had an off

Had the car on the road yesterday and today to put some miles on it ready for Ireland next weekend and had a huge moment , had a few 360's before ending up in the middle of 2 dual carriageways stuck on a bank in a load of bushes , just missed a lamp post and 2 big tree's , just held my head in my arms while spinning waiting for the bang which thankfully didn't happen , I did some damage but luckly its all superficial , pulled the front bumper off , damaged the N/S wing , broke the rear bumper , ripped the rear spoiler off but luckly the carbon flap is ok , cracked the screen , bent the exhaust up so its rumbling on the gearbox ,and filled just about everywhere with mud ,  have refitted the front bumper , and jet washed it all off and took it back out again to make sure all felt ok , to say I sh*t myself was an understatement !!

Luckly a few people stopped to help us get the car out the ditch and back on the road , after seeing the wheels were all pointing the same way , and chucking the bits that were off in a mates car who came accross the accident , we were off again to see the old bill lights flashing coming the other way up the dual to get to the scene , they didnt catch up with us so at least I didnt get a rollocking off them as well

I will be ordering a rear spoiler and bumper tomorrow to get on tuesday to spray and fit it as I'm off on wednesday , so going to be busy

Going to be corner weighted tomorrow and a spanner check then off to Cork mid week , Hopefully I can keep it in better shape on the rally

Ian Godney wrote:

Is that an M3 shell I see sitting in the background there?

Northernman , who said it was busy , the road was clear when I was on it , I wouldnt be driving that fast if it was full of traffic , the traffic came up behind me once I was off the road , so get down from your high horse ! so you've never been over the speed limit then have you ?

I had a problem with the car , I got cheapo sh*tty road tyres on and it kicked out under high speed braking as the bias was adjusted slightly too far to the rear , I had a few tank slappers that helped loose a lot of speed , but ran out or room and left the road

Blimey, put the handbags down ladies.

I don't think Ian is "Bragging", just sharing his experience with us. Just glad that he is ok and nobody was hurt. Ian has probably learned a valuble lession from this.

I have to agree with Northernman -car taken too fast in the wrong conditions with a car that had cheapo tyres and braking system not working correctly.!!! 

Llandow test track would have been a better place to try the car out.

Karl

Ian, I have a spare spoiler (though not a sport evo type) in white if you can't find one, I'm not lending my bumpers as I want them back without scratches!!

Glad to see you're OK though that's the main thing!