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JoshFurioBrookes 1st April 2012 19:46

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Originally Posted by Llardy (Post 5887345)
Needs lowering

It's actually a fair bit lower now due to flat tyre/fucked wheel. ;)

rich112 1st April 2012 19:49

Glad your ok mate, looks nasty there but good you and the other people came out of it.

JoshFurioBrookes 1st April 2012 19:53

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Originally Posted by rich112 (Post 5887353)
Glad your ok mate, looks nasty there but good you and the other people came out of it.

Cheers man, I know you often see cars looking like this and people having much worse injuries.

miss_murder 1st April 2012 20:52

Glad your ok bud real shame about the car but that can always be replaced you can't, hope you get another

JoshFurioBrookes 1st April 2012 20:58

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Originally Posted by miss_murder (Post 5887459)
Glad your ok bud real shame about the car but that can always be replaced you can't, hope you get another

Cheers man, yeh I know, I was pretty lucky tbh.

I think if I do get another saxo it wont be till November/December and it will have to be another Furio. Will go for either blue, silver or icelandic grey.
If I dont get a saxo then I'm swaying towards a C2, as long as you get them low enough then they look cool, and they can pull off 16" wheels, which opens the door to so many more wheels than the saxo. :y:

Prickle 1st April 2012 21:13

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Originally Posted by JoshFurioBrookes (Post 5887160)
Got some pictures of how it looks now.

I'm probably going to need to cut up the front passenger arch to get the wheel off and get to the coilovers, as you can see, its doubtful that the passenger side survived.

My drivers seat has collapsed one side, the whole dash has moved a couple inches backwards and the glovebox is now almost vertical when you reach into it. There is a dip all the way around the sunroof where the whole car has twisted slightly.
The wheel that took the impact is also kaput.




I'll be stripping the car for anything that is worth anything next week, then once I've decided whether or not I'll be eventually getting another saxo, I'll put a forsale thread up with remaining parts.

Pics like this make me want to move to a safer car lol. :panic: i mean just look at it. :(

JoshFurioBrookes 1st April 2012 21:26

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Originally Posted by Prickle (Post 5887516)
Pics like this make me want to move to a safer car lol. :panic: i mean just look at it. :(

I know. I didnt grab a picture of the other car. (10 reg Vauxhall Agila) but the damage to the front would of made it just a tad past the point of Cat C tbh...that is until the fire fighters cut the roof off it. (They didnt want to risk any injuries when getting the elderly lady out as she said she had pain in her hip).

m11ler 1st April 2012 23:54

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Originally Posted by Prickle (Post 5887516)
Pics like this make me want to move to a safer car lol. :panic: i mean just look at it. :(

Exactly what i thought when i looked at it.. made me cringe alot. And i dont even have an airbag. Hate to think about it tbh, makes me realise how lucky you were josh

Prickle 1st April 2012 23:55

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Originally Posted by m11ler (Post 5887854)
Exactly what i thought when i looked at it.. made me cringe alot. And i dont even have an airbag. Hate to think about it tbh, makes me realise how lucky you were josh

Its taken a canny hit!

Cringe worthy indeed.

JoshFurioBrookes 2nd April 2012 00:04

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Originally Posted by m11ler (Post 5887854)
Exactly what i thought when i looked at it.. made me cringe alot. And i dont even have an airbag. Hate to think about it tbh, makes me realise how lucky you were josh

Yeh man, the way the car looks pretty mangled. I might get a couple pictures of the corner because it's quite hard to explain it. My seatbelt tore through my shirt!

My drivers seat has completely collapsed on one side so I cant sell that. I dont hold much hope for the coilovers, but the shocks and springs should still be ok as they are pretty strong.

I'll be putting some final ASW pictures up in a day or two, then I'll let this thread dissapear into the depths of sax-p. Dont really want to dwell on it much more. But I'm sure a newbie upping his post count will bump it up in 5 years time!

m11ler 2nd April 2012 00:06

You still able to get lifts to shows etc?

Simon0014 2nd April 2012 00:10

Mate I'm surprised and also very bloody glad you're ok minus the wrist! I know I said before but now seeing the pictures of the damage it's even worse than I expected! You are very lucky to get out of that with such a minor injury! Someone is clearly looking out for you up there!!

JoshFurioBrookes 2nd April 2012 00:13

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Originally Posted by m11ler (Post 5887868)
You still able to get lifts to shows etc?

Yeh man, Rich (who was with us up lakeside, and helped out with my car alot) has a quiksilver and has a load of parts waiting to go on, so it should be low on starmag 2's by FCS. Until I get a car sorted I'll be in his car.

Car wise, whenever I can get one I'll probably either get another saxo, a C2 or a 1.4 or 1.5 honda civic.

Will probably stay French tbh, the civics are just wishful thinking!

JoshFurioBrookes 2nd April 2012 00:16

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Originally Posted by Simon0014 (Post 5887871)
Mate I'm surprised and also very bloody glad you're ok minus the wrist! I know I said before but now seeing the pictures of the damage it's even worse than I expected! You are very lucky to get out of that with such a minor injury! Someone is clearly looking out for you up there!!

I know man, however the interior doesnt look nearly as bad, most of it became unclipped from whatever it was clipped too, but nothing moved in a dramatic way which could cause serious injury to anyone in the car. I think thats because I we collided at a slight angle (their badge pretty much made contact with my passenger side headlight, so we both spun off in relative direction, meaning the force didnt all go straight through the car. But yes, I was pretty dam lucky!

m11ler 2nd April 2012 00:17

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Originally Posted by JoshFurioBrookes (Post 5887874)
Yeh man, Rich (who was with us up lakeside, and helped out with my car alot) has a quiksilver and has a load of parts waiting to go on, so it should be low on starmag 2's by FCS. Until I get a car sorted I'll be in his car.

Car wise, whenever I can get one I'll probably either get another saxo, a C2 or a 1.4 or 1.5 honda civic.

Will probably stay French tbh, the civics are just wishful thinking!

Not the same rich with the mango on dishes im guessing? You on about one of the guys in your car that night? Glad you can still come along to the shows and meets anyway!

JoshFurioBrookes 2nd April 2012 00:19

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Originally Posted by m11ler (Post 5887882)
Not the same rich with the mango on dishes im guessing? You on about one of the guys in your car that night? Glad you can still come along to the shows and meets anyway!

Yeh one of the guys in my car. Yep I'll still see you at the shows in the summer and maybe lakeside once he feels he is low enough to show his face.

m11ler 2nd April 2012 00:22

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Originally Posted by JoshFurioBrookes (Post 5887884)
Yeh one of the guys in my car. Yep I'll still see you at the shows in the summer and maybe lakeside once he feels he is low enough to show his face.

Haha i know that feeling too well at the moment! And good to hear mate

baker556 2nd April 2012 19:23

Thats unlucky dude.

How fast were you travelling and how fast was the other car travelling 30mph +30mph ? = 60 mph ??

JoshFurioBrookes 2nd April 2012 19:56

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Originally Posted by baker556 (Post 5888893)
Thats unlucky dude.

How fast were you travelling and how fast was the other car travelling 30mph +30mph ? = 60 mph ??

Yeh about that, Police analysis indicated both cars were travelling within the reigon of 30-40mph. I expect we were both at about 35mph.

On a another note, may aswell type it now that im writing on here...

A guy from Quinn insurance came round today for the statement and to talk to me about it. He said he wouldnt be suprised if the police take 6 months or even as long as a year to get in touch about either the course or the court. Therefore this years insurance still stands so I'm on the look out for a bargain furio (as long as engine is good, and bodywork is fairly good) that I can whack on the majority of my parts. Then if in the future I do have 6 points on my liscence, it can just sit in the garage until I can afford to insure it.

baker556 2nd April 2012 20:01

So 60-70mph impact crash i actually think that's held up reasonably well tbh, not sure what johns on about..i would expect to see less of a car at that speed especially the calibre of a saxo.

JoshFurioBrookes 2nd April 2012 20:07

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Originally Posted by baker556 (Post 5888958)
So 60-70mph impact crash i actually think that's held up reasonably well tbh, not sure what johns on about..i would expect to see less of a car at that speed especially the calibre of a saxo.

It wasnt directly head on though, as said, best way I can explain it was my passenger headlight getting up close and personal with their Vauxhall badge, so alot of the force was taken out by both cars spinning off in opposite directions.

JoshFurioBrookes 2nd April 2012 21:19

Final lot of ASW pictures from before it died, happy to let this thread go away to page 5 million for now. I think I might keep this thread for whatever car I get next though.






JoshFurioBrookes 6th April 2012 18:43

Bump, now have a forsale thread up with a few parts.

Jas_saxo 8th April 2012 05:05

Well mate for a start your lucky you even got quinn insurance around your house!
On my first year of driving when i wrote off my furio (was insured with quinn direct) i waited 17 months before i heard anything or recieved any money!
Glad to hear your all ok apart from a minor wrist injury mate
Saxos are death wishes it looks like from the picture your lucky to have yourself a pair of leggys still!


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