An amazing start to the new year.

Post by **vanzep** » Thu Jan 01, 2015 3:58 pm

Thats unlucky to say the least but like Ratty said it should be repairable.
I had a similar incident with my lude at a roundabout. I was going to walk away from it and send it to the crusher but i joined a forum and got some advice and help and decided to keep it and fix it up

I had owned the car for 10 years at that point so maybe that had something to do with it. Choice is yours - advice i got at the time was to find a breaker with the parts needed to fix it up

Some years later on fully repaired with the help of a chicken mechanic

Post by **Doggo** » Thu Jan 01, 2015 6:18 pm

The Chicken Mechanic rules.

Crap luck, mate. Hope you get a decent outcome, whatever it is.

Post by **rob quilter** » Thu Jan 01, 2015 6:24 pm

jobby luck. Looks like similar damage to when mine got smashed.

Time for a Type S.

Post by **NafemanNathan** » Thu Jan 01, 2015 8:37 pm

Best get it all out the way early on

As said, that sucks balls, bud glad to hear no-one was hurt.

I always look on the Brightside (twice now

)... It's always fun looking for something else

nitin_s1 · Post by **nitin_s1** » Thu Jan 01, 2015 11:32 pm

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Fri Jan 02, 2015 6:13 am

Oh feck

sorry man. Absolutely sucks.

Tbh, I think that would be a lot of work to fix. The barrier has spread the load right across the front to the side arms, so they'll both be bent I reckon (rather than the front cross member having bent and absorbed most of the energy) so that's pretty major aggro getting it properly straight and strong again.
With the price of 5g's and number still around atm, I reckon you'd be better off buying a replacement and swapping the best bits from yours over, if you need to.

Post by **Kawa** » Fri Jan 02, 2015 8:13 am

Back luck man. What are your plans?

EvilDmen · Post by **EvilDmen** » Fri Jan 02, 2015 2:16 pm

I'm going to get cash in lieu of repair, that way I get the car back and have all the modifications off her and get some money off the insurers as well.

I went to have a look today and it doesn't look too bad, but with the rear arches starting to rust I'm starting to think about looking for a clean Red top, an ATR or something RWD.

I feel I'll be cut up about this one for a long time.

EvilDmen · Post by **EvilDmen** » Fri Jan 02, 2015 4:02 pm

I decided to go back and take pictures in a none shocked state.

This is where I hit. My impact was not enough to bend the barrier.

This is looking back at the roundabout. Looks like quite a few people have had similar issues.

You can see how slippery it looks even with the appalling surface.

And to top it off!

The more I look at these pics the angrier I'm getting!

prelude91 · Post by **prelude91** » Fri Jan 02, 2015 7:47 pm

Imagine hitting than on two wheels

Lude Generation

An amazing start to the new year.

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