Nearly the end of the lude

Post by **paul72** » Mon Jan 20, 2014 8:21 pm

Well got up this morning to a very icy car an cudnt even get door open but after some warm water i managed to get in an she started first time

after it warmed up and heating was nice an toastie i left for work driving with care . As i got couple miles from work following another car we went round a bend where the car in front went thru a flood so i decided to go other side of road to miss it but within a second all i saw was the car in front spin round an straight into the hedge , without a thought i applied brakes only to find the road was pure ice an i slid all over the road an ended up heading into the crashed car . All i cud think about was i cant crash the lude then i saw the blokes face looking at me coming towards him then he put his car in reverse to get out of my way thank god he got back enough before i hit him and i slid past his front end an managed to gain control again . I still cant believe i didnt hit him and his front end was smashed but im glad i changed back to my winter tyres on sunday as i think my 17 inch tyres wud of been alot worse . Sorry if story was a bit long

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Mon Jan 20, 2014 9:10 pm

Woah! Lucky escape by the sounds! Glad you and the lude survived ok though!

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Mon Jan 20, 2014 9:41 pm

wow buddy never apply brakes sharply on ice even with abs lol gear down

glad your ok

Fons[DutchGuy] · Post by **Fons[DutchGuy]** » Mon Jan 20, 2014 9:59 pm

close enough to jobby your self

Post by **paul72** » Mon Jan 20, 2014 10:35 pm

I never knew it was ice until it was too late an it was silly old brain that put brakes on before thinking

dont think ill go that way tommor

Post by **Doggo** » Tue Jan 21, 2014 1:21 am

Glad all OK in the end.

Kudos to the other guy for taking evasive action - a lot of people just sit and watch it happen.

CrunchyAdams82 · Post by **CrunchyAdams82** » Tue Jan 21, 2014 8:51 am

Glad you're alright mate. Lucky escape!

bb1boy · Post by **bb1boy** » Tue Jan 21, 2014 9:19 am

I'm so glad that story ended well!

jonja · Post by **jonja** » Tue Jan 21, 2014 9:28 am

so, morning started well ?

good escape

Post by **paul72** » Tue Jan 21, 2014 9:30 am

Thanks all , Im amazed he moved as if i hit him he wud of got his damage paid for by me but i expect he was thinking i mite half kill him as it was the drivers side i wud of hit