locogeoff
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| posted on 14/3/05 at 11:39 PM |
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Dangerous Debris
On my way home from work at no more than the legal maximum officer, I saw a projectile heading towards the car, looked jaggy, bigger than a wheel trim
and and was travelling at warp nine, or was that me ;-), thankfully it hit the road, unfortunately there was no room to swerve and I hit it with the
offside front tire.
Well the tyre went down like a cheap tart leaving me at dual carridge way speed on three wheels and a prayer, anyway maybee all the recent hours on
GTR, GPL and GT4 saved me cause I made it onto a slip road to change the wheel, only when I got home did I inspect the damage to the tyre.
Thankfully it's just a matter of a new tyre and clean underpants, doesn't bear thinking about what could have happened to a bike, suggest
helmets for all screenless car occupants, stones are the least of your worries...
Drive and Ride safely out there!
[Edited on 14/3/05 by locogeoff]
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chunkielad
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| posted on 15/3/05 at 12:13 AM |
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 Thank God you are alright.
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carcentric
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| posted on 15/3/05 at 03:56 AM |
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Looks t'me like something that mighta been caused by one of them Chinese stars.
Didja see any ninjas about? Of course you didn't - they're invisible.
No ninjas spotted then, so it must have been a Chinese star thrown by an invisible ninja. Case closed.
Next time leave a tip at the sushi bar!
M D "Doc" Nugent
http://www.carcentric.com
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Peteff
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| posted on 15/3/05 at 10:36 AM |
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Years ago I had an old shape Reno 5 and I was folowing a skip lorry full of scrap, before they thought of netting over the top, and a piece of 2x2
angle iron fell out of it. I ran straight over the top of it and my left rear wheel locked. It had gone diagonally through the tyre and jammed on the
arch and boot floor. The worst nearly was a brick stuck between the rear tyres on a site lorry. I was following on my motorbike and it came out and
flew over my head and the car behind me. If I'd been closer it would have got me full in the face. After that I always dropped back another
20'.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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clbarclay
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| posted on 15/3/05 at 12:19 PM |
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A least the wheels intack (amoungst other things). On heavily loaded trailers I've know a tyre blow out, and had to dirve it a sort distance to
get it out of the way. The result was that a 9" grinder was needed to remove the wheel from around the brake drum.
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Dale
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| posted on 15/3/05 at 02:35 PM |
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I caught a hub cap that came flying over the cement median from the oncoming traffic--I figure I was doing around 120-130 kph and the oncoming part
was probably doing similar.- It took out the grill,hood,winshield and front of the roof. If I had been just a few feet farther down the road it
would have been right through the windshield and me. I take the car back to work and they give me hell for wrecking a company car.
Dale
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liam.mccaffrey
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| posted on 15/3/05 at 03:31 PM |
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a friend of mine was driving home fromthe beach when he heard a very loud bang
when he got out there was a piece of steel about 400 long 25 wide and about 4 or 5 mm thick stuck in the undersdide of the rear wheel arch. there was
a bend on the end of the steel which when he'd driven over it had flicked it up into the wheel arch. apparantly it had penetated about 9 or 10
inches
crap explanation i hope it makes some sense
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locoboy
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| posted on 15/3/05 at 04:28 PM |
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I was following the car in front rather closely (was winding up for an overtake and ready to come off the apex of the corner)
when i heard something then split second later i hit something that had come up off the road.
The dopey bint in front had run clean over one of the small (3 feet high) triangular men at work A frame signs that had been lying down on the road.
Thats what i heard then i saw it flip upright and bang i hit it full on, i was doing about 80.
It launched itself accross the other side of the road - good job no cars were coming the other way, over the pavement, good job noone was on the
pavement and straight over the hedge into the field, good job there were no livestock or a couple getting jiggy with it in the field
I followed this woman until i got the the petrol station i knew was only about 3 mines down the road where i pulled in and inspected the damage. I
expected her to pull in too but she just drove on oblivious as to what A) she had run over and what potential damage it could have done to her car and
B) the fact that i had just fired a metal frame weighing about 8-10Kg at 80Mph across the other carriageway and into a field!
ATB
Locoboy
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The Shootist
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| posted on 15/3/05 at 05:23 PM |
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I hit a deer!
Week before last......
Broke the windscreen too...
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Hellfire
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| posted on 16/3/05 at 12:46 AM |
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Not an "old dear" I hope 
quote:
Originally posted by The Shootist
Week before last......
Broke the windscreen too...
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The Shootist
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| posted on 16/3/05 at 04:15 AM |
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Nope, 2 E's no A....
It's amazing how big a Deer appears when you're tooling along at 40 mph and the d&*&98ed thing leaps into the road in front of
you.
Had it been earlier in the day, and had my truck been at home, I would have gone back and claimed it for the meat. (Oddly the taking of
"Roadkill" is legal in the state of Tennessee) I'm afraid the body was too broken up to be of much use though.
I have little hesitation to take down a deer with a rifle while hunting, just seems kinda sad to hit one with a car.
The car was considered a total loss by the insurance. So I took the money, and did a salvage-buy-back. A lien against the car was paid and I got $1200
US to boot. The chassis is fine, so a hood and lights should fix'er right up. (Due to a run in the paint from a previous owners Sh!te repair, I
had planned to paint the little car anyway.)
[Edited on 3/16/05 by The Shootist]
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madman280
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| posted on 16/3/05 at 04:28 AM |
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Hit a crow once on my bike doing about 120 on a windy river road at lunch one day. Smashed my hand, the headlight, side light, bent the handle bar and
dirtied my shorts big time. Crows around here stand about 14" high.Was luchy as hell it didn't fly into my head as I had the visor up. I
didn't kill it on at first, but I sure kicked the hell out of it after I finally stopped in the gravel. Road kill is open season after the
person who hit it passes on the meal. We usually give a courtesy call to the police and MNR to let them know what your up to. Even a torn up deer has
allot of very expensive meat on it. Yes i did pass on the crow, hate then damn things, was the last time I rode a bike. Hand healed after a few months
but it still hurts when its cold or i see one of them damn crows...Hm i wonder if KFC cruises the back roads for meat 
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