edenc Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 A momentary loss of respect. Doh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATTAK Z Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 Front'll polish out but that rear wheel looks to have too much negative camber ! Hope you're OK 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ioneabee Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 oh dear ..... head in hands says it all hope you're ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 Ouch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burgs Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Devastating! Hope you're ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sipar69 Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Oh dear. How did that happen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modo Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 oops! easier to repair than the human body. Chin up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddy78 Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Eep, looks like a bad one... glad you're ok though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nissanman312 Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Been there done that my new one gets treated with a lot more respect Cars can be replaced! you can't glad your ok!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veeg33 Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Oh dear!! Not great mate.....but most importantly you are OK. As all said, car can be replaced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humpy Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Ouch, hope your alright fella? Did a good job on that one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nowhereboy Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Oops! How did it happen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevoD Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 could be worse what state is the other side in is just front bumper and suspension? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glrnet Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Bugger. Sorry to see this, could have been much worse. Sent from my Zed using Nangkang tyres front, RE040's rear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_Muxlow Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 As above hope you are alright apart from a dose of hurting pride buddy. Cars can be replaced but we cannot. Sent from my iPhone using hammer and chisel! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richf Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Gutted for you , not had it long either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davectr Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Hope you are ok bud! As much as it hurts emotionally and financially, it's only a car at the end of the day, at least it's not you in that state Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
350Z paradise Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Glad you're ok fellow Z driver...how the hell did you end up like that? forgot how they bite? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humpy Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Where ever you live the graffiti artists aren't much cop, Banksy doesn't have to worry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattross1313 Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Ouch!! As above, hope you are OK matey. A car can be replaced at the end of the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMballistic Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Gutted for you especially as going from your signature you've had that 370Z less than a month. Can only say as the others have, ...it can be replaced but you can't so hope you're okay & uninjured. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsexr Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Gutted for yer, not the first and you wont be the last Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
formatzero Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 What a shame,a lesson learned I guess ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edenc Posted August 9, 2016 Author Share Posted August 9, 2016 A very heart felt 'Thanks for the condolences yawl'. I had been away for a weekend in Honfleur with my wife, my mate and his wife. My mate was in his Lotus Exige S. Real bummer as we'd behaved in exemplary fashion all weekend, abiding (pretty much) by all speed restrictions and just having a bit of straight line fun. Came home on Eurotunnel and arrived next door to my mate at a traffic controlled roundabout. I need to be careful what I say here in case there some insurance detective prowling the web (just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you) Well, just off the roundabout there is a tight left hand entry to a short stretch of dual carriageway. Problem was that being with a 3.5 litre, supercharged go-kart all weekend I had switched the ESP off to give that little extra where it was needed in a straight line; I forgot to turn it back on so on the tight left hand entry to the dual carriageway the back broke out and I over-corrected. A tank-slapper ensued, followed by a 180 which slammed the car into the near side curb and crash barrier where (after the driver side airbag had gone off and deafened me...yes, the simulated effect in Need for Speed, Most Wanted is accurate) we came to a standstill. Oh! and in the process I had clipped the nearside rear quarter panel of my mates Exige! In the photo, I was scrubbing the dust and tarmac dust out of my hair. Not something I have had to do since I turned my 1500 Triumph Spitfire over 20 years ago, but man, it brought the memory back afresh. I am insured with Admiral and they have been absolutely brilliant so far. Suffice to say that we switched to them after I was hit by someone in the wrong lane at a roundabout who then fell off the radar; this is about four years ago. Direct Line (my insurer) did nothing to progress the claim and in the end Admiral who insured the girl who hit me called and said that given I had a witness, their insured had disappeared and my insurer was sitting with their thumbs up their butts, they wanted to give me a courtesy car and take mine off for repair. All I had to do was sign a document to say that in the absence of their insured, this was without prejudice. You know what, they gave me a MB C350 as a courtesy car to boot! They have already been in touch with my bro in the Exige and his is being taken away and dealt with already. I am awaiting a decision on mine as to uneconomical repair but I think I may get the same car back. I have lost two years no claims, but that's peanuts in the big picture. You have all said the same thing that my buddy in his Exige said when I promised him that no matter what, he would not be out of pocket for this even if I have to cover a loss of value at sale time owing to evidence of a bump. "it's just stuff. The wheels are insured and more importantly, we walked away". Well apart from the fact that my wife and I had to get a cab home because his car was too fing small to get a gnats cleavage into, let alone our weekend satchel, I wholeheartedly agree. I'll keep you posted on how the repairs/writeoff go and in the case of the latter a BIG hunt begins. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edenc Posted August 9, 2016 Author Share Posted August 9, 2016 BTW meant to say I saw the weirdest thing whilst in France. A beautiful, rose black 370Z sporting a tow bar (on a French plate)!!!! And even stranger, it was fixed, not a removable swan neck! My buddy with the Exige and I deliberated for quite some time over this disturbing anomaly and I came to the conclusion that he must have a 750 MV Augusta that he tow's about. There can't be any other excuse. That at least would be two out of the three most beautiful things made by man co-joined (the third being a MkII Supermarine Spitfire). So if you lot have any other reasonable excuses for having a fixed tow bar on a 370Z, I'd love to hear them. Wish I had taken a photo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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