pete

[GroovyCarrot]

Ammendment to that address, the video is actually here:

http://uk-polos.groovycarrot.co.uk/pete ... 20MP3).avi

GC... thanx for the hosting as always

No problem

[Tahrey1043]

owwie....
well, let that learn thee one - dont f*** with fog (and country roads made wet by it)

sorry to see / hear that though, not too bruised or shaken i hope?

thats some crazy scrapage you've got over the wing there.. just reflect for a moment and think.. "if i'd been riding a motorbike.." ?
and a major wheel buckle (kudos) and tubes hanging out of places there shouldn't even be tubes.

PS i gotta scrounge - what state is the passenger door in? thats just my colour i think
oh and out of interest was that rust round the screen there before, or has it just taken hold really fast?

edit - holy guacamole, 128mb? *breaks out the "save target AS" button* i'll have to see if i can shrinkulate that unless it's nice and long (i mean you already have it as divx/mp3, might be kinda tricky)
"42 minutes remaining" - haint seen that for a good long time!

[Karl_CLCoupe]

Are you sure that can't be saved? There is a Blue J-Plater Coupe in my scrappy. If you can hang on til January when I'm driving, I can nab a door, wing, bonnet, indicator and anything else you might want?

Karl.