Crashed the sax :'(

[wallsy]

Alright everyone!

Its been a bad night :(

Was driving back from a mates, coming down this road where theres no lights, pretty greasy road aswel... anyway was only doing about 35mph (was a national speed limit road aswel) and a fox ran out in front of the car. My instinct was to obviously avoid it, so i swerve to miss it, then try pull back on to my side of the road, the front then looses grip and just slides sideways into the curb on the wrong side of the road. I then spin around in the road and get thrown into a ditch! :n:

Heres some pics of the damage:

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh86/wallsy6890/DSC03559.jpg

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh86/wallsy6890/DSC00127.jpg

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh86/wallsy6890/DSC00128.jpg

Its pretty f**ked atm. Hopefully there wont be any damage to the chassis and all the parts can be replaced. Luckily my dads a mechanic so will save me some money. Still pissed off though.

No damage to the outside though, apart from the front arch is slighty bent out, but easily fixed.

Next time i see a fox im gona hit it! lol

Im gona go cry myself to sleep now! :bored:

[minxymears]

aahhhhh not nice! I remember when my mate actually tried to hit a badger before..... he didnt realise why i was p*ssing myself when he told me and didnt realise what damage they could do
Hope the damage aint too extensive and you get sorted soon though mate!

[Bailey1124]

fingers crossed its nothing that a new suspension leg and a hammer cant fix :y:

[djmartin]

same happen to me dude rabbit dida japenese kamakazie on me LOL whilst i was on a bend i swerved and braked car did a 180 hit grass vure and smashed my bumper (not standard one) so been repairing it with fibreglass filler etc etc.

dont have any pics tho as i was keeping it quite from people for usally instantly people say you was speeding? bla bla bla bla and to be honest i cant be botherd with answers like that.


hope your car gets back on the road matey (catch the rep if i can send it :))

[Bailey1124]

dont have any pics tho as i was keeping it quite from people for usally instantly people say you was speeding? bla bla bla bla and to be honest i cant be botherd with answers like that.

same here, everyone speeds, just wish some would get off their high horses as they arent exactly angels either :clapping:

[DamesVTR]

aw unlucky man, I kno how you must be feelin tonight, its the worst feelin a man can experience lool, but dont get too worked up about it, you cant change whats bin done! hope you get it all fixed.

also, i had a thread runnin earlier for saxos accidents, yours would make a good post ;) ..if its not too depressing for u lol?
http://www.saxperience.com/forum/showthread.php?t=130399

[Nathan]

Unlucky fella, at least you walked away from it tho, cars are fixable at the end of the day.

Hopefully the damage isnt too bad, but the lad who bought my old corsa, stacked it into a curb at 40, done the same and pushed the wheel back, bent the wheel a bit but no body damage.

Vaux had to replace, anti roll bar, suspension arm, new wheel, and a whole new steering rack + labour charges.

Cost 2k in total!

Hopefully it wont be as bad, but what looks to be slight damage could be a hell of a lot worse underneith!

good luck in getting it fixed.

[Jagztorious]

i think you may of got away with it...! unlucky buddy

[wallsy]

same happen to me dude rabbit dida japenese kamakazie on me LOL whilst i was on a bend i swerved and braked car did a 180 hit grass vure and smashed my bumper (not standard one) so been repairing it with fibreglass filler etc etc.

dont have any pics tho as i was keeping it quite from people for usally instantly people say you was speeding? bla bla bla bla and to be honest i cant be botherd with answers like that.


hope your car gets back on the road matey (catch the rep if i can send it :))

hahaha! think this fox was a kamakazie mission aswel! did your crash cause any other damage?

Cheers for the rep, ill give ya some back if i can ;)



also, i had a thread runnin earlier for saxos accidents, yours would make a good post ;) ..if its not too depressing for u lol?
http://www.saxperience.com/forum/showthread.php?t=130399

lol if i can bring myself to it i may post a comment! :P

Unlucky fella, at least you walked away from it tho, cars are fixable at the end of the day.

Hopefully the damage isnt too bad, but the lad who bought my old corsa, stacked it into a curb at 40, done the same and pushed the wheel back, bent the wheel a bit but no body damage.

Vaux had to replace, anti roll bar, suspension arm, new wheel, and a whole new steering rack + labour charges.

Cost 2k in total!

Hopefully it wont be as bad, but what looks to be slight damage could be a hell of a lot worse underneith!

good luck in getting it fixed.

Yeah exactly mate, at the end of the day the cars just a lump of metal, could have been a lot worse for me if a car was coming the other way. Gotta count myself lucky tbh.

Corr 2k? sounds nasty! Im gona go down the scrappy and try get some parts on the cheap lol and with my dad being a mechanic it will cut labour costs, so hopefully wont be as bad as your mate.... hopefully! :p

Cheers for the comments everyone....

[Mochachino]

why do kamakazie wear helmets?

hope it dont cost 2k mate! Bit of roadkill for ya if you got the fox. Lucky the damage wernt anything worse!

[plimmer-xsi]

looks like it cud be wishbone arm thing, same happened to ma m8 in his rallye

[Gazzza]

owch unlucky!!!!
i nearly smacked a fox with 4 pasangers... full beam tookin the horn every thing every 1 in the cars screaming then it jumps back into the field...
it was f**king scary !!!
i know how you feel mate but it looks just like the alloy has been damaged but i dont know...

hope theres no serious damage and you get it fixed asap :D

[shooorn94]

It's stated that you're meant to hit the animal... but how excactly do you do that with the mrs. in the car. Came round a corner at only 25mph-30mph single track road bushes everywhere was late afternoon in the summer, on the way home from a bike ride and a rabbit darts out from one bush trying to get to the other. I didn't slam the brakes on as I knew a prat was bombing it behind me, my girlfriend did look angry though :p . I slowly rolled to a stop, got out the car and found the rabbit underneath the car before it jumped into the... check this out.. the bush it appeared from!!!

I hope everything works out okay it doesn't look major but keep us posted. It could of been a lot worse, just be glad you're ok :y:

[James205rallye]

Important thing is that you are okay. Cars and money come and go, but you can't be replaced!

[tommyVTR]

ahh that sucks, everyones worst nightmare. Although its instant reaction ive swore never to avoid animals jumping out unless its a deer or around that scale.

Id rather fix a shagged front bumper than structural damage.

wonder what the percentage is for animals causing crashes!

[Ross-1987]

Unlucky wallsy!, best of luck getting it repaired :y:

[VTR_Nick]

Sorry to hear it mate,
Hope it's done quick and doesn't cost you much!!

[Saxy1]

unlucky mate, hope you get it sorted.

[d4r3n]

unlucky mate, you will get it sorted for alot less then 2k..
looks like you will have to replace bottom whishbone, strut (if bent), anti roll bar link and fingers crossed the chassis hasnt bent for you mate

[wallsy]

Cheers for all the replies everyone! :y:

Got bit of an update on the situation, no damage to the chassis, all the parts can be replaced so its all good... kind off lol

Parts that are f**ked:

-Bottom suspension arm
-Link arm has snapped
-Drive shaft
-Brake hose snapped
-Steering rack arm
-And finally the wheel ... its kinda egg shape now!

Should be fixed tomorrow with luck, and has only set me back £80, not bad if you ask me!

As im currently saving up for some new wheels, I was gona put the space wheel on for the time being, but then realised its obviously gona be smaller. So i might be getting some cheap nearly new vtr wheels (better than the current wheels on it anyway :p ) of a mate to put on untill i get new ones, which is good!

Im just happy that theres no major damage and should be back on the road soon. :y:

[wallsy]

unlucky mate, you will get it sorted for alot less then 2k..
looks like you will have to replace bottom whishbone, strut (if bent), anti roll bar link and fingers crossed the chassis hasnt bent for you mate

Yeah luckily theres no damage to the chassis, would have been in the sh*t if there was!

[Mr_suv]

thats not too bad mate at least ur gettin it done for a cheap price luckily u still have ur life too

[d4r3n]

glad to hear no major damage matey !.
soz to hijack the thread but is that you in your avator on the bike ??

[evans1089]

shite mate thats unlucky!
i know it sounds harsh but when something runs out on you other than a person or another car, dont swerve i know too many people thats done same as you and ended up writing car off, just over a fox etc...
i know it sounds bad but to be honest i'd rather give £2 a month to rspca then loose god knows how much on the car

[Aly]

Really sorry to see that mate.

Good thing ya dads a mechanic shouldn't be too hard to fix that damage.

[d4r3n]

i know it sounds harsh but when something runs out on you other than a person or another car, dont swerve i know too many people thats done same as you and ended up writing car off, just over a fox etc...

i actually done this the fox cost me 2400 quid.....

[evans1089]

oh lol
ignore what i said then lol :n:

[wallsy]

thats not too bad mate at least ur gettin it done for a cheap price luckily u still have ur life too

Exactly mate, i feel blessed tbh :P

glad to hear no major damage matey !.
soz to hijack the thread but is that you in your avator on the bike ??

cheers mate! Yeah thats me on the bike :y: My mate took loads of arty shots of me riding, think they look pretty swishh lol

oh lol
ignore what i said then lol :n:

haha will do ;) ... i know what you mean though mate, it was just my instant reaction was to avoid it though.

[wallsy]

Really sorry to see that mate.

Good thing ya dads a mechanic shouldn't be too hard to fix that damage.

Yeah tell me about it, would have cost alot more in labour etc if i didnt have his help.

[d4r3n]

nice one mate about the bike lol how high was the drop.. what do you ride i got a titanium monty x lite 20inch

[wallsy]

nice one mate about the bike lol how high was the drop.. what do you ride i got a titanium monty x lite 20inch

Cheers fella :y: ermm was about 9 foot, onto grass though so it was nice and soft :P

Nice bike you got then mate, i had a zoo pitbull 26", then a monty 221pr 20" which ive just sold to pay for my car ... hopefully get another one soon though :y:
How long you been riding?

[djawesome123]

ahh that sucks, everyones worst nightmare. Although its instant reaction ive swore never to avoid animals jumping out unless its a deer or around that scale.

Id rather fix a shagged front bumper than structural damage.

wonder what the percentage is for animals causing crashes!

Same ^^ I hit foxes/badgers/pigeons all the time I'm a mean roadkill warrior:afro: . At the end of the day far better to kill some stupid bunny than to write your car off or worse hit another car. I hit a fox at 65 once and it did fuck all to my bumper:P Saxos are good for one thing:panic:

[wallsy]

Same ^^ I hit foxes/badgers/pigeons all the time I'm a mean roadkill warrior:afro: . At the end of the day far better to kill some stupid bunny than to write your car off or worse hit another car. I hit a fox at 65 once and it did fuck all to my bumper:P Saxos are good for one thing:panic:

haha, yeah next time im not gona try avoid it, especially foxes, the bast*ds!