Matt21
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| posted on 31/10/16 at 06:02 PM |
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MK Indy Crash
Is this anyone from off here?
Hope the driver is ok! It's a very nasty place for the sign post to have hit 
http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/driver-taken-hospital-after-crashing-12067299
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CosKev3
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| posted on 31/10/16 at 06:12 PM |
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I'm sure that's been on ebay recently.
As you say hope they recover ok,exactly where you don't want a sign post to hit you 
If it is a recent purchase I bet the 17 inch tyres and damp road have caught them out.
If you haven't driven one before in differing weathers the difference in grip from a dry road to a damp one is way more exaggerated than any tin
top car,so easy to get caught out.
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Toprivetguns
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| posted on 31/10/16 at 07:03 PM |
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I hope the person in question makes a full recovery.
Only drive as fast as your angel can fly... !
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 31/10/16 at 07:59 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by CosKev3
If you haven't driven one before in differing weathers the difference in grip from a dry road to a damp one is way more exaggerated than any tin
top car,so easy to get caught out.
Mine's downright spiteful in the wet - I end up driving it so slow that I get overtaken by Nissan Micras.
Of all the places to be hit in a seven-style car, that's got to be one of the worst. I guess that only a direct hit on the rear that damages
the petrol tank would be as bad. I hope the driver will recover OK.
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coyoteboy
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| posted on 31/10/16 at 08:06 PM |
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So little protection on that spot, terrifying. No way I'd be leaving mine without some upgrades to side impact protection if I were going
7-esque
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adithorp
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| posted on 31/10/16 at 08:12 PM |
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Nasty but the fact they haven't had to chop to side out to extract the driver is hopefully a good sign.
"A witty saying proves nothing" Voltaire
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LBMEFM
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| posted on 31/10/16 at 09:00 PM |
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That looks very nasty, from the tunnel to the side of the car is tight anyway and it would appear that this been reduced by about half. I would
imagine that his lower body has taken a huge battering. Speedy recovery mate.
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russbost
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| posted on 1/11/16 at 08:11 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by coyoteboy
So little protection on that spot, terrifying. No way I'd be leaving mine without some upgrades to side impact protection if I were going
7-esque
Exactly what I've been saying for ages, I've not tried slamming my Furore into a post sideways & would rather not try the experiment,
but I'm sure it would survive a LOT better than that. The silly thing is, that improving side protection substantially without losing the
general size, shape & appearance wouldn't be difficult, particularly at the design stage.
Hope the guy is ok
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Matt21
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| posted on 1/11/16 at 08:50 AM |
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It has been spotted around here quite a lot in the last couple of weeks so I guess he had just bought it.
It was a greasy road kinda day too and was literally right as you come off a roundabout.
Not a great mixture of things to add together unfortunately
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wylliezx9r
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| posted on 1/11/16 at 10:36 AM |
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Light rear wheel drive cars and cold, greasy roads really don't mix. I didn't even contemplate going out in mine in such conditions. And
the lack of side protection persuaded made get rid of it in the end - it really started to scare me to think what would happen if something hit the
side. I'm not to sure how difference a side impact bar would make in the real world.
Just hope the person is ok, but as others have said it doesn't look good.
I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered.
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Wadders
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| posted on 1/11/16 at 06:28 PM |
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A few years back, came across a Westie crash on the A82 in Scotland, car had left the road in wet conditions and hit some trees. It was literally in
two halves. I feared the worst, but after a post on here about it, turned out the driver was miraculously ok.
Hope the Indy driver is in a similar position, sometimes things look worse than they are.
A year or so later coming down the A1 from another Scottish holiday, we came across a Merc saloon sat across the carriageways, every panel mashed but
still on it's wheels, 100 yards of armco ripped up, lots of blood down the drivers door and a lifeless driver still sat bolt upright behind the
wheel. At a guess something had penetrated the drivers window during the crash.
So i reckon side impact bars on a Se7en are a good idea, but not infallible. A side impact with a tree or heavy post is never a good idea.
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Matt21
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| posted on 18/11/16 at 04:52 PM |
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looking at the last few pics.... that must have hurt the hips! :|
Haven't heard anything of the driver though
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BenB
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| posted on 18/11/16 at 10:54 PM |
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F'in hell. When your hips are part of your cars structural rigidity that's never a good thing.....
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coyoteboy
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| posted on 19/11/16 at 12:52 AM |
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I'd be expecting shattered pelvis and potential lower spinal injuries with that sort of displacement. Worse if they had good harness holding
them down so they couldn't pop upward. Good luck to them.
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A1
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| posted on 19/11/16 at 10:44 AM |
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As said hitting a post like that, set in concrete is never a good idea. Imagine the force stopping you at even 30mph spread over about 48sq inches.
I bet the cops will try and pin it on speeding too...
If your cars are handling that badly in the wet you really should have a good look at them.
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CosKev3
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| posted on 19/11/16 at 01:05 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by A1
As said hitting a post like that, set in concrete is never a good idea. Imagine the force stopping you at even 30mph spread over about 48sq inches.
I bet the cops will try and pin it on speeding too...
If your cars are handling that badly in the wet you really should have a good look at them.
Have you ever driven one on a damp or wet road?
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A1
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| posted on 19/11/16 at 01:52 PM |
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No, I don't even have one, I'm only 12 years old.
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CosKev3
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| posted on 19/11/16 at 03:25 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by A1
No, I don't even have one, I'm only 12 years old.
Ah that explains it..........
Only someone with no experience would make a stupid comment about sorting the handling out
[Edited on 19/11/16 by CosKev3]
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rdodger
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| posted on 19/11/16 at 03:48 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by A1
No, I don't even have one, I'm only 12 years old.
That really made me laugh 
Quite right. Either learn to drive or sort the handling out!
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A1
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| posted on 19/11/16 at 03:59 PM |
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Yep, I joined this site when I was four. 
[Edited on 19/11/16 by A1]
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Matt21
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| posted on 20/11/16 at 11:37 AM |
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He won't have been speeding, it was about 20yards off a roundabout in a 60 limit
It tends to be a very greasy bit of road too, right as the shell grip ends
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BenB
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| posted on 20/11/16 at 12:02 PM |
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Could have just mucked up and when accelerating fast and shifted down instead of up. I did that once on a slippy road and did a 180 spin.... in my
case I shifted from 3rd into 2nd instead of 4th on a H box but shifting down on a BEC with a bootfull of gas would do the same. ...
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 20/11/16 at 12:18 PM |
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On mine, you only have to touch the throttle in wet conditions to get the rear wheels spinning... it's - ahem - exciting, to say the least.
Goodness only knows what it's like with wider wheels and no weight to speak of over the rear wheels (mine's got skinny tyres).
[Edited on 20/11/16 by David Jenkins]
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A1
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| posted on 20/11/16 at 01:03 PM |
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Oh no, I didn't mean he was, but I'm sure they'll say he was.
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CosKev3
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| posted on 20/11/16 at 01:04 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by rdodger
quote:
Originally posted by A1
No, I don't even have one, I'm only 12 years old.
That really made me laugh
Quite right. Either learn to drive or sort the handling out!
Sort the handling out in what way?
By adding a ton of ballast?
Really can't believe users on here think it's down to 'sorting' the handling out!
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